Romania

The Week in Pictures: October 14 -20, 2024

The week began with the feast of St Paraskeva, which brought together in Iași, Romania, an impressive number of faithful, and ended with preparations for the feast of St. Demetrius the New in Bucharest. We invite you to view our week-in-pictures photo feature for the week of October 14 – 20, 2024. Last week’s most-liked…

Oct 23, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 30 – October 6, 2024

The “Week in Pictures” photo feature for the week of September 30 – October 6, 2024, includes our selection of the most representative images captured in the Orthodox world. 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…

Oct 7, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Prayer transcends boundaries: Putna Monastery commemorated 130 ethnic Romanians who died in the Ukraine war

Several Romanian associations from the Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, organised last Saturday a commemoration service at Putna Monastery, Romania, in memory of more than 130 ethnic Romanians who died in the Ukraine war. Irina-Loredana Stănculescu, General Consul of Romania in Chernivtsi, priests and members of the associations of Romanians from Ukraine, as well as the families…

Oct 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

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

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

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

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

Bp Timotei of Prahova met with Archbishop George of Cyprus

The Romanian delegation accompanying St Cyprian’s relics to Cyprus, led by Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was received by His Beatitude Archbishop George of Cyprus, on Tuesday. His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova conveyed Patriarch Daniel’s blessing and spoke about the importance of the Church of Cyprus and its role…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea