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Basilica marks 10 years on social media: “The Good to Know” connects faith with the digital world

The Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate marks ten years of presence on social media — a decade dedicated to communicating “the Good to Know,” bearing witness to faith, and fostering global connection. Launched on October 20, 2015, the official Basilica News Agency pages on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram have become a…

Oct 20, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica.ro: Distributing “The Good to Know” on social networks for eight years

The Facebook, X.com (formerly Twitter), and Instagram pages of the Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate turn eight years old on Friday, October 20, 2023. They are the best examples of how anything can be used to do good. Numerous readers are exposed to articles about the Church’s philanthropy and those that promote facts…

Oct 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica News Agency Director urges Internet users to share “The Good to Know’

In an interview for Turnul Sfatului (Council Tour), the director of the Basilica News Agency, patriarchal adviser Aurelian Iftimiu urged everyone to share “The Good to Know” online. The interview was occasioned by the 15th anniversary since the launch of Basilica News Agency’s website. “Initially thought of as a point of convergence for the other…

Jun 17, 2023basilica.ro

Basilica News Agency Director: We hope our motto is not just “The Good to Know”, but also “The Good to be done”

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica News Agency marked its 15th anniversary on Friday. On this occasion, the agency’s director, Aurelian Iftimiu, was invited to “The Light of Knowledge” show on Radio Trinitas. He spoke with the producer Narcisa Urucu about the Church’s communication in the era of new media technologies, the need to provide the general…

Jun 17, 2023basilica.ro

Patriarch Daniel extends congratulations to Basilica News Agency on its 15th anniversary of online ministry

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a congratulatory message to the Basilica News Agency on Friday, June 16, 2023, on the 15-year anniversary of journalistic activity. With this message, His Beatitude urged everyone to know and perform good. Please find below the full text of Patriarch Daniel’s message on Basilica News Agency’s 15th anniversary of…

Jun 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica.ro goes live on radio: “The Good to Know is a mobilizing good”

On its 13th anniversary, Basilica.ro was heard live on the radio on Wednesday. The director of the Basilica News Agency, Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu, was the guest of Father Teodor Gradinaciuc at his show ‘City Life’ on Radio Trinitas. “The good to know”, the agency’s motto, was the central topic of discussion. This slogan started from the…

Jun 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

For 13 years, the Basilica News Agency: Profile

In a world assailed by information, Patriarch Daniel saw the presence of the Orthodox Church in the Romanian media landscape as a primary necessity. Less than a month after his enthronement, on October 27, 2007, His Beatitude established the Basilica Media Centre, consisting of five components: Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV, Lumina publications, Basilica News Agency,…

Jun 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The Good to Know no. 1/2021

On this issue: ‘A pandemic of good’, ‘3 questions on how much good is the Church doing’, ‘2020 analysis’, ‘A year of philanthropy in a pandemic, ten years since I have nourished my soul by helping people’, ‘For fasting… from Saint John Cassian and from Elder Cleopas Ilie’, ‘Game’, ‘2 new names in the Holy…

Apr 27, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

The value of good is visible mainly in difficult times: The Good to Know no. 2/2020

The value of good is visible especially in difficult times. The most recent issue of our online magazine sheds light on ‘The Good to know’ during the current medical crisis. Containing a summary of the religious events in the entire Orthodox world, ‘The Good to Know’ online magazine can be freely printed out and distributed…

Jun 22, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

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

2019 – Year in pictures: This is how The Good to Know was seen on Basilica.ro

At the Basilica News Agency, we strongly believe that good and beauty can change the world, as Dostoevsky said. Hence our motto, “The Good to Know.” Of the thousands of frames captured in 2019, the Basilica photojournalists have chosen 22 special pictures that highlight the beauty of Romanian spirituality. If your eyes are healthy, your…

Jan 17, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu