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Orthodox Christian Journalist, keen on foreign languages, diplomacy, int'l relations, reading and travelling | Director of @BasilicaNews / @AgentiaBasilica
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Humbled to still see people reading prayers and making the sign of the cross in Bucharest’s metro trains
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The beautiful iconostasis of St Catherine University Chapel in Bucharest
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Nothing compares to the glory of a newly consecrated church.
📍Sihastria Râșcăi Monastery, Suceava
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Sofia’s St Alexander Nevski Cathedral welcomes new Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil
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Such a heaven-like feeling inside the so-called Russian Church in Bucharest
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Here’s a beautiful icon of the Prophet Elijah carried into heaven in his chariot of fire
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Inside the altar of the new National Cathedral in Bucharest
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A Greek chanter’s son and a child chanter himself, Gerasimos joined us at the chant stand for the all-night vigil and Divine Liturgy in honour of the Prodromitissa icon of the Theotokos and St Paisios of Mount Athos.
Just listen 🎧 and be amazed!
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Patriarch Daniil receives the patriarchal insignia
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A must see place for every Christian: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Apocalyptic representations at Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, which was led by Elder Ephraim of Arizona between 1973-1991.
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If this picture doesn’t make your day I don’t know what would.
Little Melania holds tight the icon of her patron Saint Melania the Younger.
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Supposedly, the last picture of Saint Nectarios of Aegina taken before his blessed repose
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Can you stop watching this?
📷: Christ Pantocrator inside St Nicholas (Russian) Church in Bucharest
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Mesmerising Christ Pantocrator at Deva diocesan centre.
(Take a look at the peacock 🦚 details)
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Blessed 40th anniversary of the repose of Fr Seraphim Rose!
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His Beatitude Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria offers his first patriarchal blessing
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The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest covered in this year's first (serious) snow 🌨️
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Feast of St Paisios of Mount Athos celebrated with all-night vigil and hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Annunciation Cell of Lakkoskete.
Saint Paisios pray for us!
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The paintings of St Parascheva Church in Bucharest's Pajura neighborhood are simply breathtaking.
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Judas forsaking his halo for the sake of money.
📷: iconography at Romania’s National Cathedral
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Patriarch Daniel getting amused when a young lad approached him for a selfie 🤳🏻
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Altar boy holding the icon of Saint Nikephoros the Leper during a procession on the streets of Bucharest.
📷:
@BasilicaPhotos
/ Raluca Ene
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Next generation of Romanian Saints, and probably the first Orthodox Saints of the 21st century, already painted with a halo at the chapel of Bucharest’s National Cathedral.
These new saints will be canonised next year.
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The young talented Lebanese singer and chanter Ribale Wehbé visited the
@BasilicaNews
room. I asked her to chant my favourite megalynarion to the Theotokos (Axion estin) in Arabic and she accepted 😇
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Preparing for the feast of our beloved Saint Nicholas
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The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest shining in the dusk
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The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church will convene next week. The agenda includes a proposal to add my beloved St John Maximovitch the Wonderworker in the local church calendar. He is already very popular among Romanians. Not to mention I have his icon in every room.
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Let us join in prayer for the health of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland. He was admitted to hospital yesterday.
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They are three of the twelve confessors of Orthodoxy during communism whose Sainthood will probably be proclaimed in 2025.
📔Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae
🙏Elder Cleopas Ilie
⛪Elder Gherasim Iscu
#thegoodtoknow
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A pre-canonization icon of Elder Paisie Olaru, Elder Cleopa Ilie, Fr Dumitru Staniloae, and Elder Sofian Boghiu.
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Such a beautiful iconostasis at the Old St George Church in Bucharest
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You know you’re in the right city when this happens: shopping centre in Bucharest displays icon of the day’s saints Raphael and Parthenios of old Agapia
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Christ Pantocrator at the chapel of the patriarchal residence in Bucharest
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A rainbow 🌈 arching over the National Cathedral in Bucharest
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St Anthimos Monastery shines like a celestial torch in the night
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Bănuiesc că presa va da scroll la astfel de poze de la slujba de
#Florii
🌿 de la Patriarhie.
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The beautiful Hagia Sophia Church in Warsaw. Simply breathtaking
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Don’t miss this beautiful Orthodox chapel at
@BUC_Airports
(Otopeni) whenever you fly to Bucharest!
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Bookstore preparing for the feast of St Sophrony of Essex
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Happy National Day, Romania 🇷🇴 !
Here are some AI representations by Marius Comper:
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Iconography inside the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest.
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Precanonisation icons of Elders Cleopas and Paisios of Sihăstria. Their canonisation in 2025 is much awaited by Romanians
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He reposed in the Lord in 2019 and his canonization process has already started. Elder Ephraim of Arizona will be the most modern Orthodox Saint!
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Moldovita Monastery is one of the eight painted churches included on
#UNESCO
World Heritage Sites, all masterpieces inspired by the Byzantine art of the 15-16th centuries. Their distinctive element – the external walls covered with frescoes representing complete religious cycles
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A person made this replica of the National Cathedral in Bucharest from matches 🥢 🔥
The machstick art piece will be on display at the National Cathedral's future museum.
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Judas Iscariot forsakes his halo
Mosaic iconography inside Romania’s National Cathedral
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Here’s a sneak peek at the iconography of the new church at Nicula Monastery.
Nicula is famous for its wonderworking icon of the Theotokos that gathers tens of thousands of pilgrims every year on the feast of the Dormition.
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This means Byzantine music:
Tronos choir conducted by Archdeacon
@BucaMihail
interprets the canon to Saint Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Palace.
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Standing on the side of almost every road in Romania, there are either memorial crosses or small chapels dedicated to different Saints to bless travellers
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A sunny ☀️ third day of Christmas 🎄 at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest
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The ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria expresses its deepest sorrow at the synodal decision of the Russian Patriarchate to establish an Exarchate within the normal limits of the jurisdiction of the Ancient Church of Alexandria:
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Pre-canonisation icons of Elders Cleopas Ilie of Sihastria, Dionysios Ignat of Colciu, and Petronius Tanase of Prodromos Skete.
These where painted at the workshops of Vatopedi Monastery and were presented today to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel by Abbot Ephraim.
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Such a joy to meet my dear saints in the same place!
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Lithuanian mother and daughter baptised into the Orthodox Church in a Romanian Village. The photos in the article are impressive. Glory to God!
Mamă și fiică lituanience au primit Botezul Ortodox într-un sat din Bacău.
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Representation of the Wisdom of God at Hagia Sophia Church in Warsaw
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Memorial crosses in honour of Romanian soldiers who fell during World War II
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Tomorrow is the first official feast of St Sophrony the hesychast and theologian of Essex. I don't know why but I really feel a subtle, strong joy.
St Sophrony, pray for us!
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Listen 🎧 to a Terirem hymn chanted by protopsaltes Mihail Buca at Lakkoskete on Mount Athos
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This is what you see when you enter the gates of St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest
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A merry and blessed feast of the Nativity of the Lord to all those who observe the old calendar!
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St Constantius, father of St Gregory Palamas, was a senator of Emperor Andronicus II the Palaiologus (1282-1328) but also a great hesychast.
He is an inspiration for all those who work in high administrations that fervent prayer is possible.
Holy Palamas Family pray for us!
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The beautiful church of Mirauti, Suceava, has the depiction of all kings of Israel in a semi-Byzantine painting made by the famous brothers Jobs from Vienna. It also contains the depiction of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, under whose rule the church was restored.
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A beautiful pre-canonisation icon of Saint Gherasim Iscu the Confessor of Tismana Monastery.
Fr Gherasim (Gerasimus) died on Christmas Day 1951 at Targu Ocna prison. He is one of the 20th-century Romanian martyrs who suffered under the communist regime.
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Extremely impressed and happy to venerate the relics of one of the greatest saints of Christianity, Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Saint Augustine, pray for us!
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The Patriarchal Cathedral of Sts Constantine and Helen in Bucharest
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This is what the Romanian Patriarchate’s traditional
#Christmas
carols concert sounded like 😇🎄
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Check out these beauties from the time of St Stephen the Great:
- censor
- crown and sword
- ripidion
- tetraevangelion
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This was part of the Early Music Festival in Bucharest
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"Patriarchal" Christmas Tree 🎄 at the Romanian Saints' Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest.
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Age of generally recognised Orthodox Primates:
Patr Bartholomew 83
Patr Theodore 68
Patr John 68
Patr Theophilos 71
Patr Kirill 76
Patr Porfirije 61
Patr Daniel 71
Patr Neophyte 77
Patr Ilia 90
Abp George 74
Abp Ieronymos 85
Metr Sawa 85
Abp Anastasios 93
Metr Rastislav 45
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Probably the first Romanian Saint ever photographed:
Saint Andrew Șaguna, photo taken at Băile Herculane in 1864-1865.
(To be noted that the first picture in Bucharest was taken around 1850)
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