National cathedral

Largest Orthodox iconostasis: Romania’s National Cathedral sets world record

The Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral, also known as the National Cathedral, an Orthodox cathedral under construction in Bucharest, Romania, to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, has a giant Orthodox iconostasis (23.8 meters length and 17.1 meters height and an area of 407 square meters), which sets the new world record for…

May 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

National Cathedral architect details construction concept for “Church of churches in Romania”

The person who designed Romania’s National Cathedral, Architect Constantin Amâiei, spoke at Digi24 about the entire construction process, the concept, and what the Catedral will look like after completing the works. In a dialogue with Lucian Mîndruță, the architect mentioned that the project started as an idea over 130 years ago but was resumed only…

May 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia: The construction of the National Cathedral is a call and a still breeze of resurrection for our nation

The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia said on Bright Monday that “the wonderful work” carried out at the National Cathedral “is a call and a still breeze of resurrection for our nation.” During his homily at the Chapel of the National Cathedral, Bishop Ieronim referred to God’s “still breeze of resurrection” in the hearts…

May 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel meets new Serbian Ambassador to Romania

On March 2, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel meet with Serbia’s new Ambassador to Romania Stefan Tomašević at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Stefan Tomašević thanked the Patriarch for the warm welcome. He stressed the importance of the fraternal ties between the two peoples and Orthodox Churches, which,…

Mar 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

IN PICTURES: #Themakingof the giant Platytera Mother of God mosaic icon at Romania’s National Cathedral

Painter Daniel Codrescu and his team are working tirelessly on the mosaic painting of Romania’s National Cathedral. They offered Basilica.ro a photo feature of the making of the Platytera Mother of God mosaic icon in the sanctuary. The name of the icon means in Greek “Higher than the heavens”. This icon is usually of great…

Feb 5, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

In brief: 10 things you need to know about the National Cathedral

The need to build a National Cathedral in Bucharest was considered after the War of Independence and the proclamation of Romania as a Kingdom. King Carol I passed a law on this endeavour in 1884. The original place of the Cathedral was established by Patriarch Miron in 1929: at the base of the Hill of…

Nov 26, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

2 years since the Romanians’ Cathedral was dedicated to the Union, the Ascension, the Heroes, the Saints

Wednesday, November 25, 2020, marks 2 years since the historic moment of the consecration of the National Cathedral. The consecration of the cathedral in the Centennial Year meant its dedication first to God and the Holy Apostle Andrew, then to the nation under their protection: the heroes who gave their souls for the country, the…

Nov 24, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

2020 Romfilatelia Christmas stamps show National Cathedral mosaic of Virgin Mary

Two special stamps have been issued by Romfilatelia for Christmas this year, with the designs telling the story of the Annunciation of the Theotokos and the Nativity of the Lord through mosaic icons. The stamps see Virgin Mary receiving the good news of Christ’s incarnation from the Archangel Gabriel and Mary cradling the new-born Jesus…

Nov 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences for loss of National Cathedral great engineer Constantin Pavel

Patriarch Daniel expressed his deep sorrow for the loss of Professor Constantin Pavel, ‘the great construction engineer of the National Cathedral.’ Professor Constantin Pavel reposed in the Lord on June 25 at the age of 84. Patriarch Daniel said he was ‘a creative spirit’ with ‘innovative ingenuity and scientific rigor,’ being one of the best…

Jul 1, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest: National Cathedral workers start removal of scaffolding to reveal altar impressive mosaic icons

Romania’s most significant mosaic icon of the Mother of God emerged in the National Cathedral in Bucharest as workers have started removing tons of metal scaffolding covering the altar’s impressive iconography. At present, about 50% of the altar painting work has been completed. The basin of the altar apse is completely covered with mosaic, including…

Jun 19, 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