Romania

Romania will mark Living Human Treasure National Day on November 30 beginning this year

The President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis, recently promulgated a law establishing November 30 as the National Day of the Living Human Treasure. The initiator, MP Florin-Claudiu Roman, chose this date because it is the feast of St. Andrew the First-called, the patron saint of Romania. The law aimed to “increase the degree of recognition…

May 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Fragment of St Jacob of Putna’s relics to be gifted to Romanian monastery in US: Abbot of Putna blessed the reliquary

Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, the abbot of Putna Monastery in Romania, blessed on Tuesday a reliquary with a fragment from the relics of Holy Hierarch Jacob of Putna (+1778) who was canonized in 2017. A delegation made of the abbot and other four members of the monastic community then departed for America, where the relics will be…

May 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 8 – 14, 2023

Please find below images rendering the joy of the pilgrims and the beauty of Orthodox religious services: it is our weekly photo feature for May 8-14, 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…

May 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 1 – 7, 2023

Orthodox life in the first week of May seen through the lens of the camera: please see below our weekly photo feature for May 1 – 7, 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…

May 9, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel’s message for the Coronation of King Charles III: “A true friend of the Romanian people”

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sent a message on Saturday for the Coronation of King Charles III, whom His Beatitude calls “a true friend of the Romanian people”. Full text: Bucharest, 6 May 2023 His Majesty King CHARLES III Your Majesty, On the occasion of the solemn moment of Your Majesty’s…

May 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

From 2027, Bucharest residents will be able to take the metro to the airport

The M6 metro line, from Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station to “Henri Coandă” Airport in Otopeni, Ilfov county, will be inaugurated in 2027, Metrorex director general Mariana Miclăuș announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made after Metrorex signed the contract with a Turkish-Romanian consortium for the design and construction of Section II of the Magistral, the…

May 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 24 – 30, 2023

Please find below the faces of faithful of all ages, places of pilgrimage and moments of Orthodox life: it is our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for April 24 – 30, 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…

May 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 17 – 23, 2023

This year, the last day of Holy Week coincided with the feast of Holymartyr George, one of the most beloved Orthodox saints. Please see below our selection of photos from the Orthodox world, taken between 17 and 23 April 2023, in our Week-in-Pictures photo feature. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram…

Apr 27, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 10 – 16, 2023

For believers, Passion Week and the Resurrection of the Lord are a time of transition from death to life. Please see below our Week-in-Pictures selection of photos from the week of April 10 – 16, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…

Apr 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Holy Fire to be brought to Romania from Jerusalem on Holy Saturday

The tradition of bringing the Holy Fire from Jerusalem to Romania, inaugurated by Patriarch Daniel in 2009, continues this year. On the evening of Holy Saturday, April 15, 2023, the Holy Fire will be brought from Jerusalem by Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, the Superior of the Settlements of the Romanian Patriarchate at the Holy Places. As…

Apr 12, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: April 3 – 9, 2023

Please see below photos from the last week of Lent and from the great feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem in our Week in Pictures photo feature for the period April 3 – 9, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…

Apr 10, 2023Ștefana Totorcea