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Monastic Pianist of Valaam Monastery plays music by Tchaikovsky

At the end of last year, Valaam Monastery posted a video with Monk Abel performing a part of Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers. The video gathered over 7600 likes on Valaam Monastery’s Instagram account and was viewed more than 140,000 times on YouTube. The “Waltz of the Flowers” (1892) is a piece of orchestral music…

Jan 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Popular Greek Singer Nikos Vertis: ‘I love Christ and I carry Him always in my soul’

Invited by Nikos Hatzinikolaou at the weekly informative show “Enopios Enopio,” the popular Dutch-Greek singer Nikos Vertis spoke about his faith and the relation with Christ. ‘I love Christ and I have Him always in my life,’ Nikos Vertis said, Romfea reports. ‘We are living times when youth is afraid to say “I believe in…

Jan 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

This is how Romanians in Zagreb celebrated Theophany: “By fasting and prayer we untie the Saviour’s sandals”

On the feast of Theophany, Father Nicolae Ceruta explained to the Romanians in Zagreb the meaning of the untying of the sandals of Christ’s feet, a sentence used by Saint John the Forerunner to describe his humble approach to the Saviour. ‘To untie someone’s sandals is on one hand an act of humility, and on…

Jan 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude Sawa celebrates his name day

On the feast day of  St. Sava the first Archbishop of Serbia, January 14, His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates his name day. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly…

Jan 14, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Christmas service in chinese published in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong publisher “The China Orthodox Press” has published a Chinese translation of the service for the Nativity of Christ. With this new publication, it is now possible for Chinese Orthodox Christians to celebrate the festal service in their native language, Orthochristian reports. The publication contains the texts for the Royal Hours, Typica, Great…

Jan 13, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Basilica News top 7 most liked tweets of 2019

Here’s a look at 2019’s most liked tweets on the @BasilicaNews Twitter account. 1. Priest feeds infant while proclaiming Gospel at baptism service.https://t.co/hOY3ULhE9N pic.twitter.com/1fOudXXBa5 — Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) November 4, 2019 2. Memory eternal to all Romanians who fell in the Revolution of December 1989 ? pic.twitter.com/ImZnyDosWj — Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) December 16, 2019 3.…

Jan 13, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Cluj Metropolitan: A more serious environmental education is the natural consequence of what the Lord has done at Epiphany

Offering his reflections on the Church hymns on the feast of Theophany that point to the regeneration and renewal of nature made by Christ through His baptism into the waters, Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj said that a natural consequence is to care more about environmental education. ‘Christ the Lord, by being baptized in the Jordan…

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Feast of Theophany of the Lord at historic Putna Monastery

Hundreds of people attended the Great Blessing of Waters at Putna Monastery on this year’s feast of the Theophany of the Lord. The service was officiated by the monastery’s abbot, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic. Photography courtesy of Putna Monastery / Iosif Andronic Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Baptism is adoption. Patriarch Daniel presents connection between our baptism and the Lord’s Baptism

Addressing the faithful at the patriarchal cathedral in Bucharest on the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on the connection between our baptism and the Baptism of the Lord. Concelebrants for the January 6 Divine Liturgy included the patriarchal auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia. The…

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Five Bulgarian monasteries to get a facelift with European funds

Five of the oldest Bulgarian monasteries, that have been declared monuments of culture – Bachkovski, Troyanski, Kremikovski, Kilifarevski and Plakovski, are expected to be renovated with European funds, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced. The goal is to make these religious centers even more attractive to pilgrims and tourists. The funds will be allocated…

Jan 10, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch to youth: Make proper use of technology

During an event, which was held on Friday, January 3, at Zografeion Lyceum, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave advice to the population of the Greek Diaspora, that is the youth and their parents, and then he blessed and cut the Vasilopita. The Ecumenical Patriarch highlighted the profound impact that technological development has on society and drew…

Jan 7, 2020Gheorghe Anghel