Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch Daniel offers three pastoral priorities for the spiritual care of the elderly

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel opened the spring session of the pastoral-missionary Conference of the Archdiocese of Bucharest with a message about the spiritual significance of the presence of the elderly in the lives of young people. The pastoral-missionary Conference gathered clergy members from throughout the Archdiocese of Bucharest at the Patriarchal Palace on May 29-30,…

May 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel points to 535-year-old Voronet Monastery as God’s gift and “symbol of Romanian soul”

In a message to the participants at a Symposium organised last week by Voroneț Monastery and the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that the monastery, which was enlisted as UNESCO world heritage site 30 years ago, is a blessed gift from God and serves as “identity card of the beauty…

May 30, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel addresses Romanians everywhere: Great geographical distances should not produce spiritual alienation

To commemorate the Day of Romanians Everywhere, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, released an address on Sunday, May 28. In his message, Patriarch Daniel expressed his desire for Romanians to have harmonious coexistence with the citizens of the countries of adoption, “especially now when, in many places in the world, the…

May 30, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Athonite monks present Patriarch Daniel with relic of Ven. Dionisie Ignat

On Saturday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed two hieroschemamonks from St George – Colciu cell on Mount Athos: Fr Dionisie Alb, the cell’s hegumen, and Fr. Dionisie Florea. The Athonite fathers presented the Patriarch of Romania with a fragment of the honourable head of Elder Dionisie Ignat. Patriarch Daniel granted them the second highest distinction…

May 22, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s message for the Coronation of King Charles III: “A true friend of the Romanian people”

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sent a message on Saturday for the Coronation of King Charles III, whom His Beatitude calls “a true friend of the Romanian people”. Full text: Bucharest, 6 May 2023 His Majesty King CHARLES III Your Majesty, On the occasion of the solemn moment of Your Majesty’s…

May 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch of Romania expresses solidarity and compassion over school shooting in Serbia

The Patriarch of Romania expressed his compassion and solidarity in a letter to Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia. We reproduce the full text: Bucharest, 4 May 2023, His Beatitude PORFIRIJE, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrad-Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Your Beatitude, Christ is Risen! The news of the tragic event that took place in the morning of…

May 4, 2023Iustin Gheorghe

Patriarch Daniel venerates relic of St Thomas: “An intensification of paschal joy”

The relics of Saint Thomas the Apostle and the Holy Great Martyr Catherine were brought last week from Greece for the patronal feast of Pantocrator Monastery in Teleorman County in southern Romania. Before leaving for Greece, the Greek delegation visited the patriarchal residence bringing the relics to be venerated by the Patriarch of Romania. “We…

May 4, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Myrrhbearers are models for Christian women

In a message for the third Sunday after Pascha, April 30, 2023, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his gratitude to all Christian women for their work in the Church and society.  The Holy Myrrhbearers are models for Christian women: full text Christ is risen! On the third Sunday after the feast of the Resurrection of…

Apr 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Radio Trinitas celebrates its silver jubilee: A radio of prayer, hope and dialogue, according to Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the Romanian Patriarchate’s Radio station on its silver jubilee on April 17. In his message, Patriarch Daniel said that Radio Trinitas is a radio of prayer, hope and dialogue. Trinitas – for 25 years, a radio for the soul April 17, 1998, was the day when Romania’s first Orthodox radio…

Apr 25, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Outgoing apostolic nuncio in Romania meets with Patriarch Daniel

The outgoing papal envoy to Romania, Monsignor Miguel Maury Buendía, met with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the second day of Holy Pascha, April 17, 2023. His Excellency stated that he wanted the Patriarch of Romania to be the first person to bid farewell to after ending his diplomatic mission in Romania. “I spent more…

Apr 24, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Before being a feast, our Pascha is a Person – Jesus Christ

“The Ressurection, before being an event, is a Person. It is Jesus Christ Himself,” said His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel during the Easter midnight vigil while reflecting on the Saviour’s words: “I am the resurrection and the life.” “The Jewish Passover remembered the Jewish people crossing the Red Sea, escaping from the slavery of Pharaoh, from…

Apr 24, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu