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Turkey’s Sümela Monastery to open its doors after three years of restoration

Turkey expects to open the Sumela Monastery in Black Sea province of Trabzon after restoration works end soon, Culture and Tourism Minister said according to Anadolou Agency. The Sümela Monastery, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is one of the leading touristic locations in the Eastern Black Sea area. Located in the Macka…

Sep 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Amphilochios Makris to be proclaimed a Saint during 4-day manifestation in Patmos

The canonization of St. Amphilochios (Makris), proclaimed by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on August 29, will be celebrated next week on the Greek island of Patmos, where the holy elder labored in monasticism. His canonization will be celebrated over a 4-day period, September 17-20, at the Monastery of St. John the Theologian…

Sep 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate raises € 300,000 for Greece wildfire relief efforts

Following its appeal to help the Greek Orthodox Church in response to the tragic wildfire occurred on July 23-24, 2018, in the vicinity of Athens, the Romanian Patriarchate announces that it has raised the sum of € 300,000 from the dioceses of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This amount of money will be sent to meet…

Sep 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolis of Bessarabia coming to promote the canonization of Ismail bishop Dionisie Erhan

The Metropolis of Bessarabia has started the procedures for the canonization of Ismail Bishop Dionisie Erhan (1868-1943), who was ordained to the episcopate in Iași in 1918, a short time after Romania’s Great Union took place. The demarches belong to the South Bessarabia Diocese of the Romanian Patriarchate as a result of the investigations made…

Sep 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

August 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released this year’s eighth issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The August 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Basilica.ro Review available for download Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute…

Sep 12, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Romania Parliament votes in favour of man/woman marriage only

Romanian Senators on Tuesday approved a measure that would pave the way for the constitution to be changed to explicitly state that marriage is a union of a man and a woman. Senators voted 107-13 with seven abstentions to allow a referendum that could change the constitution, which currently states that marriage is a union…

Sep 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel offers St Paraskeva’s vestment to Bulgarian Patriarchate

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered Tuesday, September 11, a vestment with which the holy relics of Saint Paraskeva were clothed to a representative of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. Saint Paraskeva’s vestment, received from Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina, was handed over to His Eminence Metropolitan Naum of Ruse at the St George Chapel of the…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Youth, local Churches representatives united in prayer at Astra Museum on Nativity of Theotokos

The Orthodox youth attending the ITO 2018 Meeting in Sibiu were united in prayer with the representatives of the local Orthodox Churches at the Divine Liturgy celebrated Saturday, Sept. 8, at Astra Museum, commemorating the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania.…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania lays flowers at tomb of Wallachian Ruler Prince Mircea the Elder

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania visited Friday, Sept. 7, Cozia Monastery where he laid a wreath of flowers at the tomb of the Wallachian Ruler Prince Mircea the Elder marking his 600th death anniversary. Ruller Prince Mircea the Elder Mircea the Elder was a ruler prince of Wallachia between 1386 and 1418. He was…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel blesses St Elijah social centre in Calimanesti after renovation works

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated Friday, September 7, a blessing service for the social and pastoral centre of St Elijah in Călimănești-Căciulata, Valcea County, at the conclusion of the recent renovation works. The service was attended by the local hierarch, His Eminence Archbishop Varsanufie of Ramnic. At the end of the blessing service, the Patriarch…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Faith in God and love of nation have supported the struggle for national unity (Full text)

Address by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the participants in the International Orthodox Youth Meeting in Sibiu, 6-9 September 2018: Beloved young people, With deep spiritual joy we address you, the young people attending the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) in Sibiu, in the centre of Romania, with a…

Sep 6, 2018Sorin Ioniţe