Orthodox news

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte urgently admitted to hospital

His Beatitude Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria was admitted to the hospital Wednesday, according to the Church’s website. As posted on Orthochristian.com, the statement reads: Yesterday, April 18, due to a health problem, His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte was admitted to the Tokuda Hospital of Cardiology in Sofia. According to information from the doctors on duty this…

Apr 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch: There is a ‘virtual priesthood’ that wants more showing-off than self-sacrifice

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew cautioned Tuesday the clergy of the Archdiocese of Constantinople that there is a ‘virtual priesthood’ that wants to show off rather than to sacrifice themselves. On Tuesday, April 17, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened for the first time the Synaxis (Conference) of priests and deacons in Turkey at the Balukli Monastery…

Apr 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill to pay first visit to Albania in late April

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will pay an official visit to Albania for the first time in late April, and will hold a joint service with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, patriarchal press service Fr. Alexander Volkov told Tuesday RIA-Novosti, Orthochristian reports. The two primates have known…

Apr 17, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Thousands attend Paschal midnight service in Bucharest: ‘This feast gives a meaning to the whole existence’

Thousands attended the Paschal midnight service officiated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Saturday night in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the service were His Grace Varlaam of Ploiesti, assistant bishop to the patriarch, and His Grace Timotei of Prahova, assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest. At midnight, the patriarch distributed to the believers the Holy Fire,…

Apr 10, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomes Holy Fire: It is the tenth time we receive this great gift

“It is the tenth time we receive this great gift of blessing from the Holy Sepulchre of the Resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said Saturday evening while welcoming to Bucharest the Romanian Patriarchate’s delegation bringing the Holy Fire from Jerusalem. “This Holy Light is a gift of the love of…

Apr 7, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the live stream on the Facebook page of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. The Holy Light descended at about 2:15 PM. A delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, headed by His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova, will bring the Holy Fire to…

Apr 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

March 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

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

Apr 6, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Daniel attends Parliament joint sitting to mark 100th anniversary of Bessarabia’s Union with Romania

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended Tuesday the solemn sitting of the two chambers of Romania’s Parliament to mark the 100th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with the Mother Land. Romania’s Parliament endorsed a Declaration for the celebration of the Union between Bessarabia and the Mother Land, Romania, in 1918. “The Romanian Parliament constituted in…

Apr 3, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu, Lay-ascetic George Lazăr, officially declared Saints by Patriarch Daniel in Iași

Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu and the lay-ascetic George Lazăr were proclaimed Saints of the Church by Patriarch Daniel in a ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași. After celebrating the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Annunciation, His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău read out the synodal tomos on the glorification of Metropolitan Joseph…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel presides over Divine Liturgy in Iaşi on Feast of Annunciation

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iaşi for the feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, having as concelebrants fourteen Romanian hierarchs. The Divine Liturgy preceded the canonization ceremony of Saints Joseph the Merciful and George the Pilgrim. Hundreds of believers attended the Sunday Divine…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

VIDEO: Bp Damaschin of Dorna officiates final memorial service for Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu, Lay-Ascetic George Lazăr

His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuţi, officiated Saturday evening, March 24, the final memorial service for the soon-to-be officially proclaimed saints Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu of Moldavia and the Lay-Ascetic George Lazăr. The formal Rite of Glorification begins with a final Memorial Service for the person about to…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu