Romanian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Nicolae Condrea in Interview: ‘Uprooted from native land, Romanians in America are looking for spiritual roots in Christ’s Church’

‘Uprooted from their native land, Romanians in America are looking for spiritual roots in the Church of Christ,’ the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, Nicolae Condrea, said in an exclusive interview with Basilica.ro. ‘Not many are those who confess that they did not go to church in Romania or went only seldom, who therefore…

Jul 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Meet Fr. Marin Trandafir Roz, the first Roma Orthodox priest in Cluj County

The 27-year-old Marin Trandafir Roz is the first Roma Orthodox priest ever ordained in Cluj County. He was ordained to the priesthood at the beginning of this year by the local Metropolitan Andrei Andreicuț. During a bilingual Divine Liturgy marking this year’s International Romani Day, Father Marin concelebrated with the Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj offering…

Jul 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan Andrei celebrates Romanian-Romani bilingual Divine Liturgy for Roma community in Turda

Marking this year’s International Romani Day, His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj presided over a Romanian-Romani bilingual Divine Liturgy at an Orthodox parish led by a Roma priest in Turda. The Orthodox Archdiocese of Cluj includes two missionary parishes dedicated to Roma people, one in Pata Rât and the other in Turda. The 27-year old…

Jul 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

St Stephen transfigured the world through prayer, faith, love of nation: Metropolitan Iosif at Putna

Metropolitan Iosif ow Western and Southern Europe on Tuesday said that ‘Saint Stephen transfigured this world through prayer, faith, humility, love of his family and nation, which became his family’. ‘In everything he did, he searched for Christ the Lord,’ the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe said during the patronal feast of…

Jul 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Photos depicting the Portrait of the Romanian Village go on display in the US

Several photos of people living in Romania’s villages have gone on display for the first time at the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Parish in Troy, Michigan. The Basilica.ro exhibition was opened on Sunday, June 16, 2019 with the help of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas on the patronal feast of the Troy parish.…

Jun 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Synod meets in Bucharest: topics on the agenda

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met on Wednesday at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to discuss current topics on the agenda. The works were opened with a Doxology service officiated by His Grace Atanasie of Bogdania, assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox…

Jun 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery| Holy Synod meets in Bucharest

The working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was opened on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, with a Doxology officiated by His Grace Atanasie of Bogdania, Assistant Bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Jun 19, 2019Mircea Florescu

The Week in Pictures: June 10 – 16, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to national holidays and spiritual life.

Jun 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

We’re turning 11

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 we celebrated our 11th anniversary. The youngest member of the Basilica Media Centre was born on Monday, June 16, 2008, with the clear mission to fulfill ‘the vocation of the Church to convey the good news of Christ’s salvation to the world.’ At the beginning, we operated as a news…

Jun 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges immediate action to save the Romanian village

During his opening remarks at the National Conference of Church Painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged for decisive action on saving Romania’s villages. ‘Let us not look nostalgically with that so-called mioritic passivity.’ ‘Let us take action with energy and responsibility to save the Romanian village and its priceless heritage,’ the Patriarch said on Monday.…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch opens national conference on church painting

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday, June 10, opened the works of the National Conference ‘Dogmatic unity and national specificity in church painting’ at the Patriarchal Palace with over 100 iconographers and church painters attending the event. The conference was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Department for Culture and Religious Heritage and the Church Painting…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu