Orthodoxy

Great Martyr John the New of Suceava; Saint Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

Orthodox Calendar, June 2 Great Martyr John the New of Suceava The Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava lived in the fourteenth century in the city of Trebizond. He was a merchant, devout and firm in his Orthodoxy, and generous to the poor. Once, he happened to be sailing on a ship while pursuing…

Jun 2, 2026basilica.ro

Patriarch Daniel: In a spiritually troubled world, true faith safeguards Church unity

“The Seventh Sunday after Holy Pascha calls us to preserve the true faith, especially today, in a world increasingly troubled and spiritually misguided,” said the Patriarch of Romania on Sunday at the Chapel of St. George the Great Martyr within the Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude emphasized that on this Sunday, the Church honors the Holy…

Jun 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Lithuanian mother and daughter baptised Orthodox in Romanian village

Diana and her daughter Maja, born in Lithuania and settled in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, were baptised and received to Orthodoxy at Sts. Constantine and Helen church in Hemeiuș village, Bacău county. The mother took the name of St. Andrew the Apostle, and her daughter was named after the Virgin Mary. Parish priest…

Mar 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Census: Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Estonia

Orthodoxy remains the most widespread religion in Estonia, according to data from the 2021 population census. Orthodox Christians currently comprise 16% of the population, reports Statistics Estonia, the country’s official statistics agency. This number has remained unchanged since the 2011 census. The faithful are divided between two jurisdictions: the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Estonian Apostolic Orthodox…

Nov 16, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

La Courneuve – Paris: Romanian church consecrated on eve of the Three Holy Hierarchs feast

The church of the “Three Holy Hierarchs” Romanian Parish in La Courneuve – Paris was consecrated last Saturday, on the eve of its patronal feast. The consecration service was officiated in Romanian and French by Romanian Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was joined by Archbishop Job of Telmessos (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople),…

Feb 1, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

US Orthodox priest documents Bucharest Orthodoxy in a short film

Father Panayiotis Papageorgiou, a Cyprus-born American Christian Orthodox priest, visited the Capital city of Romania this summer. Together with his son, Efstratios Papageorgiou, he is making a documentary series about Eastern European Orthodoxy. The short film series is entitled “Neither Here Nor in Jerusalem” and the episode dedicated to Bucharest is the sixth. In Bucharest,…

Oct 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Young Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy says Romania brings him peace: Interview

Pedro Faidiga Passos, a Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy and settled in Romania, says that God “fished him” through his Romanian wife and thus revealed to him “the full beauty of the Christian faith.” He said he finds a lot of peace in Romania. Pedro Faidiga Passos is 27 years old and was born in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Untold Festival founder’s unspeakable quest stopped at Orthodoxy: It taught me to be myself

Sorin Gadola, the former financier of the major Untold Festival in Cluj, revealed in an event organized by the Archdiocese of Tomis the searches he went through in his troubled youth until he realized that Orthodoxy is the way. At the age of 21, he became ill and found no answer in classical medicine. “At…

Jul 21, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The icon is a call to pray with the Saints and foresight of the Kingdom of Heaven

Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. In his sermon, His Beatitude highlighted the three roles of an icon: to profess the truth of the Incarnation of the Son of God; to call Christians to prayer discreetly but insistently, and to offer a “prophetic, anticipated view,…

Mar 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: September 7 –13, 2020

Please see below the beauty of Orthodoxy captured through the photo lens last week. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   *RO: Preasfințitul Părinte Ignatie, Episcopul Hușilor a fost confirmat cu Covid-19. Ierarhul este în stare bună, internat la Spitalul „Elena Beldiman” din Bârlad. Să ne rugăm pentru însănătoșirea Preasfințitului…

Sep 15, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Bishop Varlaam: The Basilica Media Centre has proved its social and spiritual utility

The Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate is placed under the protection of the Holy Trinity. At the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Monday in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, special petitions were offered for the media centre and its staff. His Grace the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, who presided…

Jun 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu