Orthodox news

Bessarabia ‘Diaconia’ Social Mission launches Meal of Joy Eastern Campaign

The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia has launched the Eastern Campaign ‘Meal of Joy’ aiming to provide food for people in need. This campaign is aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing society to support elderly people, but also other people in need in the Republic of Moldova. Thanks to this project, over…

Mar 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Tronos Byzantine Choir to perform at European Parliament in April

The Tronos Byzantine Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate will perform at the European Parliament on April 11 as part of a three-day series of cultural events organized in the context of Romania’s Presidency of the EU Council. ExpoRomania Bruxelles will take place on April 10-12, 2019, and will include a display of paintings by Horia…

Mar 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarchate glorifies new martyrs of Estonia

Following the proposal of the Metropolitan of Tallinn, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate resolved to glorify several new martyrs of the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Estonia who confessed the Orthodox faith during 1944-1955, Romfea reports. The new Saints will be commemorated every year on August 20. The Synaxis of the Estonian new martyrs…

Mar 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘The Good to Know’ online magazine: March 2019

The March 2019 issue of ‘The Good to Know’ online magazine of the Basilica News Agency is now available for download. This project initially started in 2017 was named ‘The Basilica monthly review,’ and was published at the beginning of every month until its rebranding this year. What you are about to look through is the second…

Mar 19, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

White House honours Greek Independence Day

US President Donald Trump held a ceremony at the White House on Monday evening to celebrate Greek Independence Day. The US President was accompanied by Archbishop Demetrios and an enthusiastic crowd of Greek-Americans, cabinet members, ambassadors and staff, Greek City Time reports. “On this day, we honor the shared values that bind our two countries…

Mar 19, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Icon of Panagia Jordanitissa, relics of St Ephraim of Nea Makri, brought to Icoanei Church in Bucharest

The Jordanitissa Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God was brought on Thursday from the Romanian Settlement in Jerusalem to Icoanei Church, a church in Bucharest named after the an old icon of Our Lady sitting on throne offered by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brancoveanu, marking the beginning of this year’s festivities dedicated to the…

Mar 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: ‘Have mercy on me, o God’ is the call to the only source of eternal life – Christ

‘After every troparion of the Great Canon of Repentance of Saint Andrew of Crete we have this calling, this insistent supplication, as a breath of the Church: Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,’ Patriarch Daniel said at the end of the Great Canon officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral on Clean Monday.…

Mar 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

MEP Traian Ungureanu meets with religion journalists from Romania

Traian Ungureanu, MEP for Romania, met with a group of twenty religion journalists from Romania at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday, March 8, 2019. Mr. Ungureanu spoke about the efforts made by Romania’s representatives to defend the country’s interests in the European institutions. Traian Ungureanu pointed to the importance of understanding the benefits…

Mar 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

King Philippe of Belgium will attend the Inter-Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Brussels

King Philippe of Belgium will attend the joint Inter-Orthodox celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Orthodox at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Brussels, on Sunday, March 17, Romfea reports. This Inter-Orthodox Divine Liturgy is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of Great Lent, in memory of the…

Mar 13, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Victims of Romanian communist regime commemorated at Memorial Monastery

On Saturday, as the Church celebrated the feast day of the Holy 40 Martyrs at Sebaste, just on the threshold of Lent, the Romanian Orthodox Church also prayed for all those who lost their lives at the hands of the communist regime in the 20th century. A memorial service was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Orthodox Church of Albania: Tree Planting in Gjinar

This past week (March 2nd-March 10th, 2019) the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in cooperation with OCMC and OCF, hosted a group of 6 university students from the United States and Canada. This team of students learnt about the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the persecutions she has suffered. They were also…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel