Basilica Travel, the Romanian Orthodox Church’s travel agency, recorded a turnover of RON 6.57 million (EUR 1.41 million) in 2017, up by 20% compared to 2016, according to data from the Finance Ministry, cited by local Wall-street.ro.

The net profit, however, dropped three times, to RON 472,000 (EUR 102,000).

Basilica Travel organizes pilgrimages in Romania and abroad. The Church uses the company’s profits to finance its pastoral-missionary activity, including Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV and the Lumina newspaper.

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(photo source: Pelerinaje Basilica Travel on Facebook)