On Sunday, November 25, 2018, HAH Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and HB Patriarch Daniel officiated the consecration ceremony of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest.
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has arrived in Bucharest to lead the historic consecration ceremony of Romania’s National Cathedral, a memorial church built in honor of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew…
On Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the holy relics of Saint Demetrius the New and Saint Callinicus of Cernica at the outdoor altar next to the Patriarchal Cathedral marking the beginning of the celebrations of Bucharest’s spiritual protector Saint Demetrius of Basarabov. According to tradition, on the feast of St Demetrius other holy relics…
At the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Conception of St John the Forerunner, HB Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church ascribes glory to God when promoting family based on marriage between a man and a woman. Foto Credit: Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro
On the occasion of the Sunday of the Romanian migrants, August 19, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to all Romanians living abroad urging them to keep their Orthodox faith, the national unity and the Romanian spirituality. Unity of faith and national unity on the Centennial: Full text The first Sunday after…
Marking its 517th anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel re-consecrated Sunday the church of Dealu Monastery referring to it as ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity and unity’. The Patriarch of Romania said that this monastic settlement is ‘the holy place keeping as in a reliquary the honourable head of Ruler Prince Michael the Brave,…
On the International Children’s Day, 1 June 2018, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, sends up prayers for the children and young people everywhere, but especially for those in Romania. We quote the personal prayer of the Romanian Patriarch on this occasion: O, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Heavenly Father, Who have blessed the children and said: Let…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met Thursday at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest for its working session. The themes on the agenda announced in the opening of the works by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod’s Chairman, include the election of hierarchs for some vacant episcopal sees…
On the occasion of the local proclamation of the canonization of Saint Joseph the Merciful, Metropolitan of Moldavia, at his native village of Răzălăi, Sîngerei District, Republic of Moldova, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania conveyed a message in which he referred to the Saint as a Son of Bessarabia and a Spiritual Father of…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church Monday presided over the Divine Liturgy at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral on the feast of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen, the Cathedrals’ patron saints. Many believers attended the service on the Patriarchate’s Hill, having the opportunity to venerate the relics of Sts…