Epiphany 2020

The Week in Pictures: January 13 – 19, 2020

Worshippers across Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe have been braving icy waters for Theophany, one of the most important holidays in the Orthodox Christian calendar. Celebrated on 19 January according to the unrevised Julian calendar, Theophany or Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We…

Jan 23, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan: A more serious environmental education is the natural consequence of what the Lord has done at Epiphany

Offering his reflections on the Church hymns on the feast of Theophany that point to the regeneration and renewal of nature made by Christ through His baptism into the waters, Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj said that a natural consequence is to care more about environmental education. ‘Christ the Lord, by being baptized in the Jordan…

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Feast of Theophany of the Lord at historic Putna Monastery

Hundreds of people attended the Great Blessing of Waters at Putna Monastery on this year’s feast of the Theophany of the Lord. The service was officiated by the monastery’s abbot, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic. Photography courtesy of Putna Monastery / Iosif Andronic Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu