Bulgarians and Romanians united in honoring St. Teofana Basarab: Bishop's Liturgy at the cave monastery in Ivanovotranslated

Romanians and Bulgarians gathered on Wednesday at the cave monastery in Ivanovo, Bulgaria, to honor St. Teofana Basarab, a saint of the two peoples. Vicar Bishop Macarie de Glavinita (Church of Bulgaria), who is also a Romanian speaker, officiated Holy Mass in the presence of the Bulgarian faithful and the pilgrims coming from Romania through the Basilica Travel Pilgrimage Agency.

At the request of His Eminence Father Naum, Metropolitan of Ruse (Church of Bulgaria), Father Ginel Aurelian Ivan, co-serving priest at Giulești Sărindar Parish in the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was part of the ministerial council as a delegate of the Patriarch of Romania.

"Participation in this service represented the continuation of a constant concern for the promotion of the veneration of Saint Pious Teofana Basarab, materialized also by organizing, for the fifth time, a pilgrimage dedicated to her memory", Father Ginel Aurelian Ivan told Lumina Newspaper.

Communion between two Sister Churches A group of pilgrims from Romania with the Basilica Travel Pilgrimage Agency participated on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in the Liturgy celebrated in Ivanovo,...