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His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates his 11th anniversary as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates on 1 February 2020 his 11th enthronement anniversary as Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on 20 November 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum…

Feb 1, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Archbishop Makarios to youth: I am asking you to change the world

“Be shining lights,” His Eminence, Archbishop of Australia Makarios, encouraged the attendees of the recent Archdiocesan Youth Conference, in English. “It is very hard to change the world. But that is exactly what I am asking you to do. I am asking you to change the world.” It was the end of a particularly balmy…

Jan 29, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude Sawa celebrates his name day

On the feast day of  St. Sava the first Archbishop of Serbia, January 14, His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates his name day. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly…

Jan 14, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Basilica News top 7 most liked tweets of 2019

Here’s a look at 2019’s most liked tweets on the @BasilicaNews Twitter account. 1. Priest feeds infant while proclaiming Gospel at baptism service.https://t.co/hOY3ULhE9N pic.twitter.com/1fOudXXBa5 — Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) November 4, 2019 2. Memory eternal to all Romanians who fell in the Revolution of December 1989 ? pic.twitter.com/ImZnyDosWj — Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) December 16, 2019 3.…

Jan 13, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 87th birthday

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 04 January his 87th birthday. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan…

Jan 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude John X of Antioch celebrates his 65th birthday

His Beatitude John X of Antioch celebrates on January 1st 2020 his 65th birthday. His Beatitude Patriarch John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His father Mounah Yazigi was from Lattakia, a teacher of the Arabic language. His mother Rosa Moussi is from Tripoli, Lebanon. They gave birth to four…

Jan 1, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his name day

On the Feast of Prophet Daniel, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his name day. On this occasion, the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, followed by a Te Deum service, as a sign of gratitude brought to God for the protection and the support offered to the Patriarch of…

Dec 17, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Byzantine chant joins UNESCO list on intangible cultural heritage

UNESCO has inscribed Byzantine chant in Cyprus and Greece on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, In Cyprus reported. The decision was taken by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in Bogota which inscribed one more element on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in…

Dec 12, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

International Volunteer Day

International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly, is held each year on 5 December, UN informs. It is viewed as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share their values, and to promote their work among their communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, government authorities and the private…

Dec 5, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

The joy of communion in the Romanian church in South Africa

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, on the occasion of the consecration of the Romanian Orthodox church in Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 November 2019: The joy of communion in the Romanian church in South Africa Your Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos, Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador Marius-Constantin Borănescu, Your Excellencies, Beloved faithful, The…

Nov 30, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Orthodox burial given to 193 Greek soldiers in Albania who died during war in 1940

A Greek Orthodox burial was finally given to the remains of 193 Greek soldiers who died in Albania during the Greek-Italian war in 1940-41, Greek City Times reports. After 79 years, the bones of the soldiers who lost their lives while fighting for their country were covered with the Greek flag and placed in their…

Nov 25, 2019Sorin Ioniţe