The Week in Pictures: September 5 – 11, 2022
Please see below the beauty of Orthodox faith captured in photos taken between September 5 – 11, 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro…
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Patriarch of Romania: We are called to become the hands of God’s merciful love for the unborn children
The Patriarch of Romania sent a message on Monday for the National Conference of the Support Centres for Pregnant Women. The 6th edition of the biannual event is held in Bucharest, Romania, between September 12-13,…
Romanian language lessons for children are in high demand among the Romanian diaspora
The Romanian and German ministries of education signed last month a protocol permitting the participation of Romanian children in free optional lessons of Romanian. Romanian language lessons for children are in high demand among the…
Metropolitan of Bessarabia consecrates new church built in place of one destroyed by Godless Soviets
His Eminence Petru, Metropolitan of Bessarabia, consecrated on August 30, the new church of the Larga Nouă community in the Republic of Moldova. The worship place is dedicated to the feast of the “Translation of…
The Week in Pictures: August 29 – September 4, 2022
The passage to another season and the start of the New Church Year were opportunities for prayer and thanksgiving offered to God by the Orthodox faithful. Please see below our Week in Pictures feature for…
The Week in Pictures: August 22-28, 2022
Please join us in a virtual stroll through the Orthodox world by watching our weekly selection of pictures taken between August 22 and 28. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram…
Extension projects at Mono Monastery in Canada: The monks kindly ask for the prayers of Orthodox Romanians
The Mono Monastery, in the Canadian province of Ontario, announced on Wednesday the completion of repairs done to the chapel roof and thanked all those who made it possible – Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ioan Casian…
HE Kallistos Ware reposes in the Lord. He combined pastoral love with academic rigor
Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, a distinguished theologian and hierarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, reposed in the Lord on Wednesday night, around 01:00 hours. He was born with the name of Timothy in Bath, Great…
Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after Metropolitan Kallistos Ware reposes in the Lord
Patriarch Daniel sent condolences to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Wednesday, after His Eminence Kallistos, Metropolitan of Diokleia, reposed in the Lord. The Patriarch of Romania called the recently-departed hierarch “an old friend of our…
The Week in Pictures: August 15-21, 2022
Please see below our weekly selection of Orthodox snapshots – this time captured in the period between the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Which one…