Easter vigil

Believers attend Easter vigil at Brasov Council Square, pictures go viral

The priests from the Orthodox Cathedral in Brasov officiated the Resurrection Service at an outdoor altar at the Council Square. The sanitary measures were implemented in collaboration with local authorities to avoid the congestion on Easter night and to reduce the risk of infection with the new coronavirus. The service was attended by hundreds of…

May 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Christ’s Resurrection heals us from sorrow, Patriarch Daniel says at Easter Vigil

Celebrating the 13th Easter of his patriarchal ministry, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a homily at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, reflecting on the joy and peace that the Resurrection of Christ offers us, thus driving away our sadness and sorrow. “The resurrection,” said the Patriarch, “is for us a cure for sorrow.” His…

May 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Easter Vigil at the Romanian Patriarchate – 2020

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Easter Vigil at the Patriarchal Cathedral on Holy Saturday night. Concelebrants included His Beatitude’s patriarchal auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia Follow us on Instagram: @basilica.ro Photography courtesy of: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Apr 21, 2020Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch Daniel at Easter Vigil: The crucified and risen Christ is the Healer and Liberator of humankind

Patriarch Daniel, April 19, 2020: ‘Christ’s Resurrection today is for us as always a source of light and peace, a source of joy, but also a source of spiritual power to fight the hardships of life, including to fight with the disease, the fear of death, and suffering, with everything that severely befalls us and…

Apr 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu