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Basilica News Agency Basilica News Agency is the official on-line news service of the Romanian Patriarchate (Orthodox Church of Romania).

Our mission is to provide information about the religious events that take place especially in the Romanian Patriarchate. Basilica News Agency is the official online news service of the Romanian Patriarchate. as a part of the Basilica Press Centre – The Communication and PR Department of the Patriarchal Administration. Specific objectives:

• Cultivation of an active relationship, based on dialogu

e, between Church and society;
• To maintain and develop the dialogue between Church and Orthodox youth;
• To support Romanian traditional values;
• To promote cultural and educational activities in the society;
• To communicate the Christian moral values to the society;
• Promotion of education. Since October 2015, Basilica News Agency entered the social networks and opened up official accounts on:
•Twitter (https://twitter.com/basilicanews)
•Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA)
•Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/basilica.ro/)
•Pinterest (https://ro.pinterest.com/basilicaro/)
• Telegram (https://t.me/basilicanews)

Did you know that today is International Mountain Day? 🏔
11/12/2025

Did you know that today is International Mountain Day? 🏔

Orthodox Calendar, December 11 🌿 Sts. Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople and Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon👉 https:...
11/12/2025

Orthodox Calendar, December 11

🌿 Sts. Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople and Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon

👉 https://tinyurl.com/4t3wxd45

*EN: Saint Joseph the Hesychast, pray to God for us! 🙏*ES: San San José Hesicasta, ruega a Dios por nosotros! 🙏
10/12/2025

*EN: Saint Joseph the Hesychast, pray to God for us! 🙏
*ES: San San José Hesicasta, ruega a Dios por nosotros! 🙏

The Week in Pictures 📸 1 – 7 December 2025The first week of December opened with the events dedicated to Romania’s Natio...
10/12/2025

The Week in Pictures 📸 1 – 7 December 2025

The first week of December opened with the events dedicated to Romania’s National Day and concluded with the feasts of St Nicholas the Wonderworker and St Philothea of Argeș. We invite you to browse our selection of photos from 1 – 7 December 2025.

ℹ️ If you’d like to share your photos, send them to 📧 [email protected] (subject: For WIP; include a short description, your name, and the date).

In this photo selection, you’ll find:
🇷🇴 Romania’s National Day
👶 blessings and joyful moments with children
🔔 groups of carolers
📸 faces and images bearing witness to faith

View the full gallery 🔗 Basilica.ro

🔴 In an interview with Formula AS magazine, Father Daniel Corîu spoke about the joys, difficulties and unexpected collab...
09/12/2025

🔴 In an interview with Formula AS magazine, Father Daniel Corîu spoke about the joys, difficulties and unexpected collaborations that accompany his pastoral mission in Japan.

Father Corîu has served in Japan for 12 years, ministering to around 200 families, most of them Romanian–Japanese. He is the only Romanian Orthodox priest in the country, after the mission was reduced over time to a single permanent parish centre in Tokyo.

“I believe there are about 5,000 Orthodox Christians in all of Japan — only one per cent of the total population,” he said, describing the life of Orthodoxy in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Read more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47k8w56u

🔴 His Grace Bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal inaugurated last Friday a new socio-educational centre for the Romanian...
09/12/2025

🔴 His Grace Bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal inaugurated last Friday a new socio-educational centre for the Romanian community in Torrent, a town located 7 kilometres from Valencia.

He was joined in the service by Father Vasile Pop, diocesan advisor for education and youth activities, and by Archdeacon Spiridon Burlacu, diocesan advisor for economic affairs.

Representatives of the Spanish and Romanian authorities also attended the event, including Venancio Enrique Aviñó Campos, Police Inspector of Torrent, and Cosmina Beatrice Dumitrache, Vice-Consul of Romania in Valencia.

The bishop stressed the importance of the new space for the life of the Romanian community in Torrent and congratulated the parish for its sustained efforts to create a place of formation and support for the faithful.

Bishop Timotei awarded distinctions to those involved in the project: the Order of “The Cross of Saint James the Greater” to parish priest Vasile Pop, the “Diploma of Saint James the Greater” to Ciprian Donia, the project coordinator, and certificates of appreciation to all those who contributed to setting up the centre.

Read more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/26z4fr55

💬So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
09/12/2025

💬So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

Orthodox Calendar, December 9🌿 The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God; Prophetess Hannah the mo...
09/12/2025

Orthodox Calendar, December 9

🌿 The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God; Prophetess Hannah the mother of the Prophet Samuel (Fish allowed)

👉 https://tinyurl.com/2baatba5

'It is not the place but the means that makes the man.'
08/12/2025

'It is not the place but the means that makes the man.'

🔴 His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia met last week in Chișinău with the Minister of Defence of the Republic o...
08/12/2025

🔴 His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia met last week in Chișinău with the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Moldova, Anatolie Nosatîi, to define the priorities for cooperation for 2026.

The meeting took place on Wednesday, December 3, as part of the collaboration agreement signed by the two institutions in 2023.

The discussions focused on joint programmes aimed at strengthening the moral and spiritual formation of military personnel, supporting the responsibility and dignity of those who dedicate their lives to serving the country.

Metropolitan Petru expressed his gratitude for the Minister’s openness and willingness to continue cooperation, and he appreciated the attention given to the spiritual dimension of military life and the commitment to reinforcing the institutional partnership.

Defence Minister Nosatîi thanked the Metropolitan for the warm welcome and for the Metropolis’s ongoing support for military personnel, stressing the importance of continuing cooperation in a spirit of responsibility, solidarity and care for people.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/zapx548h

Today we celebrate St Patapius, know as a cancer healer!
08/12/2025

Today we celebrate St Patapius, know as a cancer healer!

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The Basilica News Agency is the official online news service of the Romanian Patriarchate. It is a department of the Basilica Press Centre – The Communication and PR Department of the Patriarchal Administration. Specific objectives: • Cultivation of an active relationship, based on dialogue, between Church and society; • To maintain and develop the dialogue between Church and Orthodox youth; • To support Romanian traditional values; • To promote cultural and educational activities in the society; • To communicate the Christian moral values to the society; • Promotion of education. Since October 2015, Basilica News Agency entered the social networks and opened up official accounts on: •Twitter (https://twitter.com/basilicanews) •Google + (https://plus.google.com/u/0/113068605620512668858) •Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA) •Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/basilica.ro/) •Pinterest (https://ro.pinterest.com/basilicaro/)