Sunday of Orthodoxy

The Week in Pictures: March 7 – 13, 2022

We invite you to view a selection of photos from around the world taken during the first week of Lent. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly…

Mar 16, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Veneration of holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Mother of God and the Saints: Patriarch Theophilos

“Veneration of the holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Theotokos and the Saints,” explained Patriarch Theophilos on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Patriarch of Jerusalem officiated the Great Vespers and celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He was joined in the divine services by…

Mar 14, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Pan-Orthodox Vespers in Chicago. Saints look at us from the icons and call us to have a pure vision, Metropolitan Nicolae says

Although organized at the last minute by the Chicago Orthodox Clergy Association, the Vespers service on the Sunday of Orthodoxy was a moment of Orthodox communion that seemed lost in the last year due to coronavirus restrictions, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas reports. Clergy and believers from the Chicago area met at St.…

Mar 23, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

Basilica Photos: Sunday of Orthodoxy at Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral 2021

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, to mark the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 21, 2021. Concelebrants included Their Graces the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești and Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova. In his sermon, the Patriarch of Romania spoke of the three roles of holy…

Mar 23, 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

Holy Synod calls faithful “to be triumphant over passions of greed and pride” in Sunday of Orthodoxy pastoral letter

In a pastoral letter for the First Sunday of Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the Holy Synod members of the Romanian Orthodox Church said that the feast is a call to victory. “On the Sunday of Orthodoxy or the Triumph of the True Faith we are also called to be triumphant, with…

Mar 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Benelux Orthodox Bishops postpone inter-Orthodox concelebration on Sunday of Orthodoxy

During an extraordinary coordination meeting held March 11, the Orthodox Episcopal Assembly of Benelux (CEOB-OBB) announced that the inter-Orthodox concelebration on the Sunday of Orthodoxy will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The hierarchs discussed the difficulties caused by the pandemic in officiating holy services and not allowing believers access to…

Mar 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

PHOTO: Sunday of Orthodoxy throughout the world

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is a feast celebrating the holy icons. On this Sunday, throughout the Orthodox world, these representations of saintly persons are at the centre of religious services and processions. In Constantinople, on the first Sunday of Great Lent, Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus. On this…

Mar 12, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: March 2 – 8, 2020

The Orthodox World seen through the lens of photographers on March 2-8, 2020. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [info @ basilica.ro] along with a…

Mar 12, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel on Sunday of Orthodoxy: The profession of true faith opens Heavens

‘The profession of the true faith opens the Heavens. Without confessing Christ’s divinity, no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, no one can see the Kingdom of Heaven,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed during his sermon on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Patriarch of Romania explained that true faith ‘is laid as a foundation…

Mar 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel explains why it is important to profess true faith

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the importance of bearing witness to Christ’s divinity also stressing the importance of professing Christian faith during his homily delivered on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. True faith opens heavens to us ‘We see clearly that for professing true faith we are repaid with…

Mar 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu