patron saints

More than 1.5 million Romanians bear names of Saints Constantine and Helen

Saints Constantine and Helen are the heavenly patrons of more than 1.5 million Romanians. According to data from the Directorate for Persons Records within Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1,514,907 Romanians bear the names of Saints Constantine and Helen or related variants. Of these, nearly one million are women bearing the names of the two…

May 20, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

From the Synaxaria: Saints who fought against human trafficking

At the European level, October 18 is dedicated to the fight against human trafficking. On this occasion, we remember that harming human dignity, exploitation, or abuse were not absent even from the lives of the saints, people whom we currently honour as role models. The best-known example is that of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra…

Oct 18, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

They protect us in 2022: The Saints who prayed unceasingly to God

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has decided that 2022 will be the Commemorative Year of the Holy Hesychasts Symeon the New Theologian, Gregory Palamas and Paisius Velichkovsky of Neamț in the Romanian Patriarchate. Hesychasm is an ascetic practice of monastic origin that involves the constant repetition of the Jesus prayer: “Lord, Jesus…

Jan 11, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Bucharest Faculty of Theology celebrates Patron Saints, Three Holy Hierarchs

Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae / Basilica.ro

Mar 20, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania celebrates his patron saints

On December 17-18, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his patron saints: Prophet Daniel and Venerable Daniel the Hermit. He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptised Dan-Ilie. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962 – he attends the primary school…

Dec 18, 2017Gheorghe Anghel