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Basilica News Agency
FormatOnline newspaper
Owner(s)Romanian Patriarchate
EditorPatrick Trollope
Founded27 October 2007
Headquarters4-6 Ecaterina Street, Bucharest, Romania
Websitewww.basilica.ro(Romanian version)
www.basilica.ro/en(English version)

Basilica News Agency is the official online news service of the Romanian Patriarchate of the Christian Orthodox church. Basilica is part of the BASILICA Press Centre, the communication and public relations department of the Patriarchal Administration.

History

Basilica News Agency was founded on 27 October 2007 and was launched online in Romanian and English on 16 June 2008.

The launch took place in Europa Christiana (Christian Europe) Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest. The ceremony was opened with a Te Deum service officiated in the presence of Patriarch Daniel of Romania.[1] “Christian mission means bringing Christ’s Spirit to the world, into every home, in every institution where we work, to every job, on every path we walk”, the Patriarch said.[2]

In 2010, the web interface was updated.[3] In 2012,[4] the website was rebuilt entirely and relaunched during the solemn session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, held on 28 October 2012. In 2014, the website was updated again and launched on the feast day of the BASILICA Press Centre, on 27 October.

The site currently operates on a WordPress platform. The current website was launched on 26 March 2016.[5]

Role

The Basilica News Agency presents the activities and attitudes of the Romanian Orthodox Church regarding current problems.

News and information are presented in electronic form and contain details regarding church life from home and abroad: activities of the Romanian Patriarch, decisions of the Holy Synod, activities undertaken by dioceses, monasteries, parishes, theological schools and ecclesiastical NGOs, dialogue between Church and society, inter-Orthodox cooperation, inter-confessional and inter-religious dialogues etc.[6]

Opinions

References

  1. ^ The Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate was launched (16 June 2008) basilica.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  2. ^ Cf. Bâra Ciprian (17 June 2008), The Spirit of Christ, shared to the world by word, by sound and by image, Lumina Newspaper ziarullumina.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  3. ^ Basilica News Agency has a new website (30 September 2016)basilica.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  4. ^ The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church in solemn session (28 October 2012)basilica.ro , last accessed 5 September 2017;
  5. ^ Gheorghe Anghel (27 March 2016), Our new Website has been launched! basilica.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017
  6. ^ "Basilica News Agency..", p. 28;
  7. ^ "Basilica News Agency – Images and words from the life of the Church" (2013), p. 13;
  8. ^ †Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (30 October 2012); The highest award in the Romanian Orthodox Church, Lumina Newspaper, ziarullumina.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  9. ^ † Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church(15 June 2013)- "Kaleidoscope of everyday Church reality. Basilica News Agency – 5 years of activity" basilica.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  10. ^ † Daniel- "Kaleidoscope..."
  11. ^ Gheorghe Anghel (16 June 2016). "Thoughts and congratulations from our friends"basilica.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;
  12. ^ a b Gheorghe Anghel - "Thoughts..."
  13. ^ Deacon Ştefan Sfarghie (16 June 2015) - "7 years of basilica.ro" in Lumina Newspaper ziarullumina.ro, last accessed 5 September 2017;

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