Mihail Bucă

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă proposes bringing the Hawaiian Myrrh-Streaming Icon to Romania

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă, the Protopsaltis of the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral, and several members of the Tronos Byzantine Choir celebrated the feast of Saint Andrew and Romania’s National Day in San Antonio, Texas, USA. During their visit, they witnessed the arrival of the Hawaiian Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God at the Romanian parish…

Dec 4, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă awarded patriarchal Order of the Praying Theotokos

During a ceremony at the patriarchal residence on Christmas Eve, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel bestowed the second highest distinction in the Romanian Patriarchate upon Archdeacon Mihail Bucă, protopsaltes of the Patriarchal Cathedral and conductor of the Tronos Byzantine Choir. The Order of the Praying Theotokos (Virgin Orans) was conferred as a token of gratitude for…

Dec 30, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă’s youngest daughter diagnosed with leukaemia: Appeal for help

The protopsaltis of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest asked his Facebook followers to remember his family in prayer as they were waiting for confirmation of a difficult diagnosis for Irene, the youngest of the family’s children. On May 18, Archdeacon Mihail Bucă announced that the little girl had been confirmed with acute myeloblastic leukaemia, and…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Divine Liturgy, Hymns on Lazarus Saturday chanted by Tronos Choir available on Spotify

Selected hymns from the Divine Liturgy and Lazarus Saturday chanted by the famous Tronos Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate are now available on Spotify. The Lazarus Saturday album includes two hymns in Arabic: ‘Having secretly received the command’ (Akathist to the Theotokos), and ‘My soul, my soul’ (kondakion in the Great Canon). The hymns chanted…

Mar 5, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Cathedral Protopsaltes Mihail Bucă: I was a football talent, but God had another plan with me

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă said in an interview with Evenimentul Zilei that he was very passionate about football, but he chose to follow God’s calling in the Church. ‘I was a kid who played football on dust and rubble. My parents were actually very upset because I played football. I was on a few teams –…

Aug 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu