reflections

Archbishop-elect Atanasie to Romanians in Leicester: The wealth brought by the Lord is the wealth of grace

On Sunday, Archbishop-elect Atanasie celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Great Martyr Menas” Parish in Leicester, United Kingdom, with the blessing of Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. The wealth of grace In his sermon, the Archbishop-elect of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reflected on the Parable of…

Nov 19, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

10 Patriarch Daniel reflections on peace as gift and blessing

When people lack peace in their soul or family when the society lacks peace, everything is disturbed, all are saddened, and all reach a state of confusion. Divine peace is the harmony built by the Holy Spirit in the human soul, causing self-observance, the observance of God’s love and the love of fellow people. Given…

Sep 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Through the Transfiguration God’s glory is conveyed to humans, Patriarch Daniel says

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord at St George chapel of his patriarchal residence during which he spoke about how God’s glory is conveyed to humans through the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The Transfiguration is the feast of glory and joy, the feast…

Aug 7, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

‘We should accompany the preaching of merciful love with the practice of merciful, humble love toward our fellows’, Patriarch Daniel says

On Sunday, Patriarch Daniel said that through gratefulness and merciful love we become co-workers with God. His Beatitude offered his reflections on the Sunday gospel reading and stressed that we behave in an unnatural way when we do not show gratitude for the bounties received because as we can observe from the two blind men…

Jul 24, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu