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Besides intellectual instruction, young people also need prayer, Patriarch Daniel says as new academic year begins

At the beginning of the new academic year, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to all students, urging them to combine study with prayer. The patriarchal message focuses on prayer as a way to enlighten the mind, warm the heart and enhance activity. His Beatitude also recalled that time is “the most precious gift…

Sep 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s message ahead of 2022-23 school year: Children and young people need to discover the profoundly Christian meaning of life

The Patriarch of Romania has sent a message to all students and teachers at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, noting that prayer is a source of peace, joy and communion. His Beatitude stressed that today, when, under the influence of secularisation, spiritual values are neglected, and education is subject to paradigm shifts, children…

Sep 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel explains why the Hesychasts were the most sought-after spiritual fathers and what is a prayerful reason

After investing thirteen priests from the Archdiocese of Bucharest as spiritual fathers, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained why today people need more than ever prayerful priests. “Prayer that enables the mind to descend into the heart brings us peace and sets the praying reason in opposition to the rebellious reason,” Patriarch Daniel said during a…

Aug 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Good is transmissible. Praying for others can change destinies, Bishop of Slatina and Romanați says

“Good is transmissible,” Bishop Sebastian of Slatina and Romanați stressed on Sunday, offering his reflections on the healing of the paralytic at Capernaum. “For the faith of the four, Christ forgave the sick man’s sins! What does this mean? This means that good is transmissible,” bishop Sebastian noted, “that the energy, the good spirit, and…

Jul 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Even offered in solitude, a Christian’s prayer is solidary, not solitary

Opening the works of the Spring Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that prayer is an act of communion: “A Christian’s prayer, even offered in solitude, in one’s home or cell, is not a solitary prayer, but a solidary prayer, in communion with the…

Jun 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

“In the family, the child understands the mystery of God’s love”: Patriarch Daniel’s message for the Sunday of Parents and Children

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has published a message occasioned by the Sunday of Parents and Children, marked this year on June 5, 2022. An initiative of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the day “is an opportunity to reaffirm the main role of the family in the spiritual growth of children and their formation for life,” the…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel to Orthodox youth: The joy of prayer enlightens good deeds

In a message occasioned by the national meeting of the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (A.S.C.O.R.), His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania emphasised the role of prayer in the lives of young people. The members of the A.S.C.O.R. National Council gathered at Saint Panteleimon Settlement in Lacu Sarat, Braila County, on May 12-15, 2022. “All…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

30 Quotes from Patriarch Daniel on Prayer

Without prayer, there is no Church and no Christian life, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasized on the first day of 2022, a year when the Romanian Patriarchate pays homage to prayer in the Church’s life and the Christian’s life. “When we lose the joy and peace of the soul, it is a sure sign that…

Jan 19, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Bishop urges priests to intensify prayers as cases rise in Romania

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși expressed concern over the exponential growth in coronavirus cases in Vaslui County and Romania. The Bishop of Husi has sent a message urging people to be aware of the real dangers of the pandemic, asking to intensify prayer, “an essential support” in this challenging context, marked by the suffering…

Oct 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Spiritual message in times of pandemic (VIDEO)

Patriarch Daniel has addressed the faithful in a video message stressing that “the state of pandemic calls us to transform suffering into hope and isolation into a desire for more communion among people.” Please read the full text of the message below. Spiritual message in times of pandemic: full text The pandemic caused by coronavirus…

May 12, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Pope Francis: The ‘Our Father’ is a prayer that leaves us troubled and crying out in protest against the famine of love in our time

On the first day of his 3-day visit to Romania, Pope Francis prayed the ‘Our Father’ in Bucharest’s Orthodox People’s Salvation Cathedral and addressed the congregation. Here is the full text of his address: Your Beatitude, Dear Brother, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am grateful and moved to be in this holy temple that brings…

May 31, 2019Sorin Ioniţe