Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea, lived at the beginning of the fourth century in the Pontine city of Amasea. He encouraged and comforted the Christians suffering persecution by the pagans. During this time the Eastern…
The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada has sent a message expressing their compassion for the Toronto van attack victims. His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian urged the believers to pray for the victims of the terrible…
A fire tore through St. Panteleimon’s Greek Orthodox Church in the seaside town of Glenelg North in Southern Australia on Tuesday, leaving the parish community without a home for their Holy Week and Paschal services,…
“It is the tenth time we receive this great gift of blessing from the Holy Sepulchre of the Resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said Saturday evening while welcoming to Bucharest…
We released this year’s third issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The March 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Basilica.ro Review available for download Each monthly edition will feature select articles that…
We released this year’s second issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The February 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2018 his 28th anniversary of episcopal consecration. HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara…
At the initiative of local parish priests, faithful from the northwestern Romanian villages of Paleu and Oşorhei took up a collection over the course of the previous year to buy a home for a family…
The installation of the central composition of the mosaic on the inside of the 65-meter tall dome of the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade has been completed. This is one of the most important…
The first Orthodox abbess in Fiji, Eldress Melani, was enthroned at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Saweni, a monastic settlement under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolis of New Zealand.…