Romania

Chess to be taught in Romanian schools as optional subject

Starting next academic year, chess will be taught in Romania as an optional subject. Over 50,000 primary school students will participate in the initial phase of the pilot project. By September, professional coaches will train over 3,000 teachers to prepare the children who opt for the course. Already, coaches at a chess academy in Bucharest…

Mar 10, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The pro-life future starts now: The March for Life 2023 in Romania and Moldova is part of the Month for Life

Organizations from all over Romania and the Republic of Moldova have prepared a new edition of the Month for Life, which culminates on Saturday, March 25, with the March for Life. This year’s theme: “The Future Is Pro-Life”. “The pro-life future starts now,” is stated in the press release of the event. “Hope and determination…

Mar 9, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: February 13 – 19, 2023

Please see below a new week-in-pictures photo feature from the Orthodox world. 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 Orthodox life in our…

Feb 21, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Theophany, Synaxis of St. John to become public holidays in Romania

Two more Church feasts are set to become public holidays in Romania starting next year. A draft law calling for January 6, the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, and the next day, the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist, to become state-recognised holidays easily passed through both the Senate and the Chamber of…

Feb 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: February 6 – 12, 2023

Please see below the beauty of the Orthodox world captured in our weekly photo feature from Romania and around the Orthodox world: photos taken from 6 to 12 February 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…

Feb 14, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: January 30 – February 5, 2023

Prayer, tradition, and pilgrimages are just some of the ingredients that make up Orthodox life. We invite you to see the photos in our article in pictures from January 30 to February  5, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want…

Feb 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: January 9 – 15, 2023

Please see prayers, memorial services and many other moments from the Orthodox world in our photo feature of the week January 9 – 15, 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?…

Jan 16, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023

Orthodox believers spend the winter holidays in the family with relatives and in the big family of the Church with other believers. We invite you to see our Week in Pictures feature for the last week of 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   Vezi această postare pe Instagram   O postare distribuită de Basilica.ro…

Jan 2, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 19 – 25, 2022

The last week of Lent was a time of spiritual preparation, joy and carolling. We invite you to take a look at the Orthodox world between December 19 and 25, 2022. 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…

Dec 26, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Children of the Romanian Orthodox parish in Valletta sang carols to the President of Malta

The children’s choir of the Romanian Orthodox parish in Valletta sang Christmas carols to the President of Malta on Thursday. It was the second time Romanian children sang carols at the Presidential Palace in Malta. The concert was preceded by a short presentation by Father George-Alexandru Popescu, who thanked the Presidential couple and mentioned that…

Dec 24, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch of Romania sends irenic letter on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord 2022

On the occasion of the feast of the Nativity of the Lord, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sends an irenic letter to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, the Ecumenical Patriarch, and the other heads of Orthodox Autocephalous Churches. Full text: Bucharest, Nativity of the Lord 2022 The Holy Scripture show us that the…

Dec 22, 2022Ștefana Totorcea