Orthodox news

Patriarch Daniel re-consecrates 517-year old Dealu Monastery, ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity’

Marking its 517th anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel re-consecrated Sunday the church of Dealu Monastery referring to it as ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity and unity’. The Patriarch of Romania said that this monastic settlement is ‘the holy place keeping as in a reliquary the honourable head of Ruler Prince Michael the Brave,…

Jun 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Confessor under communist regime Archimandrite Mina Dobzeu laid to rest at Huși Cathedral

Archimandrite Mina Dobzeu, a Romanian confessor of faith in communist prisons, was laid to rest at the Huși Cathedral Saturday, June 9, 2018. The hierarchical Divine Liturgy and the funeral service were held earlier at the Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Huși. The services were led by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and…

Jun 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Greek Holy Synod declares Saint Therapon as Patron Saint of physical therapists

The Permanent Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church approved Friday the request of the Panhellenic Physiotherapists’ Association to take the Hieromartyr Saint Therapon of Cyprus as its patron Saint. At the same working session yesterday, the request of the Hellenic Society of Rheumatology to take St. Gregory the Theologian as its patron saint was…

Jun 9, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

May 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released this year’s fifth issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The May 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 the…

Jun 8, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Good deed: Sofia diocese donates new equipment to children’s anesthesiology clinic

His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria paid a visit to Sofia’s Pirogov Hospital yesterday, the largest emergency care hospital in the country, to donate new life-saving equipment on behalf of the Sofia Diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The “ROTEM Sigma” apparatus was presented to the resuscitation unit in the hospital’s children’s anesthesiology clinic, Orthochristian.com…

Jun 8, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Archimandrite Mina Dobzeu reposes in the Lord

The Huși Diocese announced the falling asleep in the Lord of Archimandrite Mina Dobzeu, a steadfast confessor of faith during communist regime and the priest who baptised the renowned Fr Nicolae Steinhardt. Fr Mina Dobzeu reposed in the Lord Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 14.55 p.m. at his cell at Sts Peter and Paul Monastery…

Jun 8, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch declares Elder Iakovos Tsalikis a Saint in a ceremony in Evia

Thousands of believers from Greece, Australia, Germany and other countries attended the canonization ceremony of Elder Iakovos Tsalikis held on June 2-3, 2018, at St David Monastery in Evia led by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Metropolis of Chalkida organized a series of events occasioned by the official announcement of numbering the former abbot…

Jun 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Centuries-old frescoes of Georgia’s Davit Gareji complex damaged again

Georgia’s unique frescoes of Davit Gareji complex dating back to IX-XI centuries have been damaged, Georgian Journal reports. Namely, the frescoes in the refectory and the main church of the monastery complex fell victim to the vandalism. As reported the centuries-old frescoes of the historic complex were damaged by the inscriptions made by limestone piece…

Jun 4, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Holy and Great Council Minutes to be published soon, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announces

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has announced that the minutes of the Holy and Great Council held on the island of Crete in the summer of 2016 will soon be published. The news came in the form of a message delivered to the 8th International Conference of Orthodox Theology on the theme, “The…

May 31, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Polish independence centennial celebrated at the new Agia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral

Only three years after the laying of the foundation stone, the first ever Divine Liturgy was celebrated Saturday, May 19, 2018, within the walls of Warsaw’s new Agia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral, marking the centennial of the regaining of Polish independence in 1918. As reported by the website of the Polish Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy…

May 30, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The Basilica News Agency has communicated the ‘good to know’ in words and pictures for 10 years: Patriarch Daniel

During the festivities held Monday, May 28, 2018, at the Patriarchal Palace, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel pointed out the missionary activity of the Basilica News Agency stressing that it has communicated the ‘good to know’ from the Romanian Patriarchate’s dioceses for 10 years. ‘For 10 years, the Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate is…

May 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu