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National Geographic lists Patriarchate’s Hill among places that deserve to be (re)discovered in Bucharest

National Geographic has included the Hill of the Patriarchate and its surroundings among the places that deserve to be (re)discovered in Bucharest. The article signed by Elena Draghici notes that the Hill of the Patriarchate is special ‘both through its history and through the panorama it offers over the city.’ “To reach the top, you…

Aug 3, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The Romanian Adamclisi wine has obtained Protected Designation of Origin

The European Comission has approved the request to include the Romanian Adamclisi wine in the list of Protected Designations of Origin (PDO). Adamclisi is the name of white, rosé and red wine assortments produced in an old wine-growing area from Dobrudgea region in Eastern Romania, by the Black Sea shore. The soil and climate confer…

Jul 31, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Pan flute musician Nicolae Voiculeț played Romania’s National Anthem at the memorial Cross on Caraiman Peak

Romanian musician Nicolae Voiculeț, disciple of famous Romanian pan flute player Gheorghe Zamfir, played Romania’s National Anthem at the Caraiman Cross on Wednesday. The event was organized on the National Anthem Day at the initiative of the artist and it was joined by two choirs: The Choir of the Brașov County Military Police Inspectorate and…

Jul 30, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Most of the Orthodox in the West are Romanian. Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of Orthodox population

Romania ranks 3rd in the world in terms of canonical Orthodox population, according to a review made by Matthew Namee from the Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas. Another conclusion of his analysis is that most of the Christian Orthodox in the West are Romanian. The first three countries in terms of the…

Jul 28, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Jonathan Jackson: My journey to Orthodoxy began with a paschal procession in Romania

In a new interview with the Romanian Orthodox magazine Lumea Credintei, the Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Jonathan Jackson spoke about his journey to Orthodoxy and his various artistic works dedicated to the glory of God, including the new award-winning documentary dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast. As Jackson revealed, his journey to Orthodoxy began on a…

Jul 28, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian President proclaims Law establishing National Day of Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed the decree proclaiming August 16 as National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians. This new National Day aims to inform the public, including young people, about the role of Christianity in the history of Romania and the ongoing nature and extent…

Jul 17, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Spokesperson: Gender ideology is toxic to the community body of any society

Vasile Bănescu, the spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate, sent a message regarding gender ideology, which he described as “an (im)pure ideology”. “That is, an artificial ideational construction, so-called cultural, oriented in line with reality, with logic, biology, anthropology, the order of nature. An ideology meant to justify an absurd, therefore harmful, topic on the agenda…

Jun 25, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Google Bucharest fined for renaming of Romania’s National Cathedral on Google Maps

Google Bucharest was sanctioned on Wednesday by the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) for not taking any action concerning the blasphemous renaming of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral on Google Maps. The name of the new church was left as “Cathedral of the Stupidity of the Nation” in the app for several days. The…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Varlaam: The Basilica Media Centre has proved its social and spiritual utility

The Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate is placed under the protection of the Holy Trinity. At the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Monday in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, special petitions were offered for the media centre and its staff. His Grace the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, who presided…

Jun 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Transport Company | Travel fares can be paid with contactless banking cards during the travel

The Bucharest Transport Company (STB) has announced that fares can be paid by contactless banking card during the travel. The Bucharest City Mayor, Gabriela Firea, explained that the project, implemented in cooperation with BCR Bank, aims to install last-generation validators on all the new vehicles. The devices are already functional on the Express routes 780,…

May 27, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Religion professor creates animated video lessons to help children learn the Orthodox faith from home

The coronavirus pandemic did not only generate panic and fear. It was also the source of constructive, useful projects, a true materialization of Christian love and creativity. The “Minute of Religion” is one such example, an atypical way for a teacher to address his students on religious topics using short animated videos. “In the context…

May 27, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu