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The Week in Pictures: September 27 – October 3, 2021

Gilded icons and golden autumn leaves, vigil lamps and sunshine gleaming over saintly lives and semantron sound. This was last week’s bigger picture in our photo selection. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our…

Oct 5, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Orthodox Church: 14 pages of history under the leadership of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel

Thursday, September 30, 2021, marked 14 years since the enthronement of His Beatitude Daniel as Patriarch of Romania. For the Romanian Orthodox Church, these years have been memorable, with efforts to keep pace with an ever-changing world while preserving its saving values. All this has been coordinated with pastoral insight by the actual leader of…

Sep 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 20 – 26, 2021

There were many religious events in România and the rest of the Orthodox world between September 20 and 26. Please find their story in the pictures below. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our…

Sep 29, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

St Vladimir’s Seminary Press profiles Patriarch Daniel in a new book: Rebuilding Orthodoxy in Romania

The tenth volume of St Vladimir’s Seminary Press “Orthodox Christian Profiles” Series is dedicated to His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, the second-most populous Orthodox Patriarchate in the world. The recently-published book is entitled Patriarch Daniel: Rebuilding Orthodoxy in Romania. After Communism, the Romanian Orthodox Church had to overcome many difficulties to reestablish and strengthen Church…

Sep 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 13 – 19, 2021

The sunshine is best reflected by the Holy Cross, when it is elevated by the Orthodox faithful in September. Or at least so it looks in the photos received via email from our readers between September 13 and 19. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by…

Sep 22, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Tronos Psaltic Group performed live at St. Vladimir’s Seminary

Members of the Tronos Psaltic Group from the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest performed Byzantine chant live at St. Vladimir’s Seminary on Wednesday. The Romanians led by Archdeacon Mihail Bucă were joined by the Seminary’s Byzantine choir and sextet led by Dn. Nicholas Fine and Dr. Harrison Russin, assistant professor of liturgical music. “We…

Sep 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Fr Alexander Schmemann

Monday, September 13, 2021 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and one of the 20th century’s leading Orthodox Christian theologians. Father Alexander was born in Estonia in 1921 to a family of Russian emigres. He spent his youth in France, where he completed his secondary and…

Sep 13, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

Archdiocesan Pro-Life Department renovating house for family with 10 children

Thanks to the efforts of Pro Vita Iași, the pro-life department of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Iași, the house of a large family with 10 children is undergoing repairs and reconstruction. Interior renovation was started on Monday. Mihai and Cristina Cârtițe and their 10 children are used to living simply and are satisfied with…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Serafim and Romanians from Germany met hundreds of children they sponsor in Romania

The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany and 47 donors from the Romanian diaspora visited on Friday Romania’s most impoverished town, Negrești, in Vaslui county, where they offer monthly scholarships for 450 children. The financial support is offered through the eparchial Programme “Scholarships for the Poor Children of Moldavia”. “I was glad to meet many of…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 30 – September 5, 2021

The beginning of fall signals the start of a new Church Year for Orthodox Christians. Please see below our selection of photos taken last week. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection…

Sep 6, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Pastoral Conference in the Metropolis of the Americas: Patriarch Daniel sent a message of unity

Patriarch Daniel sent a video message for the Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the Clergy in the Metropolia of the Americas, organized online last Saturday. In the video message, His Beatitude said the Church responded to the needs of the Romanians by founding new parishes and eparchies in America. He encouraged the unity between the Romanian diaspora…

Sep 2, 2021Ștefana Totorcea