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Romanian organization to sponsor a local pro-life worker’s participation in the world’s largest pregnancy crisis event

Bucharest’s “Holy Empress Helen” Counselling and Information Centre will sponsor participation in the next Heartbeat International Conference for a Romanian pro-life worker. The sponsorship will be awarded to a Romanian who can convince Santa Claus that he or she has a serious intention to support women in pregnancy crisis. “If you really want this sponsorship,…

Dec 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 20 – 26, 2021

This week saw the commemoration of the heroes of the anti-Communist Revolution of December 1989, Christmas carolers and the great feast of the Lord’s Nativity. Please see below the last weekly selection of photos for the year 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica News Agency…

Dec 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Christmas Tree reminds us of the Tree of Life, Christ, rich with the gifts of the Holy Eucharist: Patriarch Daniel

“The Christmas Tree reminds us of the Tree of Life, with the many gifts of the Holy Eucharist. The Tree of Life – Christ. In the Holy Trinity icon painted by Andrey Rublyov, the Tree of Life is placed exactly behind the Son, meaning Christ, Who is blessing the content of the Chalice,” explained Patriarch…

Dec 25, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch of Romania awards Patriarch of Jerusalem the “St. John Jacob of Neamț” Order: Recipients list

The Patriarch of Romania awarded on Wednesday the Patriarch of Jerusalem the “St. John Jacob of Neamț, the New Khozevite”. The distinction was granted in the context of the Solemn Year 2021 in the Romanian Patriarchate and it was transmitted to Jerusalem by Archim. Teofil Anăstăsoaie, Representative of the Romanian Patriarchate in the Holy Land.…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian patriarch blesses carolers with Down Syndrome: “You have intensified the joy”

Patriarch Daniel received on Wednesday a group of young beneficiaries of Bucharest’s Down Plus Association. His Beatitude blessed the young people with Down Syndrome and told them they intensified the joy on the Patriarchate’s Hill. “You sang very beautifully and conveyed joy, as the song said, especially since we are here in Bucharest, which means…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel to the Christmas carolers who study Theology: God the Child reveals the mystery of family

“St. John of Damascus says the only new thing under the sun is God the Man, Jesus Christ. And this mystery of God the Child Who grows through the love and care shown by the Mother of God and His adoptive father, Righteous Joseph, reveals the mystery of family,” Patriarch Daniel said on Monday to…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel: Pro-life students perform soul-saving work. Christ the Child reveals mystery of humble and generous love

Christ came into the world as a Child “to reveal the great mystery of humble and generous love: a child can be ignored, as it often happens, it can be rejected, it can be killed in the womb or it can be granted all the attention, all the care and all the affection fit for…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Anti-communist martyrs from December 1989 commemorated in Bucharest’s Revolution Square

A commemoration service was officiated on Wednesday in Bucharest’s Romanian Revolution Square. Prayers were offered for the martyrs who fought for freedom during the last days of the Nicolae Ceauşescu’s communist regime. The religious ceremony was held after the state anthem. “We have officiated a commemoration service for the maryrs of the Romanian December 1989…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas: The Lord’s Nativity restores man to knowledge of God

Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter for the Lord’s Nativity points to the fact that the Lord’s Nativity restores man by bringing the Light of Knowledge: the knowledge of God. The hierarch quotes St. Athanasius the Great, who said that Adam’s sin consisted of turning away from the contemplation of God – of the One Who is,…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Father Ioan Sauca visits Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon

Fr. Ioan Sauca, Acting General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), visited, on December 15, Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East at His Beatitude’s residence in Balamand, Lebanon. Patriarch John X is one of the WCC presidents. His Beatitude shared the situation of the people and churches from his Patriarchate.…

Dec 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

St. George the Pilgrim: Relics of the recently-glorified Romanian saint visiting US parishes

Orthodox faithful throughout the U.S. have a special opportunity now through early February to venerate the relics of one of Romania’s most recently glorified saints. With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the relics of St. George the Pilgrim have arrived in America. The relics have already visited a number of parishes in several…

Dec 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea