The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were honoured at Bucharest’s St Anthimos Monastery, where particles of their relics, donated by Patriarch Nicodemus of Jerusalem 139 years ago, are displayed for veneration. The festal Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was celebrated by the monastery’s abbot Protosyncellus Vicențiu Oboroceanu. During his sermon, the abbot referred to the…
The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti performed the ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Gheorghe Chascear during the Divine Liturgy at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Father Gheorghe Chascear is of Ukrainian origin and will serve at Campulung la Tisa parish within the Romanian Patriarchate’s Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate. ‘We…
On Sunday, October 11, 2020, the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest, during which he ordained a priest for the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos
During his stay in Romania, the Prime-minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze visited the monastic settlement founded in Bucharest by Saint Anthimos the Iberian. The Georgian PM was welcomed at the Monastery by the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti on Monday, April 15, 2019. After accompanying PM Bakhtadze to the monastery’s main church and museum,…
