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The Week in Pictures: September 21 – 27, 2020

Please find below a selection of snapshots from the Orthodox world taken last week by amateur and professional photographers. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   *RO: Dumnezeu nu se supără că-I cinstim mama, pe Împărăteasa cerului și a pământului! Și cine e mai puternic în cer și pe pământ…

Sep 30, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

For actor Jonathan Jackson, embracing Orthodoxy was not just conversion, it was “coming home”

American actor Jonathan Jackson granted to TRINITAS, the Television of the Romanian Patriarchate, an interview about his conversion to Orthodoxy and how he lives faith. Asked to describe Orthodoxy in three words at most, the actor chose “coming home”. He added: “to a place we’ve always known. I don’t really look at this like I’m…

Sep 18, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 7 –13, 2020

Please see below the beauty of Orthodoxy captured through the photo lens last week. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   *RO: Preasfințitul Părinte Ignatie, Episcopul Hușilor a fost confirmat cu Covid-19. Ierarhul este în stare bună, internat la Spitalul „Elena Beldiman” din Bârlad. Să ne rugăm pentru însănătoșirea Preasfințitului…

Sep 15, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Bucharest parishes donate 3,500 € for Sara Nukina church volunteer suffering from brain tumour

Three parishes from Bucharest’s Sector 2 Deanery have raised 3,500 Euros for the treatment of teenager church volunteer Sara Nukina, who is fighting a brain tumour. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Fr. Mihai Christian Popescu, the dean overseeing the parishes. “Sara Nukina participated in many socio-cultural events organized in our deanery. She often…

Sep 10, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

International Literacy Day 2020 | In search for educational solutions in the Covid-19 crisis

In 2020, International Literacy Day will focus on literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, with a highlight on the role of educators and the change of teaching strategies. Durig the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the adult literacy programmes have been suspended. This year’s theme will approach literacy from the lifelong learning…

Sep 8, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel donates 2,000 € for Sara Nukina: “She helped many people, now it is our turn to help her”

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church donated 2,000 Euros for Sara Nukina, a teenager suffering of brain tumour. The girl is well-known to the audience of  Radio Trinitas, the radio station of the Romanian Patriarchate, for her generous moral support of the elderly and the ill with her songs and the freshness of her…

Sep 3, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Basilica.ro | 100,000 times the Good to Know

Once we entered the new ecclesiastical year, we also crossed another milestone, one whose weight encourages us and makes us feel more responsible. The WordPress platform informed us on September 1st, 2020 that we had just published the 100,000th article on Basilica.ro. So we have tried 100,000 times – and hope we succeeded every time…

Sep 3, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Archim. Serafim Grigoraș is the new abbot of the “St. John the New of Suceava” Monastery

Archimandrite Serafim Grigoraș from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași was enthroned on Tuesday as the abbot of “St. John the New of Suceava” Monastery. His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Auxiliary Bishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, officiated the cheirothesia ceremony, with the participation of Archim. Melchisedec Velnic, Abbot of Putna Monastery, and Archim. Nectarie Clinci, Abbot…

Sep 3, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve becomes trilateral by including a wetland from the Republic of Moldova

The Authority of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (ARBDD) has announced UNESCO’s approval to make the cross-border reserve trilateral by including the Lower Prut Lakes from the Republic of Moldova, said ARBDD Governor Ion Munteanu on Tuesday.  The announcement was made on the day which marked 30 years since the establishment of the reserve. At…

Sep 2, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

A century from the re-establishment of the historical Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Oradea

His Grace Sofronie, Bishop of Oradea, officiated on Sunday the Divine Liturgy at the “Lord’s Resurrection” Orthodox Cathedral in Oradea to celebrate a century from the re-establishment of the Diocese of Oradea through Royal decree.  On this occasion, the hierarch spoke of the historical meaning of the day of August 30 for the Romanian Orthodox…

Sep 2, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 24 – 30, 2020

Moments of prayer, unforgettable snapshots of the loved ones and other images from the Orthodox world in our selection of photos from last week. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   *RO: ? Culorile apusului de soare pe Dealul Patriarhiei de-a lungul timpului. ? Care este locul tău preferat pentru…

Sep 1, 2020Ștefana Totorcea