Solemn Year 2018

Patriarch Daniel presented with icon of five Holy Hierarchs who contributed to Romania’s national unity

On Tuesday, November 13, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was presented with an icon depicting five Holy Hierarchs who contributed to the cultivation of the consciousness of Romanian national unity prior to the 1918 Great Union. The icon was offered by writer Lidia Popita-Stoicescu, Prof. Mona Serbanescu, director of Anastasia Popescu Highschool in Bucharest, and iconographer…

Nov 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel signs 1918 Great Union Centennial Golden Book

On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel signed the Golden Book of Romania’s 1918 Great Union Centennial, entreating God ‘to grant us the same love of our country and people as the Great Union founders had.’ This Centennial Book is the replica, over the years, of the Golden Book made in 1929 to…

Nov 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel addresses pilgrims: The communion of Saints is a source of Romanian unity in thought and feeling

In his address to the pilgrims gathered Thursday, October 25, at the beginning of the celebrations of St Demetrius the New, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that this year the holy relics of ‘two protectors of our capital’ are present, and that the communion of Saints is ‘a source of Romanian unity in thought and…

Oct 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Cantus Domini Male Choir awarded 1918 Great Union Centennial medal by Patriarch Daniel

Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday honoured the Cantus Domini Male Choir with the Romanian Patriarchate’s 1918 Great Union medal and diploma during a special ceremony held at the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest. ‘We appreciate the musical activity of theologians because it is a profession of faith in artistic form, a support for prayer, and…

Sep 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends conference dedicated to Romania’s 1918 Great Union at Romanian Athenaeum

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended Tuesday, September 18, the international conference entitled ‘Romania and the historic events between 1914 and 1920. The fulfilment of the Great Union and the Unification of Romania’, organized by the Romanian Academy at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. Great historians and cultural figures from Europe and the United States attended…

Sep 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Thousands march in Sibiu for unity of faith and nation

Thousands of Orthodox young people took to the streets of Sibiu Friday evening, Sept. 7, as part of an International Orthodox Youth Meeting to show popular support for Romania’s need for unity of faith and nation. They carried with them the flags of the dioceses and countries they represented. Sibiu city streets were filled with…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Communique: Patriarch Daniel blesses National Cathedral’s bells

Monday, September 3, 2018, from 09:45 to 10:30 a.m., His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the blessing service of the National Cathedral’s six bells on the ground. Consequently, the bells will be mounted together with their metallic structure in the Bell Tower on the western façade of the new Patriarchal Cathedral, at a height of 60…

Sep 4, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Met. Ghenadie Petrescu’s memorial house blessed by Patriarch Daniel

Following a memorial service held at Caldarusani Monastery on the 100th death anniversary of Primate Metropolitan Ghenadie Petrescu, HB Patriarch Daniel blessed Saturday the former Wallachian Metropolitan’s memorial house, which includes an art gallery. Attending the event was the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Bishop Timotei of Prahova. The art gallery ‘was consolidated and…

Aug 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel commemorates Primate Metropolitan Ghenadie Petrescu at Căldărușani Monastery

During a memorial service Saturday at Căldărușani Monastery, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania commemorated Primate Metropolitan Ghenadie Petrescu, former abbot of the monastery during 1905-1918, marking his 100th death anniversary. Prior to the memorial service His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, celebrated the Divine Liturgy. The Patriarch delivered a…

Aug 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica Media Centre: Mission to cultivate the unity of faith and nation of Romanians

On the patronal feast of the Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel conveyed a message to the Media Centre’s staff pointing to their mission to cultivate the unity of faith and nation of Romanians. The Feast of the Holy Trinity is the first patronal feast of the Basilica Media Centre…

May 29, 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