All-night Vigil

First feast for newly canonised Romanian Athonite Saint Dionysius of Vatopedi held at Colciu Cell

Bishop Siluan of Hungary presided at the St George Cell – Colciu over the first feast in honour of Saint Dionysius of Vatopedi following the recent canonisation of the Romanian elder by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The all-night vigil began last Sunday evening and continued on Monday morning with the Divine Liturgy. The Romanian hierarch attended…

May 14, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest abbot invites faithful to all-night vigil for Virgin Mary to redeem wasted sleepless nights

The abbot of Darvari Monastery, Protosyncellus Arsenie Irimiea, is calling on Bucharest residents to attend, on the evening of August 14, an all-night vigil followed by the Sacrament of Holy Unction, on the occasion of the Dormition of the Mother of God — a spiritual remedy for wasted sleepless nights. Father Arsenie of Darvari Skete…

Aug 13, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

PHOTO: All-night vigil for St Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica on the Hill of the Patriarchate – 2021

His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești officiated the all-night vigil in honour of Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher, on Hill of the Patriarchate, on Monday, October 25, 2021. Photography courtesy of: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Oct 26, 2021Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Basilica photo: All-night Vigil in honour of St John Chrysostom at the National Cathedral’s Chapel

On Tuesday evening, believers prayed to Saint John Chrysostom during the All-night Vigil officiated at the National Cathedral’s Chapel. The reliquary containing a particle of St John’s holy relics, was carried in procession around the church. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Nov 15, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

All-night vigil for Saint Demetrios the New | PHOTO GALLERY

On Saturday evening, October 26, 2019, Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube officiated the All-night Vigil in honour of St Demetrios the New, at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Oct 26, 2019Mircea Florescu

All-night vigil for Saint Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica | PHOTO GALLERY

On Friday evening, October 25, 2019, His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated the All-night Vigil in honour of Saint Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photography courtesy of Mircea Florescu/Basilica.ro

Oct 26, 2019Mircea Florescu

VIDEO: All-night Vigil in honour of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God in the presence of Athonite Abbots

Elder Athanasios Prodromites, the abbot of the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner, St John the Baptist, on Mount Athos, led Wednesday the All-night Vigil service in honour of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God at the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest. The service was held with the chorostasia of Elder Prodromos Lavriotes,…

Jul 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu