ştiri ortodoxe

Russian Patriarch Kirill to meet Friday with Ecumenical Patriarch

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet Friday, August 31, 2018, with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople. Patriarch Kirill will visit the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ‘following his express desire’. ‘We announce with pleasure that, on August 31, 2018, following his express desire, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of…

Aug 27, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Former FC Utrecht defender Mihai Nesu: ‘I want to belong to Christ’s team. Without God, you have nothing’

The former FC Utrecht football player Mihai Nesu, who suffered a neck injury in training which left him paralyzed, spoke about his life in an interview with The Sports Gazette saying, ‘I want to belong to Christ’s team. Without God, you have nothing in life.’ Asked how he can be so serene and smiling, Mihai…

Aug 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Prince Charles supports Strei medieval church rehabilitation

Prince Charles of Wales supports the rehabilitation of the Dormition of the Theotokos Medieval Church in Strei, built in the 14th century. The Prince of Wales is a permanent supporter of the ‘Ambulance for monuments’ project, by the help of which all necessary materials for the restoration of the Strei church will be provided. The…

Aug 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Met. Tikhon (OCA) celebrates Transfiguration at Polish Holy Mountain with 10,000 faithful

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada (Orthodox Church in America) had the blessing of concelebrating Sunday the Divine Liturgy for the great feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, according to the Julian unrevised calendar (by old style), with His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland at the holiest site in…

Aug 21, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

In pictures: Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem leads celebrations at Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on Mount Tabor

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem presided over the patronal celebrations at the Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on Mount Tabor, marked Saturday, August 18, 2018, according to the Julian unrevised calendar. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos led the All-Night Vigil including the hierarchal Divine Liturgy at the monastic settlement founded on the Mountain where…

Aug 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania blesses St Stephen the Great’s crown replica

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania blessed Monday, August 13, a replica of the crown of Ruler Prince Saint Stephen the Great, whom His Beatitude called ‘a symbol of the faith, unity, and dignity of the Romanian people’. In his speech, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church pointed to the extraordinary contribution Saint Stephen…

Aug 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel welcomes Metropolitan Nicholas of Hama at his patriarchal residence

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Monday His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Hama and surroundings (Antioch Patriarchate) at his patriarchal residence in Bucharest. Metropolitan Nicholas was accompanied by His Grace Bishop Qais of Erzurum, patriarchal vicar. During the meeting at the patriarchal residence, the two parts discussed the problems faced by Christians in the Middle East.…

Aug 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

July 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released this year’s seventh issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The July 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Basilica.ro Review available for download Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute the…

Aug 8, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Irinej celebrates Divine Liturgy on Manasija Monastery’s 600th anniversary

In the monastery of Manasija, foundation of Despot Stefan Lazarevic, six centuries of this sanctity of our faith was celebrated with the solemn Hierarchal Liturgy on Sunday, August 5th, 2018. His Beattitude Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of the host Bishop of Branicevo, His Grace Ignjatije, and hierarchs of the…

Aug 7, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Unique fresco of St. Nina discovered during curch restoration in Georrgia

Icons of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Nina, the great enlightener of Georgia, have adorned every church and icon corner in the ancient Orthodox country for centuries. Only a handful of ancient frescoes of the beloved saint have survived to this day, but one more has recently been discovered. During the course of restoration work in…

Aug 4, 2018Florin Nicolaie

The Romanian Summer Festival took place in Chicago

The seventh edition of the Romanian Summer Festival took place this year again between faith and tradition, that is, between the New Gracanica Monastery, the site of Orthodoxy and the willow lake, which reminds of the Romanian lands and the waters where the women washed hemp, from which then they were weaving of our Romanian port. Faith…

Aug 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie