pilgrims

Over 24,500 pilgrims venerate relics of Saint Parascheva as Iași pilgrimage begins

More than 24,500 pilgrims have venerated the relics of Saint Parascheva in Iași as of Thursday morning, according to Agerpres. The annual pilgrimage in Iași began on Wednesday morning with the procession of Saint Parascheva’s relics and their placement in the outdoor baldachin near the Metropolitan Cathedral. Authorities have urged pilgrims to pay special attention…

Oct 10, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica Photos: Pilgrims flock to Patriarchal Cathedral for the feast of Sts Constantine and Helen

Believers arrived on the Patriarchate’s Hill for the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti. Photography courtesy of: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

May 22, 2020Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Church of Holy Sepulchre closed for one week. Orthodox Church to continue all services

Israeli authorities have decided to close the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a week as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic. The closure does not affect the divine services, which will be performed according to the normal schedule, in the absence of the faithful. The church was closed shortly after 5:00 PM yesterday, as…

Mar 26, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Basilica Photos: Portraits of pilgrims at the festivities of Saint Demetrios the New in Bucharest

Hierarchs, priests, deacons, and thousands of believers attended the celebrations in honour of Bucharest’s Patron Saint Demetrios the New on the Hill of the Patriarchate on Sunday, October 27, 2019. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Instagram: @basilica.ro

Oct 29, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Mount Athos: More than 250,000 pilgrims a year

The Agioritikes Grammes shipping company has had to launch a new boat to take pilgrims to Holy Mount Athos from Ouranoupolis as the number of pilgrims continues to grow, orthochristian reports. The company’s ninth ship heading to the Daphne port on Mt. Athos from Ouranoupolis has a capacity for 500 passengers and trucks, company president…

Oct 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Patriarch Daniel addresses the monastics of Sihăstria Putnei: ‘Convey the beauties of Orthodoxy through your prayers, your services, and by welcoming pilgrims’

The Patriarch of Romania visited Saturday evening the Sihăstria Putnei Monastery (Hermitage of Putna). Accompanied by several hierarchs of the Romanian Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was welcomed by the abbot of the monastery, the V. Rev. Archimandrite Nectarie Clinci, in the presence of the monastics and many faithful. A Te Deum service was officiated…

May 15, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

15 Patriarch Daniel Quotes to Inspire Pilgrims

Pilgrimage is a witness to our spiritual progress towards the Kingdom of Heaven. Being united with Christ through prayer, chanting and pilgrimage, we become partakers of Christ’s triumph over sin and death. Pilgrimage is a witness to the faith in the universal resurrection that will take place at the end of time. Pilgrims encounter God,…

Apr 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

15,000 believers present at Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Pious Saint Paraskeva of Iași

Thousands of faithful from all across Romania participated Friday, 14 October 2016, in the Divine Liturgy, officiated in Iași on the Feast of Pious Saint Paraskeva the New. Representatives of state and local authorities also took part in the event. Other several thousands of believers stood in a three-kilometre line to get to bow down…

Oct 19, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

The relics of St Philotheia and a fragment of the Holy Cross carried in procession, in Bucharest

The Holy Cross and St Basil the Great Church in Bucharest began the manifestations for its dedication day, on the eve of the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, 13 September 2016. Following the Vigil Service, the relics of the Holy Virgin Martyr Philotheia from Curtea de Argeş, and a fragment of the…

Sep 19, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian Pilgrims on a Visit to Antim Monastery

From 20-26 May 2016, a group of pilgrims from “Saint Panteleimon” Parish in Tbilisi, Georgia, are going on a pilgrimage, in Romania, to several monasteries in Moldova, Bucovina and the Archdiocese of Bucharest. During the first days of the pilgrimage, the pilgrims accompanied by parish priest George visited the Monasteries of Bistriţa, Durău, Ceahlău, Sihăstria,…

May 30, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest – 2016

May 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu