Aurelian Iftimiu

In new interview, Patriarch Daniel speaks about the National Cathedral as a mandate from predecessors, assumed together with the clergy and believers

Patriarch Daniel has given an interview to the Romanian public television (TVR) to mark his tenth anniversary of patriarchal ministry. In the first part of the interview broadcast in the TVR religious show The Universe of Faith (Universul credinței), the Patriarch recalled how the Romanian Orthodox Church was in 2007 and pointed to the reason…

Dec 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel puts focus on the universal salvation brought by the coming of Jesus Christ in Christmas Liturgy

Patriarch Daniel on Monday used the Christmas Divine Liturgy to focus on the universal sanctification and salvation brought by our Lord Jesus Christ through His Birth from Virgin Mary. ‘He created heaven and earth by the Heavenly Father’s will and in collaboration with the Holy Spirit. That is why, He comes into the world to…

Dec 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

VIDEO | Young artists sing Christmas carols to passengers during a 12,000m altitude flight

Romanian Folk artists proclaimed the Nativity of the Lord during a 12,000m altitude flight from Munich to Bucharest. In the 6-minute clip, posted Tuesday on Romanian Air Transport Company’s official Facebook page, Folk Music Singers Andreea Haisan, Paul Ananie, Ana Maria Pătrășciou, Nicu Mâță, Maria Beatrice Băndoiu, and Gabriel Dumitru, sing Christmas carols to passengers…

Dec 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Folk Romanian Carols at the patriarchal residence. Patriarch Daniel: ‘Through your singing, you share peace and a special joy’

On Wednesday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, welcomed at his patriarchal residence three musical groups who interpreted folk Romanian Christmas carols. The Patriarch pointed to the peace and joy carolers transmit through their missionary act of proclaiming the Nativity of the Lord. ‘Call of the Ancestors’ musical ensemble from Jijila, Tulcea…

Dec 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Christmas Message warns that globalization is destroying the conditions of social cohesion and harmony

In this year’s Proclamation of Christmas, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I warns that ‘in our time, the indulgence of the affluent has increased and globalization is destroying the conditions of social cohesion and harmony.’ Patriarchal Proclamation of Christmas 2017 Bartholomew By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of…

Dec 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Students for Life sing Christmas carols for the Patriarch. ‘We appreciate the work of defending the sacred gift of life’

Tuesday, December 19, 2017, members of the Students for Life Association visited Patriarch Daniel at his patriarchal residence and sang Christmas carols for His Beatitude. Addressing the young people, the patriarch appreciated their ‘activity of defending the sacred gift of life, of promoting families that give birth to babies, being co-workers with God the source…

Dec 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Synod holds this year’s last working session

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church held this year’s last working session on Monday, December 18, at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chaired the meeting, during which the composition of the Permanent Holy Synod was established for the next year. For the year 2018, the…

Dec 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Laurentiu on Patriarch Daniel’s name day: ‘He is our example of ministry and preaching the salvific truth’

‘He is our example of ministry and preaching the salvific truth,’ said His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu congratulating Patriarch Daniel on his name day. On the feast of the Holy Prophet Daniel, December 19, 2017, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest with an assembly…

Dec 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

King Michael I’s funeral service

Photo courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Dec 19, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanians pay their respects during King Michael’s funeral (VIDEO)

Tens of thousands of Romanians joined European royals to pay their respects to late King Michael who was given a state funeral on Saturday, December 16. Michael, who ruled Romania twice before being forced to abdicate by the communists in 1947, died at age 96 in Switzerland on Dec. 5. Cortegiul funerar al Regelui Mihai…

Dec 19, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

‘King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life’ – Patriarch Daniel at Romania’s former sovereign funeral service

On Saturday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, led the funeral service for Romania’s last sovereign together with an assembly of eight metropolitans, priests, and deacons, pointing to King Michael’s spiritual qualities and his tie with the Romanian Orthodox Church. ‘King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life.…

Dec 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu