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The Week in Pictures: September 23–29, 2024

Images from the last week of September capture moments in the lives of Romanian Orthodox Christians from the diaspora, portraits of patriarchs of the Orthodox Churches and a spectacular sunrise in Dobrudja. Faithful of the “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen” Romanian Orthodox Parish in Bristol, UK, visited the tomb of St. Sophrony at Essex Monastery…

Oct 1, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel of Romania’s message for the re-consecration of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Echmiadzin

Bucharest, 27 September 2024 His Holiness Karekin II, Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Your Holiness, With love in Christ the Lord, we have received Your Holiness’ invitation to delegate His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the events organized…

Sep 27, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Three Romanian metropolitans at international meeting for peace: HE Serafim explains that peace comes from the heart

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitans Ioan of Banat, Iosif of Western and Southern Europe and Serafim of Germany, Central and Northern Europe participated in the International Meeting “Imagine Peace” organized by the Sant’Egidio Community between September 22 and 24 in Paris. The event brought together laypeople and religious leaders from many countries and cultures of the world.…

Sep 26, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 16–22, 2024

Please find below our selection of pictures for the week of September 16-22, 2004. Amateur and professional photographers captured Patronal feasts, faithful participation in religious services, church consecrations, and events related to religious life. The feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross at Cornu Monastery, in Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene Archbishop…

Sep 23, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

World Car-Free Day: What would your city look like without car traffic?

Sunday, September 22, marks World Car Free Day in cities around the world, an older initiative that gained popularity in the 1990s. Car-free days were established in some Western countries during an oil crisis in the 1970s. But it was not until October 1994, at the International Conference on Accessible Cities in Toledo, Spain, that…

Sep 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 9–15, 2024

The opening of the new school year, patronal feasts, and various religious celebrations and events are just a few of the topics of the pictures in our photo feature for the week of September 9-15, 2024. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…

Sep 17, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 2–8, 2024

Please find below a new selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between September 2 and 8, 2024, a period culminating with the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to…

Sep 9, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae sends condolences to local Romanian community after the mass shooting in Georgia, US

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas sent a message of condolences on Thursday after Wednesday’s shooting attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. One of the victims is a Romanian-born math teacher and member of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Dacula, Georgia. “It was with great sadness that we learned about the attack…

Sep 9, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Patriarchate supports the plea of Romanians in Chernivtsi to reopen the Bukovina Metropolitans’ Chapel

The Romanian Patriarchate, noting with regret and sadness that services in the Romanian language can no longer be held in Chernivtsi’s Chapel of the Bukovina Metropolitans, who spoke and officiated religious services in Romanian, stands in solidarity with the Orthodox Romanians of Chernivtsi, who call for the reopening of the historic chapel for religious services…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Bp Timotei of Prahova spoke in Cyprus of the history and importance of Romanian monasticism

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova spoke on Tuesday evening to the faithful at the “Holy Archangel Michael” Church in Limassol, Cyprus. The Romanian hierarch presented the history of monasticism and its importance for the life of the Church and society, with a special emphasis on Romanian monasticism. “The life of monastics helps the…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova visits Romanian Embassy in Nicosia

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova met on Tuesday with His Excellency Dan Mihalache, Ambassador of Romania to Cyprus. The Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest was accompanied by the members of the Romanian delegation that brought Hieromartyr Cyprian’s relics to Cyprus. The President of the Alliance of Romanians in the Republic of…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea