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Metropolitan Teofan warns “no greater illness” than drifting from true faith at Iasi monastery feast

“There is no greater illness in the Church than drifting away from the true faith,” Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bucovina said on Sunday, during the patronal feast of the Copou Monastery in Iași. The monastic community honoured its patron Saints Athanasius and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria. “The Church has set before us faces of…

Jan 22, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: In a spiritually troubled world, true faith safeguards Church unity

“The Seventh Sunday after Holy Pascha calls us to preserve the true faith, especially today, in a world increasingly troubled and spiritually misguided,” said the Patriarch of Romania on Sunday at the Chapel of St. George the Great Martyr within the Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude emphasized that on this Sunday, the Church honors the Holy…

Jun 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on First Sunday of Lent: The Orthodox icon is a confession of true faith

In his sermon on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasized the theological significance of holy icons, declaring, “The Orthodox Icon is a confession of the true faith, a testimony to the divinity of Jesus Christ, who became man for the salvation of humankind.” Speaking at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, the Primate of…

Mar 10, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

It is not enough to know the Creed. We must also pray for the unity of the Church, Patriarch Daniel says

On the seventh Sunday of Pascha, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, a remembrance that makes the connection between the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. “The Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council taught and testified against the heresy of…

Jun 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: True faith and prayer maintain the unity of the Church

On the seventh Sunday after Easter, the Gospel points out that true faith and prayer maintain the unity of the Church. Our Lord Jesus Christ prays for the unity of the Church because He knows how hard it is to maintain it in the face of selfish passions of humans and of the wiles of…

May 29, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on Sunday of Orthodoxy: Through icons, we profess true faith

Orthodoxy is not only true but also beautiful, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said Sunday addressing the faithful present at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The Patriarch of Romania said that the Sunday of Orthodoxy commemorated on March 5 is not only the Sunday of true faith but also the Sunday we commemorate the imperishable beauty of the…

Mar 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu