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The Week in Pictures: March 11 – 17, 2024

Spring arrival, liturgical moments and Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria‘s funeral are just a few of the themes for last week’s photo selection made by our team. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of…

Mar 18, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel: Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria – a Gentle and Wise Spiritual Shepherd

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, transmitted a message on Saturday, for the funeral of His Beatitude Neophyte, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Full text: Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria – A Gentle and Wise Spiritual Shepherd Your Eminence Ioan, Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Locum-tenens to the Patriarch, Beloved members…

Mar 18, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Teofan officiates Blessing service of the first social hospital in Romania

His Eminence Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Friday the Blessing service for the „Veronica” Clinic in Iași, the first socio-medical centre in Romania to offer free medical services to socially vulnerable pregnant women, mothers and their children. The medical institution was established at charity priest Dan Damaschin’s initiative and through the fundraising efforts…

Mar 12, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: March 4 – 10, 2024

The historic pilgrimage with the relics of St. Demetrius the New, the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia and other events in the Orthodox world can be seen in our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for March 4-10, 2024. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro…

Mar 12, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: February 26 – March 3, 2024

Please find below a new selection of photos from the Orthodox world taken by professional and amateur photographers between February 26 and March 3, 2024. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?…

Mar 5, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Orthodox Church establishes dioceses for Romanians in UK and Ireland

On Thursday, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to establish two new dioceses for the Romanian diaspora: the Diocese of Great Britain and the Diocese of Ireland and Iceland. They are added to the already-existing 10 dioceses abroad, which include Romanians from the diaspora and the historic Romanian communities around the actual…

Mar 1, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: February 19 – 25, 2024

As springtime brings nature back to life and rejuvenates it, the presence of children in Orthodox churches testifies to spiritual renewal and the perpetuation of Christian values. Our February 19-25 Week-in-Pictures photo feature captures moments with children and their parents, grandparents and priests. They all form one large closely-knit Orthodox community. Last week’s most-liked Instagram…

Feb 29, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

President of Union of Ukrainians in Romania thanks Suceava Archdiocese for supporting Ukrainian refugees

Miroslav Nicolae Petrețchi, President of Union of Ukrainians in Romania, personally  thanked Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți for the support offered to the Ukrainians in the archdiocese. The meeting took place last Thursday, when a delegation of Ukrainians from Romania visited the Archiocesan Centre in Suceava. Miroslav Nicolae Petrețchi, who is also a member…

Feb 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

In numbers: Support for Ukrainian refugees in Moldova offered by the Diaconia Social Mission

Last month, Diaconia Social Mission published on social media relevant figures for the support it provided in 2023 to vulnerable people in the Republic of Moldova. The organisation also recently detailed the aid it provided last year to Ukrainian refugee mothers and their children. Thousands of adult refugees have received psychological, legal and vocational counselling…

Feb 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: February 12 – 18, 2024

Please join us in our weekly photographic journey through the beauty and authenticity of Orthodox traditions: view pictures taken during the week of February 12-8, 2024. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of…

Feb 21, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Two saints already represented on Bulgarian currency to be featured on the country’s euro coins

Bulgaria aims to join the euro in 2025 and has created the design for the new money to be issued. The country’s euro coins will feature saints that are already depicted on the national currency leva. It is unique in the EU for saints to be represented on widely circulated coins. The Bulgarian 2-euro coin…

Feb 20, 2024Ștefana Totorcea