Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch Daniel says divine grace offers ‘holy, endless and unchanging love’

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania explained on Sunday that the Saviour Jesus Christ reveals to the Samaritan woman the meaning of true love: “The living water, or divine grace, is a holy, endless and unchanging love, an unfading and unfailing love, in contrast to earthly and worldly love, which is limited, changeable and often…

May 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel honours Royal Family at 160 years since enthronement of Romania’s first king

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a message to Crown Princess Margareta of Romania on the occasion of Romania’s National Independence Day and the traditional royal celebration of 10 May, highlighting the enduring spiritual and historical significance of the Romanian Royal House. In his message, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church described the…

May 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel hails Saint Mavra of Ceahlău as icon of unceasing prayer and steadfast humility

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on Monday delivered a message marking the local proclamation of the canonisation of Saint Mavra of Ceahlău, presenting the 17th–18th century ascetic as a model of unceasing prayer and humility for contemporary believers. In his address, the Patriarch highlighted the saint’s role in the early development of hesychast spirituality…

May 6, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Christ calls us to show mercy at all times, following the healing at Bethesda

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania underlined on Sunday that “Jesus Christ teaches us that at all times we must do good, showing merciful love and offering help to those who suffer, the sick and the lonely.” The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church interpreted the Gospel passage of the healing of the paralysed man…

May 5, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Myrrh-Bearing Women are models of courage, faith and piety, Patriarch Daniel says

The Myrrh-Bearing Women are enduring models of courage, faith and piety in the Church, Patriarch Daniel of Romania said on Sunday at the historic Chapel of St George the Great Martyr at the Patriarchal Residence. More than this, the Patriarch said, the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women are also teachers of the Church through the very manner…

Apr 27, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel hails Saint George as protector in times of trial at residence chapel feast

“Saint George became renowned, in both East and West, as a military saint who helps people in difficult circumstances,” Patriarch Daniel said Thursday during the patronal feast of the historic Saint George Chapel at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. In his homily, the Romanian patriarch recounted the life and martyrdom of Saint George, describing him…

Apr 24, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch sends food and books to monks on Mount Athos

A delegation from the Romanian Patriarchate is visiting Mount Athos this week to deliver food supplies and books to Romanian monastic communities on behalf of Patriarch Daniel. The patriarch dispatched 1,450 volumes, consisting of 290 book titles designated for the library of each monastic settlement, in addition to eight tonnes of non-perishable food. The aid…

Apr 24, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel says Myrrh-bearing Women model faith for all Christian women

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church praised the role of Christian women as witnesses of the Resurrection, in a message marking the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women—celebrated in the Romanian Patriarchate as the Sunday of Christian Women—and the first-ever Synaxis of All Romanian Women Saints. “The Myrrh-bearing Women… are great teachers of the Church……

Apr 21, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Apostle Thomas affirmed both Christ’s resurrection and divinity, Romanian Patriarch says

“Saint Thomas the Apostle confessed both the visible and tangible God and the invisible God. This is Thomas’s great transformation—that he confessed not only Christ’s resurrection, but also His divinity,” Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said on Sunday at the historic “Saint George” Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence. He underlined that the Apostle…

Apr 20, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Vienna’s first Romanian Orthodox parish for preserving “true identity” for 120 years

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church marked 120 years of Romanian Orthodox ministry in Vienna, praising the community’s role in preserving faith, identity and culture in the diaspora. In a message addressed to Romanian Orthodox believers in the Austrian capital, the Patriarch of Romania highlighted the historical significance of the parish of…

Apr 15, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel says apostles’ mission is ‘a mandate for the whole world’ at Pascha Agape Vespers

“The sending of the Lord’s disciples is a holy mission. It is not about ordination for a parish, but about a missionary mandate for the whole world,” Patriarch Daniel of Romania said on Sunday during the Agape Vespers service of the first day of Holy Pascha, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarch…

Apr 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu