Holy Eucharist

Bishop Iachint: Christ continues to nourish us today through the Holy Eucharist

“Christ continues to nourish us today through the Holy Eucharist,” said Sunday Bishop Iachint of the Pacific, Assistant Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest. “Christ nourishes us with the Holy and Divine Eucharist, with His Body and Blood,” the assistant bishop said, noting that,…

Jul 28, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan of Banat: During the week, we eat bread; on Sunday, the Lord nourishes us with Himself

Explaining the meanings of the Gospel text on the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat emphasized that “throughout the week, we are nourished with bread multiplied by God, but on Sunday, the Lord nourishes us with Himself.” In his sermon, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan elaborated on the meaning of the Sunday…

Aug 21, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Bishops in Germany stress importance of Eucharist during Covid-19 crisis

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany (OBKD) at its 22nd meeting stressed the importance of the Holy Eucharist during the Covid-19 crisis. The meeting took place on June 23, 2021, in Cologne, at the headquarters of the Orthodox Antiochian Metropolis of Germany and Central Europe, with the participation of representatives of the Greek,…

Jul 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Pascha is Christ Himself, prefigured in the Passover lamb. Partaking of Him is the provision for eternal life

The Passover of the new Law materializes in the Person of the Saviour Himself, who passes us on to eternal life, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Holy and Great Thursday. He also explained how the Last Supper reveals the mystery of Christ’s Cross and Resurrection: through it, He showed His disciples His sacrificial love…

Apr 30, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

As Orthodox believers are deprived of the Eucharist, Patriarch Daniel indicates other ways of partaking of Christ

As Romanian Orthodox believers are deprived of receiving Holy Communion in churches following the coronavirus outbreak, Patriarch Daniel said there are several ways to receive Christ in our souls spiritually. ‘Now only those who call priests home can receive the Eucharist,’ Patriarch Daniel said during his homily in an empty patriarchal cathedral on Maundy Thursday.…

Apr 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends pastoral message to strengthen faith and Eucharistic communion

The Press office of the Romanian Patriarchate published a communiqué on February 27, 2020, in the context of excessive media coverage of the epidemic caused by Coronavirus (Covid – 19) and following requests from some state institutions that the Church should take measures to prevent the spread of the virus and to reduce the population’s…

Feb 28, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Man as a rational, relational being grows spiritually through gratitude

‘Man as a rational and a relational being, having a spiritual connection with God and peers, grows spiritually through gratitude,’ stressed His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel during his sermon on Sunday. On the 29th Sunday after Pentecost, the Patriarch of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Sts Constantine and Helen in…

Jan 21, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania Patriarch Easter Pastoral Letter: Persecuted Orthodox Romanians received power from the Eucharist

In his Easter pastoral letter, the Patriarch of Romania has explained that Eucharist always offered to the persecuted Orthodox Romanians the power to love in a sacrificial way and to remain united with the crucified and risen Christ in history and in eternity. Given that in 2019 the Romanian Patriarchate commemorates the Solemn Year of…

Apr 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Life and health are gifts from God, not our rights: Patriarch Daniel on Sunday of the Blind Man

‘Existence and health are not our own right, they are gifts,’ Patriarch Daniel stressed in his Sunday Gospel delivered at St Spyridon Cathedral in Bucharest in which he reflected on the healing of the blind man. He said we must keep and cultivate these gifts, and that we should thank God and our neighbours for…

May 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The purpose of Eucharist brings us joy, not the understanding of the miracle: Patriarch Daniel on Maundy Thursday

During his homily delivered at the Divine Liturgy on Maundy Thursday, Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the Last Supper and the eucharistic miracle. ‘It is a Mystery that we will never fully understand.’ ‘But what is it that brings joy?,’ the patriarch asked. ‘Nut the understanding of how the bread and wine become the…

Apr 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Great and Holy Thursday | Patriarch Daniel: The Holy Eucharist is at the centre of Church life

Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great officiated on the Great and Holy Thursday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti concelebrated with His Beatitude on 13 April 2017. After the gospel reading, His Beatitude delivered a homily focusing on the significance of…

Apr 13, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu