Interview

J.C. Larchet: Christianity helps us assume the present limitations of our bodies, which we shall overcome in Heaven

Basilica.ro invited Jean-Claude Larchet to a dialogue on diseases of the body, mind and spirit. The theologian also spoke about the ideologies that undermine today’s society, explaining how Christianity teaches us to assume the limitations of our bodies and those imposed by disease. “Christianity’s distinction between original and fallen nature helps Christians to come to…

May 17, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Yelena Popovic, from Hollywood to faith: Man can never be happy if he doesn’t have God in his heart

“Man can never be happy if he doesn’t have God in his heart,” says Yelena Popovic, who fled the war in former Yugoslavia and made herself a life in Los Angeles and an acting career at Hollywood. She discovered Orthodoxy in America, or, rather said, she re-tapped to her inner spiritual identity inherited from her…

Nov 29, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

We talked with the artist who creates the Tomoses on the canonisation of Romanian Saints: I used to have ugly handwriting when I was little

We talked with a man who actually writes history. Calligraphically. Iconographer Costel Nacu, a diocesan inspector at the Heritage and Church Painting Sector of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, is the person who creates the Synodal Tomoses and other documents or diplomas of historical value. We found him working on the Tomos on the canonisation of…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Lebanese Female Chanter Ribale Wehbé: There is nothing more beautiful than to know how to praise God

She is 22. She comes from a country where Orthodox Christians are a minority and travels worldwide praising God in the millennia-old musical tradition known as Byzantine music. She invites young men and women to start learning Byzantine chant. “I don’t think that there is something more beautiful than to know how to praise God,”…

Oct 31, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Young Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy says Romania brings him peace: Interview

Pedro Faidiga Passos, a Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy and settled in Romania, says that God “fished him” through his Romanian wife and thus revealed to him “the full beauty of the Christian faith.” He said he finds a lot of peace in Romania. Pedro Faidiga Passos is 27 years old and was born in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Jonathan Jackson: Only Christ-like humility and love for one’s enemies can fight actual ideologies

Ideologies which are in conflict with the teachings of our faith cannot be opposed by another ideology – not even one of Christian nature. It would just further division in society. Only Christ unites us. Ideologies can only be combated with Christ’s humility and love, says Jonathan Jackson, American actor and singer who has converted…

Jul 15, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Rod Dreher: I had never felt closer to God than I have now as an Orthodox Christian

American writer Rod Dreher, who converted to Orthodoxy in 2006, spoke on Friday to Basilica.ro about his conversion, about Romanian Orthodoxy as a gift from God returned to the world by Romanians and about the lessons offered by the martyrs of the Romanian communist prisons to contemporary people – including his children. Rod Dreher has…

Jun 5, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

A year of philanthropy in a pandemic. Interview with the volunteer coordinator at National Cathedral’s Chapel

The volunteers of the Chapel of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral have been organizing various activities for years to help others. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Romania, they were mobilized and helped those suffering. Dănuţ-Viorel Prună, the volunteer coordinator, told Basilica.ro how the volunteers managed to achieve their goals and come to…

Mar 31, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

What writer Paul Kingsnorth found in Orthodoxy. “Buddhism is a powerful practice, but it is lacking something: God”

He first met with Orthodoxy in a little church in Bucharest. The experience stayed with him and worked inside him for four years, until it bought him into the Romanian Orthodox Church. One of the most important living English writers reveals what he found in Orthodoxy. Basilica.ro asked recently-converted Paul Kingsnorth a few questions about…

Mar 25, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Teacher of Religion distinguished by the President believes in young people’s power to change the world

Daniela Ceredeev, the Suceava County School Inspector for Religion, is a member of Romania’s Expert Corps for Educational Management. She was decorated by Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis for her activity. With a minimum of support, young people can develop and change the world for better, she says. And the strongest support is faith in our…

Dec 31, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Athonite Chef Epiphanios of Mylopotamos: I would be happy to cook for the Patriarch of Romania (EN / GR)

In addition to many lay personalities, the Chef of Mount Athos has so far cooked for four Primates of Orthodox Autocephalous Churches including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Antioch and Russia. In an exclusive interview with the Basilica News Agency marking the International Chefs’ Day (October 20), Father Epiphanios of the Mylopotamos…

Oct 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu