Romanian Orthodox Church

Patriarch Daniel encourages students sitting for national exams

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message of blessing and encouragement to all students sitting for final exams these days. More than 172,000 eighth grade students in Romania started the National Evaluation on Monday, June 15, and the authorities have prepared special measures for these exams, aimed at preventing and controlling the spread of the…

Jun 23, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest: National Cathedral workers start removal of scaffolding to reveal altar impressive mosaic icons

Romania’s most significant mosaic icon of the Mother of God emerged in the National Cathedral in Bucharest as workers have started removing tons of metal scaffolding covering the altar’s impressive iconography. At present, about 50% of the altar painting work has been completed. The basin of the altar apse is completely covered with mosaic, including…

Jun 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Four year anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Four years ago, on June 16, began the writing of ‘a new chapter in the history of the Church’ as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called the meeting of the Local Orthodox Churches that took place on the island of Crete. The Council took place from June 16 to June 26, 2016, at the Orthodox Academy of…

Jun 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate welcomes Government’s decision to resume regular worship inside churches

‘The Romanian Patriarchate received with joy the intensely awaited and fully justified decision of the authorities to allow the celebration of religious services inside the churches, with the participation of the faithful, in compliance with clear and still necessary regulations,” the Patriarchate’s spokesman Vasile Bănescu told Basilica.ro Tuesday. The decision to allow religious services to…

Jun 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Google Bucharest fined for renaming of Romania’s National Cathedral on Google Maps

Google Bucharest was sanctioned on Wednesday by the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) for not taking any action concerning the blasphemous renaming of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral on Google Maps. The name of the new church was left as “Cathedral of the Stupidity of the Nation” in the app for several days. The…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s new ambassador to Israel visits Romanian Patriarchate’s representation to Jerusalem

Romania’s newly appointed ambassador to Israel, Radu Ioanid, visited the headquarters of the Romanian Patriarchate’s representation in Jerusalem where he met with the V. Rev. Archimandrite Teofil Anastasoaie on Monday, June 15. “After a break of three years in which the position of ambassador was vacant, we are glad that it was finally decided that…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The life of the Church during the pandemic: Photo Gallery

The deepest liturgical period this year in Romania corresponded to the state of emergency due to the spread of the new Coronavirus. In the first phase, it was forbidden to officiate services in closed spaces, then the participation of the faithful was not allowed at all in the divine worship. The pain was all the…

Jun 17, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: June 8 – 14, 2020

The joy of Orthodox life captured in pictures from the patronal feast of the Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate until the All Saints Sunday. Please see below our selection of photos made between June 8 and 14, 2020.   Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews and on Instagram: @basilica.ro We would gladly include one…

Jun 17, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

For 12 years, Basilica.ro

June 16 marks the 12th anniversary of Basilica.ro, the only news agency belonging to an Orthodox Autocephalous Church. This unique project began as a news aggregator selecting articles from the Dioceses of the Romanian Patriarchate. Information was taken en masse directly from the source, with little intervention on form or content. After joining social media,…

Jun 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Varlaam at St Anthimos Monastery: Don’t run after fleeting things, chase holiness instead!

The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti urged Sunday to set the sanctification of our lives above all personal ideals. His Grace presided over the Divine Liturgy at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on the front steps of the church dedicated to the Synaxis of All Saints. Bishop Varlaam said we should chase holiness by…

Jun 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Timișoara Archdiocese donates house to victim of domestic violence with 5 children

Just days after the Huși Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church donated three houses to disadvantaged families as part of their “Joy is Home” project, the Archdiocese of Timișoara is doing the same. In the village of Babșa in Timiș County, the Archdiocese bought and donated a house to a mother with five children who…

Jun 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu