We’re turning 11
On Sunday, June 16, 2019 we celebrated our 11th anniversary. The youngest member of the Basilica Media Centre was born on Monday, June 16, 2008, with the clear mission to fulfill ‘the vocation of the…
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Lower Danube Archdiocese helps 100+ flood victim families
A broad missionary and philanthropic activity was organized by and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube Archdiocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church on Tuesday to aid more than 100…
New Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain elected
The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously elected Metropolitan Nikitas of Dardanelles as the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, succeeding Archbishop Gregorios who retired as of Wednesday June 12, 2019. Metropolitan Nikitas…
Over 6,400 tourists visit Sümela monastery in two days
The Sümela Monastery has seen an influx of tourists during the Eid al-Fitr festival following a four-year-long comprehensive restoration and rock improvement project, Hürriyet reports. On the first day of the festival on June 4, a total of 1,990 tourists visited…
Patriarch of Romania chairs meeting of Statutes and Regulations Synodal Committee
The Patriarch of Romania on Wednesday opened the working session of the Statutes and Regulations Committee of the Holy Synod at the patriarchal residence. As announced by the Patriarch in his opening remarks, the Committee…
Patriarch Daniel urges immediate action to save the Romanian village
During his opening remarks at the National Conference of Church Painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged for decisive action on saving Romania’s villages. ‘Let us not look nostalgically with that so-called mioritic passivity.’ ‘Let us…
Romanian Patriarch opens national conference on church painting
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday, June 10, opened the works of the National Conference ‘Dogmatic unity and national specificity in church painting’ at the Patriarchal Palace with over 100 iconographers and church painters attending…
Romanian Kickboxer Cătălin Moroşanu visits Mount Athos: I came to thank God for everything He gave me
Romanian Kickboxer and former professional rugby player Cătălin Moroşanu announced on his Facebook page that he visited the Holy Mount Athos to thank God for His divine help. ‘I came to thank God for everything…
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his name day
His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates Tuesday, June 12, his patron saint: the Holy Apostle Bartholomew. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His…
Bronze bust of Romanian priest Iraclie Porumbescu unveiled in Chernivtsi region
A bronze bust depicting priest Iraclie Porumbescu, the father of the renowned Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, was unveiled during a religious ceremony held at the beginning of June at the Dormition of the Theotokos Church…