National cathedral

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences for loss of National Cathedral great engineer Constantin Pavel

Patriarch Daniel expressed his deep sorrow for the loss of Professor Constantin Pavel, ‘the great construction engineer of the National Cathedral.’ Professor Constantin Pavel reposed in the Lord on June 25 at the age of 84. Patriarch Daniel said he was ‘a creative spirit’ with ‘innovative ingenuity and scientific rigor,’ being one of the best…

Jul 1, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest: National Cathedral workers start removal of scaffolding to reveal altar impressive mosaic icons

Romania’s most significant mosaic icon of the Mother of God emerged in the National Cathedral in Bucharest as workers have started removing tons of metal scaffolding covering the altar’s impressive iconography. At present, about 50% of the altar painting work has been completed. The basin of the altar apse is completely covered with mosaic, including…

Jun 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Google Bucharest fined for renaming of Romania’s National Cathedral on Google Maps

Google Bucharest was sanctioned on Wednesday by the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) for not taking any action concerning the blasphemous renaming of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral on Google Maps. The name of the new church was left as “Cathedral of the Stupidity of the Nation” in the app for several days. The…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

9 things you should remember a year after Pope Francis’ visit to Romania

Last week marked one year since Pope Francis visited for the first time Romania and met with Patriarch Daniel and other members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. During the visit and immediately afterwards, Pope Francis expressed his deep appreciation for Romania and the Romanians living in Italy, for the National Cathedral…

Jun 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Heroes commemorated at National Cathedral: ‘May the martyrs of the nation be a light in our lives’

“We pray to the Lord Jesus Christ who ascended into Heaven to elevate the souls of these true martyrs of the nation, and their example to be a light in our lives because they follow the example of the sacrifice of the Saviour Jesus Christ,” said the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia at the…

Jun 3, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: May 4 – 10 2020

While the state of emergency instated in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic was coming to end, it was announced that, once it expires, the faithful would be able to participate in open-air religious services, provided they meet certain requirements. Last week seemed to be a preparation for this joy. Please find below our selection…

May 15, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Spokesperson explains what is behind National Cathedral’s name change on Google Maps

On Saturday, a lot of messages appeared online from the believers saddened to find that, when searching for the name “Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation” on Android mobile devices, the Google Maps application returned the correct location of the site, but with an offensive title: ‘Cathedral of National Stupidity’. The name of “Romanian…

May 6, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s new Orthodox Cathedral latest in photos

Daniel Codrescu, the coordinator of the team of artists working at the new Orthodox Cathedral in Bucharest, has released several images of the mosaic icons that will adorn the Cathedral’s altar space. “The decorations from the window frames were installed. In parallel, we also work in the workshop to make the mosaics in detail. We…

Feb 11, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s National Cathedral in figures, one year since its consecration

One year since the consecration of Romania’s National Cathedral we provide you with some figures to help you understand what this national project has meant until today. 110 million euros Because the number of press materials increased with the cathedral’s building process, and most of the time the deep significance of this national project is…

Nov 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Remembering the historic consecration ceremony of the National Cathedral in Bucharest

On Monday, November 25, 2019, we marked one year since the historic consecration of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral, the most important national project dedicated to Romania’s Great Union Centennial, a symbol of the unity of faith and of nation of Romanians. Although the Cathedral was consecrated as ‘shell and core,’ over 150,000 Romanians came…

Nov 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

12 years as Romania’s Patriarch

On Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his 12th anniversary at the helm of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This is the official celebration of Patriarch Daniel or the Patriarch of the National Cathedral as many could call him maybe superficially. However, there are many other “cathedrals” built under the Patriarch’s guidance, even though they are…

Sep 30, 2019Sorin Ioniţe