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Patriarch Daniel awards diplomas to media personalities, journalists who promoted Orthodox confessors during communism

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday awarded several famous media personalities and Romanian journalists with the Patriarchate’s 2017 Commemorative Diploma and Medal dedicated to Patriarch Justinian Marina and the defenders of Orthodoxy during communism. At the end of the awarding ceremony, Patriarch Daniel addressed thanks to those present at the Europa Christiana Hall of the…

Jan 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to become official holiday in Serbia

Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Vladan Bukosavlevic says he is certain that Serbia will celebrate the day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius this year as an official state holiday, thereby, he emphasized, “filling the cultural gap” between Serbia and other Slavic nations. “We are currently the only Slavic country where the day of Sts.…

Jan 16, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

2,000 candles being lit in Moscow in honor of abortion victims

Activists of the All-Russian “For Life!” public movement will light 2,000 candles thursday in memory of children who have lost their lives to the terror of abortion. According to official statistics, 2,000 abortions are performed daily in the Russian Federation, reportes orthochristian.com. The date for the event was intentionally chosen as the day that the…

Jan 11, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

December 2017 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released our third edition of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The December 2017 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute the…

Jan 4, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

@BasilicaNews 8 most appreciated tweets in 2017

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Jan 4, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

‘King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life’ – Patriarch Daniel at Romania’s former sovereign funeral service

On Saturday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, led the funeral service for Romania’s last sovereign together with an assembly of eight metropolitans, priests, and deacons, pointing to King Michael’s spiritual qualities and his tie with the Romanian Orthodox Church. ‘King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life.…

Dec 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

King Michael – a symbol of the suffering and hope of the Romanian people

Address of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the Funeral Service of King Michael I of Romania, in the Patriarchal Cathedral from Bucharest on Saturday, 16 December 2017: “I am the resurrection and the life! The one who believes in Me, even though he dies, will live! Whoever lives and believes…

Dec 16, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Ecumenical Patriarch receives an honorary doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

In the agenda of the 10th Academic Conference of the Orthodox-Jewish Dialogue which takes place in Jerusalem from 5 to 7 December 2017, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem decided to pay His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the honorable distinction of the Doctor Philosophiae honoris causa. For this reason, His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch arrived at…

Dec 7, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

November 2017 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released our second edition of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The November 2017 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute the…

Dec 6, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Primates of Local Orthodox Churches

In the evening of 4 December 2017, at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, met with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Primates and heads of the delegations of the Local Orthodox Churches who had come to Moscow to take part in the celebrations…

Dec 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Hierarchs, faithful prayerfully celebrate St Gregory the Decapolite at Bistrița Monastery

On Monday, hundreds of believers from all across Romania attended the celebrations of Saint Gregory the Decapolite at Bistrița Monastery, where his holy relics are kept. On this occasion, eleven Romanian hierarchs concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy, the diocesan website reports. This year we celebrate the 520th anniversary of the placing of the holy relics…

Nov 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu