Romania

The Bright Week in pictures: May 6 – 12, 2024

Please see below our Bright Week 2024 photo feature presenting last week’s snapshots of Orthodox life. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly include one of your photos depicting…

May 16, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

May 14: Romania marks National Day honouring martyrs who suffered in communist prisons

Romania’s martyrs from communist prisons are annually remembered on a National Day marked on May 14. In remembrance of the thousands of young people, intellectuals, theologians, and citizens of various social classes who opposed the communist regime and were detained between the nights of May 14 and 15, 1948, this day was established. A considerable…

May 14, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian diocese proposes 18th-century abbot for canonization

The Synod of the Metropolis of Oltenia held a session on Bright Tuesday, May 7, during which it proposed a new monastic saint for canonization. Meeting at Lainici Monastery in Gorj County, the hierarchs discussed the events dedicated to the canonization of Venerable Ioan, the first abbot of Hurezi Monastery, founded in 1690 by St.…

May 13, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel sends irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch and Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

On Thursday, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent an irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches. Full text: Bucharest, Holy Easter 2024 Your Holiness/Your Beatitude, Christ is Risen! The Holy Feast of the Resurrection is the foundation of the Christian life and the foretaste…

May 2, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 15 – 22, 2024

Our current Week-in-Pictures photo feature invites you to a virtual trip to the remote land of New Zealand and back to Romania, presenting the cultural richness of the Orthodox world and illustrating the deep connections between faith, community and tradition. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared…

Apr 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 8 – 14, 2024

A new Week-in-Pictures photo feature with captivating shots captured in the Orthodox world between April 8-14, 2024: the beauty of Orthodoxy shown through young and old people seen at church or various religious events, in places of worship and at moments from the historic pilgrimage with the relics of St. Demetrius the New. Last week’s…

Apr 18, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Message: The Patriarch of Romania is praying for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land

Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a message on Sunday to Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, expressing His Beatitude’s concern on the escalation of the military conflict in the Holy Land and praying for the restoration of a just and lasting peace. Full text: Bucharest, 14 April 2024 His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III, Patriarch of Jerusalem Your…

Apr 14, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 1 – 7, 2024

Today we present the 300th “Week in Pictures” photo-feature. The first article was published on July 18, 2018, and we have selected and presented unique images from the Orthodox world every week since then. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want…

Apr 8, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian diocese honors mother of 19

A local parish held an outstanding event during the Month for Life in the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți: a woman from Giurgești Parish was honoured for the heroic deed of giving birth and raising all the 19 children that God gave to the family. Mrs. Aneta Artemie, wife of the parish church chanter, was…

Apr 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: March 25 – 31, 2024

Photos from the last week of March capture the beauty of children and nature, the enthusiasm of those involved in pro-life activities and the joy of the historic pilgrimage with the relics of St. Demetrius the New. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro)…

Apr 3, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Month for Life: Romanian diocese offers gifts to new mothers for feast of Annunciation

To celebrate the Annunciation as the Christian Mothers’ Day, the Archdiocese of Sibiu offered gifts to mothers at the Maternity Ward of the County Hospital. The event was organized by the Filantropia Ortodoxă Sibiu Association and the Social-Philanthropic Department of the archdiocese, both coordinated by Fr Adrian Roman. The gifts consisted of diapers and hygiene…

Apr 1, 2024Ștefana Totorcea