Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Orthodox believers welcome 2019 with ‘the joy of the sanctification of time’

Hundreds of Orthodox believers prayerfully welcomed the New Year 2019 together with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest having ‘the joy of the sanctification of time.’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel read the Akathist Hymn to Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ in front of the Saviour’s icon. His Beatitude offered prayers of thanksgiving…

Jan 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Nativity of the Lord reveals God’s endless love for humans, Patriarch of Romania says at Christmas Divine Liturgy

‘The Feast of the Nativity of the Lord reveals God’s endless love for humans, which is above all understanding,’ the Patriarch of Romania said during the Christmas Divine Liturgy celebrated on Tuesday, December 25, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included His Grace Bishop Qais of Erzurum (Antioch Patriarchate), the…

Dec 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Pastoral Letter of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Nativity of the Lord 2018

Please find below the pastoral letter sent by the members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord 2018. Pastoral Letter of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Nativity of the Lord 2018 “Today is coming about an unheard of mystery…

Dec 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s 2018 Christmas Message warns about new forms of nestorianism and monophysitism

In this year’s Christmas Message, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew warns about contemporary ‘nestorianism’ understood as secularization and scientism, and a new form of ‘monophysitism’ represented by tendencies to demonize the body and natural man, by puritanism and the syndromes of “purity,” by fruitless introverted spirituality and various mysticisms. Patriarchal Proclamation of Christmas 2018 by…

Dec 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Society of Orthodox Women established in Bălți Diocese

The Society of Orthodox Women was established on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Nativity of the Lord Church in Bălți, Moldova, aiming ‘to promote and to foster Christian virtues in family, school and public life and to contribute to the active involvement of the Orthodox Christian woman in the national community for a better life.’…

Dec 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

First groups of young people sing Christmas carols for HB Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday evening welcomed several groups of young people at his patriarchal residence in Bucharest to listen to their Christmas carol recitals. The first Christmas carols were sung by the female Byzantine choir of St Catherine University Chapel in Bucharest, led by Rev. Georgian Paunoiu. His Beatitude also welcomed the Romanian…

Dec 20, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends Romanian Patriarchate’s Annual Christmas Carol Concert

Patriarch Daniel attended the annual Christmas Carol Concert on Monday evening at the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest in honour of His Beatitude’s patron Saint, the Holy Prophet Daniel. Romania’s Minister of National Education joined the event by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Nicolae Lungu mixed voice choir and the Tronos Byzantine choir of the Patriarchal…

Dec 20, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Let us stop for a moment the rush that defines our life – Metropolitan Teofan

At the end of the Christmas carol concert held in Iasi on Friday, Dec. 14, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina spoke about the way we should spend Christmas urging those present to stop for a moment the rush that defines our life. The Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina organized a concert of Christmas carols…

Dec 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s Name Day 2018: In pictures

On the feast of the Holy Prophet Daniel, patron saint of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, a Te Deum was officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Officiating the Te Deum on Monday, Dec 17, 2018, was the assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, His Grace Timotei of Prahova. Photography courtesy of Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro

Dec 18, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Patriarch to prayerfully celebrate name day

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel will celebrate his name day on Monday, December 17, 2018, when the Church commemorates the feast day of the Holy Prophet Daniel. On this occasion, the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the Sts Constantine and Helen Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. At 12.00, a Te Deum service will be officiated as…

Dec 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Consecration service of new church at Techirghiol Stavropegic Monastery

On Sunday, Decmber 9, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel performed the consecration of the new church of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Techirghiol. The new church is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, Saint Theoctistus, and Saint Daniel the Hermit. Photography courtesy of Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro

Dec 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu