Church painting

Romanian Patriarchate to host national conference on Byzantine heritage and contemporary church art

The Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest will host the National Conference “Doctrinal Unity and National Distinctiveness in Church Painting” in November, bringing together specialists in iconography, church painting, architecture and restoration. Now in its 13th edition, the Romanian Patriarchate’s Church Painting Commission will organise the conference on 12–13 November. This year’s theme is Church…

Oct 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges immediate action to save the Romanian village

During his opening remarks at the National Conference of Church Painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged for decisive action on saving Romania’s villages. ‘Let us not look nostalgically with that so-called mioritic passivity.’ ‘Let us take action with energy and responsibility to save the Romanian village and its priceless heritage,’ the Patriarch said on Monday.…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch opens national conference on church painting

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday, June 10, opened the works of the National Conference ‘Dogmatic unity and national specificity in church painting’ at the Patriarchal Palace with over 100 iconographers and church painters attending the event. The conference was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Department for Culture and Religious Heritage and the Church Painting…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu