Yesterday, 24 May 2010, on the feast of the Holy Trinity, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral together with His Grace Varlaam Ploieşteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, assisted by group of priests and deacons.

In the sermon delivered, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church underlined the fact that God is eternal love of Persons: “The Holy Trinity is the God of the faithful. The Holy Trinity shows us that God is not an eternal loneliness, but an eternal love of distinct Persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, united, undivided and eternal. The unity in the Holy Trinity is given by God-the-Father who is the only source of the Holy Trinity Being, because He is neither born nor conceived.

The feast of the Holy Trinity is also the feast of the “Basilica” Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate. So, on the occasion of this anniversary time, a Te Deum service was celebrated just after the Divine Liturgy, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, in the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, as well as of the employees and collaborators of the Press Centre and of a large number of faithful.

To end with the Te Deum, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon that underlined the missionary of the Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, which has a formative role in the contemporary society.

The feast of the dedication day of the Basilica Press Centre continued with a festivity organised in the “Europa Christiana” room of the Patriarchal Palace. Here, the employees of the Press Centre watched, together with His Beatitude Daniel, a short video material presenting the most important aspects of the activity of the 5 media means of the Romanian Patriarchate – informs Trinitas TV station. The exhibition entitled “The Trinitarian Theology in the Romanian Iconographic Tradition” comprising photographs of the most representative icons of the Holy Trinity in the places of worship of the Romanian Patriarchate was also opened.

“We wanted to present in “Europa Christiana” room the passage from the church, from the Patriarchal Cathedral, to the place where we, the employees of the Basilica Press Centre, of the Radio and Television Stations and of the News Agency and our colleagues from “Lumina” publication unfold our activity, with the blessing of His Beatitude, the Patriarch”, said Rev. Counsellor Nicolae Dascălu, Co-ordinator of the Basilica Press Centre.