Messages and Addresses

The Pan-Orthodox Synaxis – a Spiritual Representative Event

Speech of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of Romania, at the opening session of the Synaxis of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, Constantinople, 06-09 March 2014: The Synaxis or meeting of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches is not a permanent institution, but a spiritual representative event. The pan-Orthodox Synaxis of Primates has…

Mar 6, 2014basilica.ro

APPEAL TO PRAYER FOR PEACE

On the occasion of the feast of the Birth of the Mother of God (8 September 2013), His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addresses the hierarchs, priests, monks, nuns and faithful of the Romanian Patriarchate the following appeal to prayer for peace: APPEAL TO PRAYER FOR PEACE Because peace is more and more threatened at present, we…

Sep 5, 2013basilica.ro

Patriarchal Message to the 21st International Conference at Bose Monastery, Italy

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church addressed the following message to the participants in the International Ecumenical Conference of Orthodox Spirituality held at Bose Monastery from 4 – 7 September 2013: Dear participants, We address with joy to the participants in the 21st International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality, held between 4-7…

Sep 4, 2013basilica.ro

Message of Compassion and Condolences for the Victims of the Accident in Spain

Bucharest, 25 July 2013 His Eminence Cardinal ANTONIO MARIA ROUCO VARELA, Archbishop of Madrid, President of the Spanish Episcopal Catholic Conference Your Eminence, We learned with sorrow about the dramatic consequences of the tragic railway accident occurred in Santiago de Compostella in the evening of 24 July 2013, in which tens of Spanish citizens died…

Jul 25, 2013basilica.ro

A Diligent Hierarch And Promoter Of The Brotherly Communion Among Churches

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the funerals of His Eminence Metropolitan Kiril of Varna and Veliko-Preslav (Bulgarian Orthodox Church), Thursday, 11 July 2013: The unexpected death of His Eminence Metropolitan Kiril of Varna and Veliko-Preslav is a great loss both for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church…

Jul 11, 2013basilica.ro

To the mourning families of the Romanians deceased in the road accident in Montenegro

Grieved families, We learned with much sadness about the unexpected death of the 18 Romanian tourists in a road accident on a highway in a mountain region, 30 km far from Podgorica city, capital of the Montenegro Republic. At this hard time of sufferance and sorrow for families, colleagues and for all those who knew…

Jun 25, 2013basilica.ro

The Media Mission of Basilica Press Centre Is Amplified

Set up on 27 October 2007, under the protection of the Most Holy Trinity, Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate unfolds a necessary and fruitful media activity, engaged through its branches (Trinitas Radio, Trinitas Television, “Lumina” daily newspaper, News Agency and Press Office and Public Relations of the Romanian Patriarchate) in the responsible service…

Jun 24, 2013basilica.ro

Kaleidoscope of the Daily Church Reality

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the anniversary of 5 years of activity of Basilica News Agency, Sunday, 16 June 2013: Having known the fact that the announcement of the Word of God represents for the Church her primordial vocation (Matthew 28: 18-20, Acts 1:8, etc) the new technology…

Jun 16, 2013basilica.ro

Irenical letter at the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord

I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in Me, even though they die, will live. (John 11:25) Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! The celestial joy that Christ risen from the dead brings to the souls of the faithful is the joy of human being’s eternal communion with God. The Resurrection…

May 5, 2013basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania at 23 years of hierarchal service

Monday, 4 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 23 years since he was ordained hierarch. His Beatitude was ordained Bishop on 4 March 1990, on the Orthodoxy Sunday, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara by His Eminence Nestor, Metropolitan of Oltenia, His Eminence Nicolae, Metropolitan of Banat, and His…

Mar 4, 2013basilica.ro

Message on the occasion of the enthronement of the new Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Message of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed on the occasion of the enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop MATIAS, Patriarch Elect of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: His Eminence Archbishop MATIAS, Patriarch Elect of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Your Eminence, It is with brotherly love in Christ that we…

Mar 3, 2013basilica.ro