Metropolitan Cathedral

Romanian YouTuber recreates Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral in Minecraft

A Romanian YouTuber with more than 145,000 subscribers has recreated the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara in the video game Minecraft. The creator told Basilica.ro that the project aims to promote Romania’s architectural heritage and encourage young people to discover religious and cultural monuments. The project, which began in February, was built at a 3:1 scale,…

May 28, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian PM visits Bessarabia’s future metropolitan cathedral

On Thursday, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru and Romania’s Prime-minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca visited the church of Sts Peter and Paul in Chisinau, which will serve as the future metropolitan cathedral for the Metropolis of Bessarabia. During the visit, the Metropolitan of Bessarabia pointed to the community’s needs and difficulties in painting the church and finishing other…

Mar 24, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Chișinău Sts Peter & Paul Church to become a metropolitan cathedral

The “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” parish church in Chișinău’s Buiucanii Noi district will be elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Cathedral for the Metropolis of Bessarabia after completing the painting and landscaping works. On Friday, March 17, 2023, Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia visited the church with His Excellency Cristian-Leon Țurcanu, the Romanian Ambassador to…

Mar 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomed with Doxology at Metropolitan Cathedral of Iaşi – VIDEO

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel arrived Saturday, March 24, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi to attend the canonization ceremony of Metropolitan Joseph the Merciful of Moldavia and the lay-ascetic George the Pilgrim. His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan and an assembly of priests welcomed the Romanian Patriarch by officiating a Doxology (Te Deum) in the presence of…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu