Romania

The Week in Pictures: August 22-28, 2022

Please join us in a virtual stroll through the Orthodox world by watching our weekly selection of pictures taken between August 22 and 28. 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…

Aug 31, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 15-21, 2022

Please see below our weekly selection of Orthodox snapshots – this time captured in the period between the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Which one is your favourite? Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro…

Aug 23, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 1 – 7, 2022

See educational workshops, pilgrimages, prayer moments and many more in our selection of Orthodox photographs taken between August 1 and 7, 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 in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly…

Aug 9, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 27 – July 3, 2022

Last week’s highlights were the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, but also the feasts of Holy Prince Stephen the Great and of St. John Maximovich, celebrated on different continents on the same day. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…

Jul 7, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 30 – June 5

Children portraits, moments of spiritual joy and gratitude towards the national heroes are a few of the themes in our weekly selection of pictures taken between May 30 and June 5. 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…

Jun 7, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Children from local painting group sell their works to donate for Romania’s National Cathedral

Filling the ocean one drop at a time: Children from an after-school painting group in Hârtop, Suceava county, took an important decision on International Children’s Day. They decided to sell their paintings to the highest bidders and donate the gains to Romania’s National Cathedral. “We know this is just a drop in the ocean, but…

Jun 7, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

International Children’s Day

Children’s Day is a national holiday celebrated in Romania and it is held on June 1 every year. Children’s Day is not just an event in Romania, it is also celebrated in many different countries and is an official UN global observance. Children’s Day is an international celebration intended to bring nations together to promote child welfare,…

Jun 1, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

The Week in Pictures: May 16 – 22, 2022

Memorial crosses, churches, portraits, cultural evenings and many more events marked the week between May 16 and 22, 2022. Here is how the current Week in Pictures feature looks: 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…

May 25, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romania: Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons consecrated in Târgu Ocna

The Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons built within the National School for Prison Officers in Târgu Ocna, Romania, was consecrated on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The ceremony was part of a series of events marking 25 years since the establishment of this institution, which chose Martyr Prince Constantine Brâncoveanu as its spiritual patron.…

May 25, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas consecrates wooden church in Long Valley, New Jersey

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas consecrated the “Life-Giving Spring” Church in Long Valley, New Jersey on Sunday. The wooden church, built by parish priest Ionuț Voicu in a style specific to the Romanian northern region of Maramureș, marks the Centennial of the Great Union of all Romanians in a single state. The event…

May 6, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 25 – May 1, 2022

The joy brought by the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord enlightened Orthodox Christians throughout the Bright Week. Please see below our selection of photos taken between April 25 and May 1, 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want…

May 6, 2022Ștefana Totorcea