Solemn Year 2022

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

The life of the Church Fathers promotes peace in souls and society: Patriarch Daniel’s message to Bose Int’l Conference

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to the participants of the 28th International Inter-Christian Conference on Orthodox Spirituality, held on September 6-9, 2022, at Bose Monastery in Italy. His Beatitude expressed his appreciation to the organizers, who have been promoting Orthodox spirituality and patristic theology for almost three decades. “In today’s world, dominated by…

Sep 23, 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 urges Romanians worldwide to value and cultivate prayer

Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to the Romanian diaspora marking the Romanian Migrants’ Sunday on August 21, 2022. His Beatitude urges those who left Romania to remain united through continuous prayer with God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and, simultaneously, with their loved ones who remained in Romania. At the same time, the…

Aug 19, 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

Patriarch Daniel: The Tabor Light, perceived by the Hesychasts, is sought by every Christian enlightened at baptism

The light that appeared on Mount Tabor at the Saviour’s Transfiguration “is the light that every Christian enlightened at baptism by water and the Holy Spirit seeks,” Patriarch Daniel said Saturday. Fruit of prayer and a symbol of hesychasm, this light “is given to those who pray much and live a Christian life of fasting,…

Aug 9, 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

The year 2022 is an opportunity to reflect on the Romanian Hesychasts, Patriarch Daniel says at Bucharest clergy conference

Chairing the Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, the Patriarch of Romania urged priests to use the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2022 as an opportunity to reflect on the activity of Hesychast Saints in our country. His Beatitude emphasized that the state of Wallachia emerged during the Hesychast movement,…

Jun 8, 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

Sainthood of Hesychast Saint Theophano Basarab, proclaimed by Romanian Orthodox Church in Solemn Year of Prayer

Marking the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral on Saturday, May 21, 2022, the historical proclamation of the sainthood of the Venerable Theophano Basarab took place. Saint Theophano is the first nun in history known to be of Romanian origin and the daughter of Prince Basarab I of Wallachia. The canonization ceremony led by Patriarch…

May 21, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Oradea Bishop chairs monastic synaxis: Man’s real war is against his own egoism and inner shortcomings

His Grace Bishop Sofronie chaired the synaxis of the superiors of monastic settlements in the Diocese of Oradea on Saturday, May 14. The spring session of the synaxis took place at Izbuc Monastery, the oldest monastic hermitage hearth in the Diocese. In his opening speech, the Bishop of Oradea referred to the solemn and commemorative…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu