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Basilica News Agency wishes you a Happy New Year!

As the year reaches its end, Chosen wishes we extend, We convey them with great cheer, As an ancient souvenir: The New Year that we expect May it come joyfully decked! May your home be rich and stable, And abundant be your table! May ye’ according to your need, Nurture peace and good belief! In…

Dec 31, 2015basilica.ro

The Mother of God is the lively icon of the Church

On the second day of Christmas, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God. On this day, the Romanian Orthodox Church also remembers St Pious Nicodemus the Sanctified of Tismana Monastery. In his sermon delivered in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania,…

Dec 26, 2015basilica.ro

The Feast of the Nativity of the Lord at the Romanian Patriarchate

The Orthodox Church celebrates each year on December 25th the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, commonly known as Christmas. On this great feast day, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, presided the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Together with His Beatitude concelebrated His Grace Timotei…

Dec 25, 2015basilica.ro

Patriarchal Blessing for the patients of “St Nektarios” Palliative Care Centre

The Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church visited on Wednesday, 23 December 2015, St Nektarios Palliative Care Centre in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel met 28 patients of the Care Centre. His Beatitude discussed with them, addressed to them encouraging words and offered them different gifts. At the end of the visit, the psaltic group…

Dec 23, 2015basilica.ro

A Christmas Joy for the children of the St. Macrina Social Center in Bucharest

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, visited on Tuesday, 22 December 2015, the children of the St Macrina Social Center in Bucharest. The children carolled and then offered His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel an icon representing Our Saviour Jesus Christ and a painting created by the little ones of the 1st grade. At…

Dec 22, 2015basilica.ro

Carollers at the Romanian Patriarch

The young members of the Association “Students for life” and of the Choir of the Basilica Travel Pilgrimage Center sang carols to the Romanian Patriarch on Monday evening, 21 December 2015. The event took place in the Museum of the Patriarchs within the Patriarchal Residency. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the young students for supporting…

Dec 21, 2015basilica.ro

The Peace of God Conveyed to People – Pastoral Letter – Christmas 2015

† DANIEL By the grace of God Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudgea, Locum tenens of the Throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia and Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church To the venerable monastic order, The reverend clergy, The beloved faithful, Grace, mercy and peace from Christ our Lord, And from us paternal blessings.…

Dec 19, 2015basilica.ro

A new reliquary for the relics of St. Nicodimos of Tismana

The Patriarch of Romania blessed on Thursday, 17 december 2015, a new reliquary in which the relics of St. Pious Nicodimos the Sanctified, from Tismana Monastery were laid. The service was officiated in the Parakklession St. Great Martyr George of the Patriarchal Residence, in the presence of many hierarchs, priests and deacons. “It was necessary…

Dec 17, 2015basilica.ro

Te Deum on the Name Day of the Patriarch of Romania

On 17 December 2015, the celebration day of Saint Daniel the Prophet and the name day of the Patriarch of Romania, a Te Deum service was celebrated in the Patriarchal Cathedral at the end of the Divine Liturgy, in the presence of His Beatitude and of several hierarchs, as a gratitude to God for the…

Dec 17, 2015basilica.ro

The Romanian Patriarch celebrated his name day by prayer

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated his name day, on Thursday, 17 December 2015, on the feast day of St Daniel the Prophet. Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral On this occasion, the Patriarch of Romania has officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, together with an assembly of hierarchs, assisted by…

Dec 17, 2015basilica.ro

The Light and the Peace of Bethlehem

Christmas carols represent the liveliest expression of the tradition of the Romanian people through which the mystery of God’s love towards humankind shown in Jesus Christ is poetically presented. In the Romanian tradition, carols are characterized by their theological depth and by the simplicity of their form, as a lively manifestation of the popular theological…

Dec 16, 2015basilica.ro