Romania

The Week in Pictures: January 1-7, 2024

Please find below the first week of 2024 in memorable images capturing the beauty of Orthodox life and one of the most important Christian holidays, the Epiphany. 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…

Jan 8, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 25 – 31, 2023

Photos from Romania, Greece, France or Scotland give you an overview of the Orthodox world in the last week of the year 2023. 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…

Jan 5, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

More than 5,000 socially-vulnerable children received Christmas gifts from the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău

During Lent, the Social-Philanthropic and Missionary Sector of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău ran the program “Do you want to be good for Christmas?” – the fourth edition which brought joy to over 5,000 children at risk of social exclusion. All these gifts and surprises were possible through the involvement of all deaneries, eparchial…

Jan 3, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 11 – 17, 2023

Please find some unique images from the Orthodox world in our week-in-Pictures photo feature for December 11-17, 2023. 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…

Dec 21, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Basilica News Agency Director ordained a hierodeacon at National Cathedral’s Chapel

A few days after taking his monastic vows, Monk Nicolae Iftimiu, Director of the Basilica News Agency, was ordained a hierodeacon. Auxiliary Patriarchal Bishop Paisie of Sinaia officiated the ordination on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the National Cathedral Chapel. “We have good hope that he will respond properly to this call,” the hierarch said at…

Dec 20, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

His Grace Benedict donated blood in response to a humanitarian appeal

His Grace Benedict of Bistrița, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, donated blood with clerics from the eparchy. Dean Dan Hognogi of the Cluj I Deanery took this initiative, in response to an urgent humanitarian appeal to help the 45-year-old wife of a local priest, who needs blood transfusions as a…

Dec 18, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 4 – 10, 2023

Two of the saints known for their kindness and generosity, Holy Hierarch Nicholas and St Philothea, were celebrated between December 4 and 10 in the Orthodox Church. They are true models of mercy shown to their neighbours. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro)…

Dec 11, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel: Centenary of “King Ferdinand I” National Military Museum, opportunity to reflect on honouring our heroes

“The Centenary of the ‘King Ferdinand I’ National Military Museum is an opportunity to reflect on honouring Romanian heroes,” transmitted the Patriarch Daniel on Thursday. “The exhibition concept of the National Military Museum makes us contemporary with many of the events through which the Romanian people passed with bravery, courage and faith in God,” His…

Dec 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: November 27 – December 3 2023

Orthodoxy plays a significant role in the spiritual life of the Romanian people. With a rich religious tradition, Orthodox believers celebrate National Day in churches throughout the country and hold memorial services for the heroes who died in defence of their homeland. Below is our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for November 27 – December 3, 2023.…

Dec 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: November 13 – 19, 2023

The photos taken in the first week of the Nativity Fast capture the transition from autumn to winter and the joy of the first snowfall in Moldova and Bukovina. 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…

Nov 20, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

“You don’t find the icon. The icon finds you”: His conversion to Orthodoxy started with a collection of Orthodox art

Peter Peterson, a collector of Romanian sacred art, travelled the world far and wide, only to settle in Romania, where his passion for the Orthodox icon gradually turned into a spiritual journey, at the end of which he was baptised Orthodox. Recently, he offered his collection of sacred art to the Romanian Patriarchate, to be…

Nov 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea