Romania

HG Bishop Damaschin blesses the first monument to anti-communist Resistance in Bucovina

His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Auxiliary Bishop to the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți, blessed on Thursday the first monument commemorating the anti-communist Resistance in Bukovina. It is located in Vicovu de Jos, on the spot where Lt. Vladimir Macoveiciuc was shot by orders of the Soviets. He was the leader of the most important…

Jul 9, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bp. Lucian prays for foresters: Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena

The Bishop of Caransebeș officiated on Tuesday a Te Deum and a commemoration service for the foresters in Romania’s Caraș-Severin county. As the offices were held in a church founded by a forester, the hierarch called to prayer and action for the protection of the environment. „Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena in our…

Jul 9, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

80 years from the deportation of the Romanians from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

The first wave of deportations from Soviet-occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina started on the night of June 12, 1941. Romanians were the nationality with the greatest number of victims among those deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan: over 70,000 persons. At the first wave, 29,839 Romanians were sent to Siberia and Kazakhstan. The second wave was…

Jul 3, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 21 – 27, 2021

The first week after the Descent of the Holy Spirit was full of spiritual events in the Orthodox world. Please see below our selection of photos from this period. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured…

Jun 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

In pictures: Romanians in Melbourne were first to celebrate the feast of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

As the day starts “earlier” in Australia due to its time zone, Romanians from this country were the first in the Romanian Diaspora to celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The worship place has been recently restored and it was reconsecrated on July 1st, 2018, when it was also given a…

Jun 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Patriarchate’s Representation to EU: Matić Report amplifies rifts in today’s Europe

The Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions transmitted that the Matić Report amplifies division in today’s Europe on issues that, according to the founding treaty of the Union, should be regulated exclusively by each member state. “In stark contrast to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which clearly stipulates…

Jun 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 14 – 20, 2021

Please find below snapshots of the Christian Orthodox world captured by professional and amateur photographers between June 14 and June 20, 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro)   Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?…

Jun 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary

Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary on June 9, 2021. It was established by Archbishop Varsanufie, first as a catechetical office, in 2015. In April 2019 it became an archdiocesan department. Current programs The department currently runs the following programs: “Mirro ghiozdano – my school backpack”: It offers school…

Jun 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 31 – June 6, 2021

Please find below our selection of photos with moments of Orthodox life captured between May 31 and June 6, 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly…

Jun 8, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

American convert Rod Dreher launched his most recent book in Bucharest, Romania

Romanian publisher Contra Mundum launched on Saturday the Romanian version of Rod Dreher’s most recent book, “Live Not By Lies”, in the presence of its author, an American convert to Orthodoxy. The event was held in the courtyard of Bucharest’s “New Merchants'” Church, where the author presented his book and answered questions from the public.…

Jun 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Rod Dreher: I had never felt closer to God than I have now as an Orthodox Christian

American writer Rod Dreher, who converted to Orthodoxy in 2006, spoke on Friday to Basilica.ro about his conversion, about Romanian Orthodoxy as a gift from God returned to the world by Romanians and about the lessons offered by the martyrs of the Romanian communist prisons to contemporary people – including his children. Rod Dreher has…

Jun 5, 2021Ștefana Totorcea