Orthodox faith

‘Holy icons are the full profession of true faith in the Church,’ Patriarch Daniel says on Sunday of Orthodoxy

On the first Sunday of Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Patriarch Daniel pointed to the importance of holy icons in the Orthodox Church. They are not ‘a mere adornment in the church, but rather the full profession of the true faith in the Church: witness through words and witness through sight, because…

Feb 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill speaks about Confessing the Orthodox Faith under an atheist system and the meaning of our freedom today

Address by His Beatitude Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, delivered at the solemn session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, 28 October 2017: Your Beatitude Most Blessed Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church! Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences and Graces, Esteemed archpastors! I was sincerely pleased to receive your kind…

Nov 3, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Metropolitan Rastislav on the difficulties of confessing the Orthodox faith during communism and the importance of Religious Freedom today

Address by His Beatitude Rastislav, Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, delivered during the solemn session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, 28 October 2017: Difficulties of confessing the Orthodox faith during Communism and the Importance of Religious Freedom today Your Holiness, Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences and…

Oct 30, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Confessing the Orthodox Faith through Church Music 

The Address of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, delivered for the finals of the Church Music National Festival-Contest Praise the Lord!, 10th edition, the Patriarchal Palace – Bucharest, Friday, 27 October 2017: The 10th (anniversary) edition of the Church Music National Festival-Contest Praise the Lord! calls us to thank God for…

Oct 27, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Confessing the Orthodox Faith during the Persecutions against the Church

The Address of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, delivered for the International Congress of Theology The Life of Orthodox Churches During the Communist Regime – Persecution, Resistance, Confessing, 23-29 October 2017, the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest. The International Congress of Theology The Life of Orthodox Churches During the Communist Regime –…

Oct 24, 2017Andrei Pau

Patriarch urges Romanians abroad to gratefully honour the confessors of Orthodox faith

On the Sunday of Romanian migrants, which will be celebrated this year on August 20, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addresses the Romanian clergy and faithful living abroad, urging them to honour with gratitude the memory of all those who have professed Orthodox faith during difficult times. Please find below the…

Aug 17, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Communique: Any clarification regarding faith must be made in ecclesial communion, not in disunion

Please find below the position of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church about recent evolutions in Romania regarding reception of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete, 2016): During the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, gathered on Friday, 16 December 2016, under the chairmanship…

Dec 22, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu