National Day of Romania

Romania’s National Day to be celebrated with thanksgiving services and hero commemorations

Following the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, December 1, thanksgiving services will be held in diocesan cathedrals, parish churches, and monastic places of worship across the country and abroad to mark Romania’s National Day. These services will give thanks for the freedom and unity of the Romanian people and honour the heroes who achieved the Great…

Nov 29, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox community in Malta to host charity event ahead of National Day

On Saturday, November 30, the Parish Council of the Romanian Orthodox community in Malta will hold a charity event to celebrate the eve of Romania’s National Day. Participants are invited to wear traditional attire or a Romanian blouse. Father George-Alexandru Popescu, parish priest in Valletta, announced the event on Facebook, explaining its purpose: raising funds…

Nov 20, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

The National Day of Romania celebrated by Romanians in Latin America

The National Day of Romania was celebrated in the Romanian communities from Latin America: in Quito – Ecuador, in Barranquilla – Columbia and in Caracas – Venezuela. The festivities started on Sunday, November 26, in the Romanian community from Quito, with the Divine Liturgy celebrated by a Te Deum service officiated by Fr Daniel Ene,…

Dec 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

On Romania’s National Day, UNESCO recognizes Romanian blouse as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

UNESCO has decided to inscribe the Romanian blouse on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The application was made by Romania in cooperation with the Republic of Moldova, because the cultural practice is common to both territories. An amazing coincidence was that the decision was made in a session which started on…

Dec 1, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel on Romania’s National Day: National Unity is a symbol of the Romanian people’s dignity

On Romania’s National Day, December 1, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to all Romanians, highlighting that national unity is a symbol of the dignity of the Romanian people. Please find below the full text of the message. By prayer, through speech, through printed books, by personal presence and concrete action of its…

Dec 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends Parliament solemn session in honour of Romania’s National Day

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church attended the solemn sitting of the Parliament dedicated to the National Day of Romania on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 24, 2021. The meeting, chaired by Senate Vice President Alina Gorghiu, began with the singing of the National Anthem. The presidents of the two legislative chambers, as well…

Nov 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: We have never received something as a gift in our history. Everything was obtained through sacrifice

‘The union of Romanians in a single national unitary state was accomplished after centuries of suffering, many spiritual and material sacrifices, sacrifices of human lives,’ Patriarch Daniel stressed during a Te Deum service at the Patriarchal Cathedral celebrating Romania’s National Day on Tuesday. The Patriarch underlined that Romania’s Great Union was not a random event,…

Dec 1, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends Parliament’s special joint sitting dedicated to Romania’s National Day

A solemn joint sitting of the two chambers of the Romanian Parliament, namely the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, was held Monday, December 2. The joint session was dedicated to the National Day of Romania and was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, President Klaus Iohannis, PM Ludovic Orban, Crown Princess Margareta, the Senate…

Dec 10, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: November 25 – December 1, 2019

On November 30 and December 1, Romania celebrated its spiritual and national holidays. Here’s a glimpse of the last week in November throughout the Orthodox world. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s)…

Dec 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘We thank for all benefactions of the Great Union’: Romania National Day celebrated at Alba Iulia

For all the benefactions of the Great Union, we thank today the Most Holy Trinity,’ Patriarch Daniel said after the Te Deum service officiated on Saturday on Romania’s National Day at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine also concelebrated. ‘We gratefully remember all Romanian heroes who…

Dec 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: First Te Deum Service on Romania’s National Day at the People’s Salvation Cathedral

His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia on Saturday, Dec. 1, officiated the first Te Deum service on Romania’s National Day inside the newly inaugurated Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral, marking 100 years since the 1918 Great Union. Photo courtesy of Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Dec 1, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene