Royal Family

Romanian Patriarch pays tribute to Queen Mother Helen at Elisabeta Palace

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel paid tribute to Romania’s Queen Mother Helen at Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest on Friday, October 18, 2019. His Beatitude offered a prayer for the rest of the soul of Queen Helen, the wife of King Carol II and mother of King Michael I, and wrote a message of sympathy in the…

Oct 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Queen Mother Helen’s remains welcomed to Romania after 71 years

A religious and military ceremony took place at the Otopeni International Airport on Friday for Queen Mother Helen, whose remains were flown to Romania aboard an aircraft of the Romanian Air Force. The Romanian Orthodox Church was represented by Metropolitans Nifon of Targoviste and Joseph of Western and Southern Europe, and the patriarchal auxiliary bishop…

Oct 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian King Carol II to be reburied at Argeș royal necropolis

The remains of King Carol II, who was the first of the Hohenzollern kings of Romania to be born in the country, will be reburied inside the new royal necropolis at Curtea de Argeș, where his son King Michael I is buried. The reburial service will take place on Saturday, March 9, at 12.00. ‘It…

Feb 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

King Michael’s body, brought to Romania for final rest

The coffin with the body of King Michael was brought to Romania on Wednesday, December 13, aboard a Romanian Air Force aircraft. Eight soldiers of the Michael the Brave 30th Guards Brigade carried the coffin from the aircraft and placed it on a catafalque in front of the Henri Coanda Airport’s Official Lounge. The Army’s…

Dec 14, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu