Fr Dumitru Stăniloae

Bucharest Orthodox Students Association commemorates Fr Dumitru Staniloae at Cernica Monastery: Basilica Photos

Bucharest’s Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) prayerfully remembered father Dumitru Staniloae during a memorial service held at the great theologian’s tomb at Cernica Monastery on Saturday, October 10, 2020. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews & @BasilicaPhotos

Oct 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Ștefan Buchiu speaks about Father Stăniloae’s contribution to the Romanian and universal theology and culture

In an interview for Radio Trinitas, Rev. Stefan Buchiu, professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest, presented the contribution of Father Dumitru Staniloae to Romanian and universal theology and culture. The novelty and strength of Father Stăniloae’s theology are given by the exit from academism and its openness to spirituality,…

Oct 8, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Memorial House of Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae set up in Bucharest

The great Romanian theologian of the 20th century has now a museum in the heart of Bucharest, near kilometre zero. The museum dedicated to Father Stăniloae was set up by the Old St George Parish and is located on the ground floor of the parish house in the courtyard of the place of worship. …

Oct 6, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Bible, writings of Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae among most wanted books published by Romanian Patriarchate

The Synodal edition of the Holy Bible and the writings and translations of Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae are among the most wanted books published by the Publishing Houses of the Romanian Patriarchate in the past years. The Sales Department of the Publishing Houses of the Romanian Patriarchate was contacted by the Basilica News Agency and presented…

Jan 15, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

On the first day of the Ecclesiastical Year, Christians pray for the environment

Twenty-eight years ago, the first day of the Ecclesiastical Year (Indiction) was established as World Day of Prayer for the Protection of Creation. In 1989, in a patriarchal encyclical the Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I invited all Christians to pray for the protection of the environment. This encyclical issued on the first day of the Ecclesiastical…

Sep 1, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Daughter of renowned theologian Dumitru Stăniloae reposes in the Lord

Lidia Stăniloae, 83, daughter of the renowned Romanian Theologian Rev. Dumitru Stăniloae, reposed in the Lord on Friday morning, 17 February 2017. The funeral service will take place Wednesday at noon, at Cernica Monastery. Lidia Stăniloae was born in Sibiu on 8 October 1933. She was the daughter of the late Father Dumitru Stăniloae and…

Feb 17, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Dumitru Stăniloae commemorated in Bucharest. 23 years since his passing away to the Lord

The greatest Romanian Orthodox theologian, Father Dumitru Stăniloae, passed away to the Lord on 5 October 1933. Twenty-three years after the death of Fr Stăniloae, the dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, Rev. Fr.  Ștefan Buchiu, officiated a memorial service at St Catherine University Chapel. Professors and students of the Orthodox Theology…

Oct 6, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu