Interview

Women in the Byzantine music – Exclusive interview with presbytera Paula Cautis, conductor of Filomelos choir

For almost 13 years, Filomelos Byzantine Women’s choir from Borzeşti has occupied a special place in the hearts of Byzantine music lovers. Presbytera Paula Cautiş, the conductor of the Byzantine choir, told the story of the Filomelos Choir in an interview with Basilica.ro. How it all started? How they overcame obstacles? But also, what are…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Firefighter-turned-priest Dorin Giurgiu: I have never felt my life endangered

He was a volunteer firefighter before being ordained to the priesthood and sees a very close connection between the two missions. He says he never feared the flames, being always protected and strengthened by God, and the hardest situation he went through was hearing that his grandmother’s house was on fire. In the context of…

Sep 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Simona Halep exclusive interview: ‘The Mother of God is always on my mind’

After receiving the highest distinction of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Wimbledon 2019 Champion Simona Halep spoke about her devotion to the Mother of God in an exclusive interview with Basilica.ro. The tennis player confessed that her love for God and the Theotokos was inspired by her family. ‘I have never refrained from professing my faith…

Jul 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

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

‘Being pro life means being pro-love’, Students for Life President Eliza Clotea says in exclusive interview

A few days before the March for Life 2019, the newly-elected president of the Students for Life Association, Eliza Clotea, a senior student at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, confessed in an exclusive interview for Basilica.ro that the most difficult part of her activity is the ‘fight against the obstacle of mentalities’.…

Mar 20, 2019Sorin Ioniţe