Aurelian Iftimiu

15 things you might not know about Basilica.ro

On our 15th anniversary of online ministry, we want to share with you 15 things that you might not know about the Basilica News Agency. The Basilica News Agency is the only news agency of an Orthodox Autocephalous Church. Materials published on Basilica.ro are not interrupted by commercials. On average, our articles are accessed by…

Jun 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel extends congratulations to Basilica News Agency on its 15th anniversary of online ministry

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a congratulatory message to the Basilica News Agency on Friday, June 16, 2023, on the 15-year anniversary of journalistic activity. With this message, His Beatitude urged everyone to know and perform good. Please find below the full text of Patriarch Daniel’s message on Basilica News Agency’s 15th anniversary of…

Jun 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian family from diaspora donates replica of Panagia Pantanassa icon to Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral

A replica of the Pantanassa Icon of the Mother of God was installed last week in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, where it will remain near the reliquary of Saint Demetrius the New, the Protector of Bucharest, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The icon, painted at the workshops of Vatopedi Monastery according…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Targoviste Archbishop meets with Germany’s Ambassador to Romania

His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste, welcomed His Excellency Mr Peer Gebauer, Germany’s Ambassador to Romania, accompanied by his wife, at the archdiocesan residence. Prefect of Dâmbovița County Claudia Gilia, Senator Titus Corlățean, Dâmbovița County Council President Corneliu Ștefan, and the eparchial vicar Ionuț Adrian Ghibanu also attended the meeting. #Târgovişte & #Dâmboviţa…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie urges clergy to pay attention to frailty of older people

“When we see an older person, let us pray like this: Lord, I entrust to your love the frailty of the one I meet on my way,” Bishop Ignatie told the clergy of Vaslui Deanery at a conference on June 6, 2023. During the meeting, the Bishop also spoke about the importance of home care…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop of Tomis leads the 100-year celebration of Romanian church in Sofia, meets with Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte

His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis participated in the celebrations of the “Holy Trinity” Church’s centenary of uninterrupted ministry in the Romanian language in Sofia. The hierarch also had a meeting with Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria. Although the church was consecrated on December 6, the series of celebratory events began on the feast of Pentecost.…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Influential hymnographer, folklorist Anton Pann’s remains reburied with honour: We owe him many church hymn books printed in Romanian

The remains of Protopsaltis Anton Pann were reburied last week in a new tomb at St. Stylianos – Lucaci Church in Bucharest. Our culture owes him numerous church hymn books printed in Romanian. “He was a chanter at many churches in Bucharest. He chanted at many monasteries in Wallachia and Transylvania. He wrote enormously for…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomes faculty colleagues at his patriarchal residence

Faculty colleagues visited His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarchal Residence on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Clergy who graduated from Sibiu’s Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Andrew Șaguna” in 1974 visited the Patriarchal Residence accompanied by their spouses. The day’s program began with the veneration of the relics of St. Demetrius the New, kept inside…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s journalists gather in prayer on the feast of the Holy Trinity

The Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate marked its patronal feast of the Holy Trinity on Pentecost Monday. The media staff attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, chief secretary of the Holy Synod and coordinator of the Basilica Media Centre. Concelebrants…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

NY Romanian monastery gifted with relic of Saint Jacob of Putna

A delegation from Putna Monastery visited the Romanian community in the United States of America between May 17 and June 1. Abbot Melchisedec Velnic offered the Romanians a fragment of the relics of Saint Jacob of Putna. During the itinerary, the delegation’s first stop was at “Saints Constantine and Helen” Metropolitan Cathedral in Chicago to…

Jun 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

All baptised Christians are responsible for preaching the Gospel, West-Southern Europe Romanian hierarchs exhort

The mandate to disseminate the Gospel to the entire world is every Christian’s responsibility, not just of ordained clergy, the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe urged. In a pastoral letter issued for the feast of Pentecost, the group of six Romanian hierarchs, headed by His Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern…

Jun 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu