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Basilica Photos: The year 2023 in 100 pictures

We invite you on a virtual journey where we will explore together the most captivating and significant images captured by Basilica News Agency photographers in the year 2023. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene & Mircea Florescu Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Dec 30, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica Photos: The year 2022 in 100 pictures

We invite you to browse a collection of 100 photos from the various events captured by the Basilica News Agency’s photographers in 2022. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu and Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Jan 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Procession with relics of Saints Nectarios and Ephraim at Radu Vodă Monastery (2022)

The relics of Saints Nectarios of Aegina and Ephraim of Nea Makri kept at Radu Vodă Monastery were carried in a procession around the monastery’s main church on Sunday, November 6, marking the beginning of the festivities dedicated to Saint Nectarios (Nov. 9). Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Nov 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: June 20 – 26, 2022

Moments from the life of monks or lay people, patronal feasts and other images from the Orthodox world in our article “The Week in Pictures” from June 20 to June 26, 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be…

Jul 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Palm Sunday Procession 2022: Photo Gallery

Hundreds of priests and thousands of faithful participated in the Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest on Saturday, 16 April 2022, on the eve of the great feast of the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem. The procession resumed after two years of interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu Follow us…

Apr 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: March 7 – 13, 2022

We invite you to view a selection of photos from around the world taken during the first week of Lent. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly…

Mar 16, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Patriarch Teoctist prayerfully remembered at Patriarchal Cathedral on his 107th birth anniversary

On Monday, February 7, 2022, a memorial service was held at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the 107th birth anniversary of Romania’s former Patriarch Teoctist of blessed memory. The memorial service was officiated by Protosyncellus Silvestru Buşică at Patriarch Teoctist’s tomb inside the patriarchal cathedral. You can quickly read some biographies of the former patriarch of…

Feb 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

PHOTOS: The Theophany of the Lord at the Patriarchal Cathedral 2022

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the great blessing of the waters on the porch of the patriarchal residence in Bucharest on the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, January 6, 2022. Before the blessing service, the festal Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photography…

Jan 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo gallery: Feast of Saint Seraphim of Sarov celebrated in Bucharest

Saint Seraphim of Sarov, one of the most beloved saints of Orthodoxy, was honoured on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at St. Nicholas – Tabacu Church in Bucharest with a Divine Liturgy celebrated by the parish priest Eugeniu Rogoti. In 2017, the place of worship received the reliquary with a fragment of Saint Seraphim’s relics, brought…

Jan 3, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Romanian artists prayerfully remembered at Radu Vodă Monastery

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated the memorial service for the Romanian actors who reposed in the Lord, at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, on the feast day of Saint Philemon, Patron Saint of actors, December 14, 2021. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo gallery: Eve of the feast of Saint Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral 2021

His Grace the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese Timotei of Prahova officiated the All-night Vigil in honour of the patron saint of Bucharest, Saint Demetrius the New, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, on Monday, October 25, 2021. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Instagram: @basilica.ro

Oct 27, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu