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The Week in Pictures: June 21 – 27, 2021

The first week after the Descent of the Holy Spirit was full of spiritual events in the Orthodox world. Please see below our selection of photos from this period. 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…

Jun 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

In pictures: Romanians in Melbourne were first to celebrate the feast of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

As the day starts “earlier” in Australia due to its time zone, Romanians from this country were the first in the Romanian Diaspora to celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The worship place has been recently restored and it was reconsecrated on July 1st, 2018, when it was also given a…

Jun 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bessarabian woman donates her fortune for a church to offer prayers for the unity of Romanians

Thanks to the faith and piety of one Bessarabian woman, the new Church of St. Nicholas and St. Stephen the Great is being built in the town of Edineț, in the Republic of Moldova. In her will, Maria Andronache bequeathed her fortune for the building of a church that “will belong canonically to the Romanian…

Jun 27, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 14 – 20, 2021

Please find below snapshots of the Christian Orthodox world captured by professional and amateur photographers between June 14 and June 20, 2021. 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 of photos?…

Jun 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Australia: Orthodox Children’s Short Film Competition announces its winners

The “Creative for Christ” Orthodox Children’s Short Film Competition announced its winners on Sunday at Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Two Orthodox schools placed themselves equal first. The children from “St Sophia & Three Daughters” Greek Orthodox Church in Sidney and from “St Euphemia” College in Bankstown were awarded by His Grace Bishop Emilianos of…

Jun 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary

Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary on June 9, 2021. It was established by Archbishop Varsanufie, first as a catechetical office, in 2015. In April 2019 it became an archdiocesan department. Current programs The department currently runs the following programs: “Mirro ghiozdano – my school backpack”: It offers school…

Jun 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 7 – 13, 2021

The Lord’s Ascension, the commemoration of national heroes and the consecration of worship places were among last week’s highlights. 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 of photos? We would gladly include…

Jun 17, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Five year anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Five years ago, on June 16, began the writing of ‘a new chapter in the history of the Church’ as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called the meeting of the Local Orthodox Churches that took place on the island of Crete. The Council took place from June 16 to June 26, 2016, at the Orthodox Academy of…

Jun 16, 2021basilica.ro

For 13 years, the Basilica News Agency: Profile

In a world assailed by information, Patriarch Daniel saw the presence of the Orthodox Church in the Romanian media landscape as a primary necessity. Less than a month after his enthronement, on October 27, 2007, His Beatitude established the Basilica Media Centre, consisting of five components: Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV, Lumina publications, Basilica News Agency,…

Jun 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

12 archaeological sites in Dobrudja will become accessible for online tours

Ancient fortresses Tomis, Callatis, Histria, Adamclisi, Capidava, Carsium, Ibida, Argamum, Noviodunum, Halmiris, Ulmetum and Enisala, situated in Dobrudja, by the Black Sea, will become accessible for online tours starting from July 1.  “The website will be bilingual (Romanian – English), accessible also on mobile devices, and it will present an interactive map of 12 of…

Jun 8, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 31 – June 6, 2021

Please find below our selection of photos with moments of Orthodox life captured between May 31 and June 6, 2021. 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 of photos? We would gladly…

Jun 8, 2021Ștefana Totorcea