Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of Theophany in Bucharest | Patriarch Daniel: Through Baptism, we become God’s children by grace

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated Friday, 6 January 2017, the service for the Great Sanctification of the Water at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Their Graces Qais Saddiq, Bishop of Erzurum (Patriarchate of Antioch), and Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, also attended. Patriarch Daniel delivered a homily focusing…

Jan 9, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Eve of the Theophany | Patriarch Daniel: By blessing our homes, they become icons of the greater Church

The priests of the Patriarchal Cathedral visited Thursday, 5 January 2017, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, and blessed with Holy Water the Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed thanks for the visit and delivered a homily focusing on the importance of Holy Water in the spiritual life of Christians. He said that the…

Jan 5, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Eve of the Theophany | Great Blessing of Waters at the Patriarchal Cathedral

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Clement Haralam, Great Ecclesiarch, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on the Eve of the Baptism of the Lord, 5 January 2017. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy on the eve of the feast, the Great Blessing of Waters was performed. After the office, the faithful…

Jan 5, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Solemn and Commemorative Year 2017 officially proclaimed in the Romanian Patriarchate

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Sunday officially proclaimed year 2017 as Solemn Year of Holy Icons, Iconographers and Church Painters and Commemorative Year of Patriarch Justinian and of the Defenders of Orthodoxy during Communism. His Grace Varlaam of Ploieşti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and Secretary of the Holy Synod, read…

Jan 3, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Entering year 2017 at the Patriarchal Cathedral | Patriarch Daniel: Church maintains the balance and communion between time and eternity, being a historical icon of eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, officiated Saturday night the Akathist Hymn to our Lord Jesus Christ. Prayers of thanksgiving were also offered for the past year 2016. The service was officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest and many believers took part. In his midnight speech, Patriarch Daniel spoke about the time of salvation…

Jan 3, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Solemn and Commemorative Year 2017 officially proclaimed in the Romanian Patriarchate

Jan 1, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The Year in Pictures 2016

Dec 31, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

New Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar visits Rohia Monastery

His Grace Bishop Justin of Maramureş and Sătmar visited Wednesday, December 28, St Anna – Rohia Monastery. This is His Grace’s first visit as shepherd of the Diocese of Maramureş. His Eminence Ciprian, Archbishop of Buzău and Vrancea, and His Grace Corneliu, Bishop of Huşi, accompanied the Bishop of Maramureş, the official website of the…

Dec 30, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

New Bishop of Maramureş and Sătmar, His Grace Justin enthroned in Baia Mare

His Grace Justin Hodea became Tuesday, 27 December 2016, the new diocesan Bishop of Maramureş and Sătmar. The enthronement ceremony was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Baia Mare. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delegated His Grace Varlaam of Ploieşti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, to this event. Hundreds of believers, clerics, academicians, local and…

Dec 28, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Second day of Christmas at the Patriarchal Cathedral

On the second day of Christmas, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God. The same day, Romanians commemorate Venerable Nicodemus from Tismana. On this occasion, His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, celebrated Monday, 26 December 2016, the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral…

Dec 26, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria pleads for mercy and love for fellow people in his Christmas message

ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST BY HIS BEATITUDE THE POPE AND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA AND ALL AFRICA My dear brothers and sisters, Our path to salvation has always been either a path of convergence to the will of our Creator or a path of deviation from it due to the predomination of our…

Dec 23, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu