His Holiness BARTHOLOMAIOS,
Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome,
Ecumenical Patriarch
Your Holiness,
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Your Holiness’ enthronement, we convey You our best brotherly wishes of good health and salvation, peace and joy, grace and help from God in the activity You unfold.
In the light of fraternal communion and pastoral co-responsibility for the welfare of the entire Orthodoxy, we pray God to bestow His rich gifts upon Your Holiness, at the anniversary, recently, of 50 years of ecclesiastic ministry and of 20 years in the pastoral service of the Archdiocese of Constantinople and of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
May Christ, our Lord, “the High Priest”, give You many good years of life!
With deep esteem and brotherly love in Christ,
† DANIEL
Patriarch of Romania
Patriarchate News
Anniversaries
17 May 1855 NICOLAE IVAN, Bishop of Cluj, was born in Aciliu, county of Sibiu
16 May 1898 Priest and professor of theology GALACTION LIVIU MUNTEANU was born in Cristian, county of Braşov
16 May 1859 Theology professor BADEA CIREŞEANU was born in Spineni, county of Olt
Memorials
18 May 1861 SOFRONIE MICLESCU, Metropolitan of Moldova, passed away at Slatina Monastery (buried at Neamţ)
18 May 1917 Bishop CALIST IALOMIŢEANU (baptised Constantin) passed away in Bucharest
17 May 2000 Metropolitan and historian NESTOR VORNICESCU (baptised Nicolae) passed away in Craiova






















