Photo gallery | Patriarch Daniel blesses iconography of St Panteleimon Church

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
12.06.2019

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday, June 9, 2019 performed the consecration of the iconography of the restored St Panteleimon Church in Pantelimon village.

The consecration took place after the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti.

Following the service, His Beatitude visited the ‘Familia’ Cultural-Missionary Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate.

Foto credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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