patriarhul Daniel

Patriarch Daniel urges faithful to convert suffering into hope through repentance

During his homily delivered Sunday, April 29, at Tiganesti Monastery near Bucharest, Patriarch Daniel urged the faithful ‘to repent for our sins, to convert suffering into hope through repentance and to become the hands that help others.’ ‘Let us not be selfish as those who helped only their family members at the pool of Bethesda.…

May 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel offers Myrrh-bearing Women as models for professing the faith in the risen Christ

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a message for the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, April 22, 2018, expressing his gratitude for Christian women and mothers. The patriarch offers the Myrrhbearers as ‘true models inspiring women to live a holy, self-sacrificing life in the Family, the Church, and the Society.’ ‘Through faith and devoutness, through…

Apr 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on Bright Friday: The risen Christ is the spring of our healing

In his homily delivered on Bright Friday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel referred to Christ as ‘the spring of our healing,’ stressing His unlimited love for humans. His Beatitude said that Christ the Lord ‘is not indifferent to human suffering, sickness, infirmity, and unfulfillment.’ Every time we entreat Him, Jesus Christ comes to our help ‘directly…

Apr 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomes Holy Fire: It is the tenth time we receive this great gift

“It is the tenth time we receive this great gift of blessing from the Holy Sepulchre of the Resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said Saturday evening while welcoming to Bucharest the Romanian Patriarchate’s delegation bringing the Holy Fire from Jerusalem. “This Holy Light is a gift of the love of…

Apr 7, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

In pictures: 2018 Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest

Thousands of believers, hundreds of priests, deacons, and monastics attended March 31 the traditional Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel gave a speech about the significance of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and stressed that we are all on a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Heaven. Photography courtesy of Robert…

Apr 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy on Sunday of Veneration of Holy Cross 2018

On the third Sunday of Great Lent, that of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, 11 March 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, having as concelebrants his Auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiești and Ieronim of Sinaia. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Mar 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘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

‘The Romanian Orthodox Church is the greatest philanthropist in terms of its contribution to social work’ – Patriarch Daniel during NCA meeting

In 2017, the Romanian Orthodox Church invested approximatively 24 million Euros in charity work. ‘Currently the Romanian Orthodox Church is the greatest philanthropist in terms of its contribution to social work,’ said Wednesday Patriarch Daniel during the meeting of the National Church Assembly (NCA) stressing that this means ‘sacrifice, effort, and caring for the people.’…

Feb 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: ‘When human freedom becomes self-destructive, God’s wisdom calls every one to repentance’

During his Sunday homily Patriarch Daniel of Romania reflected on the parable of the prodigal son stressing the inestimable value of the human soul and spoke about man’s freedom, the mystery of repentance and God’s infinite forgiving love for every repenting sinner. The Romanian Patriarch noted that the Heavenly Father refers to us with a…

Feb 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences on death of Archimandrite Placide Deseille

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania has expressed his condolences for Archimandrite Placide Deseille, who passed away to the Lord on Sunday. The 91-year old Archimandrite was abbot of St Anthony Orthodox Monastery in France for nearly 40 years. Patriarch Daniel sent a letter to Metropolitan Emmanuel of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate), expressing his sorrow for…

Jan 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel performs Great Blessing of Waters. ‘Today we re-experience the Great Mystery of Christ’s Baptism in the Jordan River’

At the end of the Great Blessing of Waters on Saturday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel told the faithful that the feast of the Theophany ‘reveals the renewal or the update of Christ’s Baptism, but also the renewal of the Baptism of each and every one of us.’ Speaking about the rite of the Great Blessing…

Jan 8, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu