On Monday, February 7, 2022, a memorial service was held at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the 107th birth anniversary of Romania’s former Patriarch Teoctist of blessed memory. The memorial service was officiated by Protosyncellus Silvestru…
The towers of the National Cathedral in Bucharest are partly free of scaffolding in the areas where the stone cladding and exterior plastering were completed. Here are the latest pictures taken by the Basilica News…
Three months after his repose, Bishop Gurie Georgiu was awarded posthumous citizenship of Deva. The ceremony was held after the clergy-laity assembly of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara on January 27. The new shepherd…
The Metropolitan of Transylvania commemorated Romania’s most outstanding philanthropist Emanuil Gojdu on the 152nd anniversary of his repose during a memorial service in Sibiu last week. The memorial service was held in front of Emanuil…
Priest Habil Lipesa Omukuba from Kenya says Romania has become his second home. In an interview for a local publication in Sibiu, Turnul Sfatului (Council Tower), the Kenyan priest confessed that he saw snow for…
The Romanian Patriarchate’s representative to Cyprus, Fr. Matei Petre, received an order of cultural merit from the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, in recognition of his efforts to consolidate Romanian spirituality and culture in the…
After a pause for the feasts of the Nativity and the Baptism of the Lord, works were resumed on the construction site of the National Cathedral at the beginning of January. Due to unfavourable weather…
Romania will mark the National Day of Reading on February 15, according to a law promulgated on January 14 by president Klaus Iohannis. On this day, museums, public libraries and educational and cultural institutions will run…
Great Lent begins on Monday, March 7, 2022. Also called Quadragesima or Tessaracoste, Great Lent is a 40-day season of spiritual preparation that comes before the Feast of Holy Pascha or the Resurrection of our…
The Metropolis of Bessarabia is following with concern the situation on the borders of Ukraine, where peace is fragile, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru said. “Tensions in the immediate vicinity of the Republic of Moldova threaten…