photography

World Photography Day 2019: Origin, history and importance

World Photography Day – August 19 – is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.  The World Photography Day originated from the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Frenchmen Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1837. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences…

Aug 19, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Photo contest to mark OrthPhoto’s 15th anniversary

OrthPhoto.net is organizing a photography competition entitled “OrthPhoto Awards” to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The deadline for submissions is August 19, 2019. „This is something more than a competition”, OrthPhoto announces. “We want to celebrate with you our anniversary and the best way we can do it is to present your own works and offer you…

Aug 2, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Famous Orthodox Photography Website celebrates 15th anniversary

The renowned OrthPhoto.net website dedicated to Orthodox Photography celebrated Wednesday, April 10, its 15th anniversary. Defined as an online community of amateur and professional photographers who wish to share and exhibit photographs presenting the Orthodox Christian faith as experienced throughout the world, OrthPhoto was established on April 10, 2004. The online gallery of Orthodox pictures…

Apr 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of the Dormition of Saint Anna, Orsova Monastery

Bishops Nicodim of Severin and Strehaia, Galaction of Alexandria and Teleorman and Paisie of Lugoj celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Anna Monastery in Orsova on Wednesday, July 25 2018, on the patronal feast of the monastery. Check out our photo gallery from the Divine Liturgy as well as from the All-Night Vigil service. Photography…

Jul 26, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

In pictures: Great and Holy Thursday celebrated at Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral

On the Great and Holy Thursday, April 5, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the liturgy included his auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Apr 6, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Original 1590 Synodal Tomos of Foundation of Moscow Patriarchate

A photograph of the May 8, 1590 tomos of the Council of Constantinople on the foundation of the Russian Orthodox Church as a patriarchate has been published online by the channel “Athonite Herald” on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging service, reports OrthoChristian. The historical document is written in ink on parchment in the Greek language.…

Mar 22, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy on Sunday of Veneration of Holy Cross 2018

On the third Sunday of Great Lent, that of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, 11 March 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, having as concelebrants his Auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiești and Ieronim of Sinaia. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Mar 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu