Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch Daniel urges everyone to pray and take care of their health during the pandemic

In a message on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged everyone to increase prayer during the pandemic. The Patriarch asked Romanians to follow the measures of sanitary protection and to listen to the advice of doctors. Patriarch Daniel’s call for prayera and health preservation: full text In this extremely difficult period, when our country is…

Oct 14, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges support for bereaved persons

“Let us not wait to be invited, just as Jesus was not invited to Nain, but He went to Nain to comfort, to bring relief to that suffering mother, telling her to weep no more,” Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday offering his reflections on the gospel passage from Luke 7:11-16 on the raising of the…

Oct 12, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Repaying evil with kindness seems unnatural for the fallen man

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on Sunday on the “unusual” command that the Saviour Jesus Christ gave in the Sermon on the Mount, that of loving one’s enemies (Luke 6:35). “We have an unusual command. No legislator in the world, throughout history, has ever commanded anyone to love their enemy. Therefore, the Saviour Jesus Christ…

Oct 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel expresses deep sorrow at Constanța hospital blaze

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has expressed his deep sorrow for the tragedy that took place on October 1 at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Constanta. In a message published following the fire that broke out in the intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in the Black Sea port city of Constanta on the back of…

Oct 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

“It’s not the number of years that matters, but the use of time”: Patriarch Daniel on his 14th enthronement anniversary

“It’s not the number of years that matters so much, but the use of time to glorify God and help others,” Patriarch Daniel said Thursday at the end of the Thanksgiving service marking the 14th anniversary of his enthronement as Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Marking his fourteenth enthronement anniversary on Sept. 30, His…

Oct 1, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel asks God, “the Source of Love and Wisdom,” to bless students and professors ahead of new academic year

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel extended his blessing to all students, professors and parents ahead of the new academic year 2021-2022. In his message, His Beatitude asked for God’s help upon students during their study, research, and other activities that develop and deepen “the scientific, educational, spiritual, cultural and practical values.” Blessing at the beginning of…

Sep 28, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Christ does not ask us to carry the cross alone, Patriarch Daniel says

“Christ does not ask us to carry the cross alone, but to carry the cross following Him, that is, asking for His help and carrying the Cross with Him,” Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday. On the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the four stages of…

Sep 21, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Ahead of new school year, Patriarch Daniel blesses Romanian students, professors everywhere

Ahead of the school year 2021-22, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to “Romanian students, parents, teachers and professors everywhere”, referring to “the usefulness, but also the limits of online education”, as well as the role of the family in educating children. “In the context of the Romanian and European tradition, the determining role…

Sep 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarchal Message to online Pastoral-Missionary Conference of Romanian Clergy in America

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent a video message for the Clergy Conference of the two dioceses of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas, who met via videoconference on August 27-28, 2021. Solemn blessing for the Conference of Romanian Clergy in America: full text The online clergy conference, organized by…

Sep 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel “deeply saddened” by death of Romania’s canoeing legend Ivan Patzaichin

Romania’s multiple Olympic canoeing medallist Ivan Patzaichin has died at the age of 71, the Romanian Olympic Committee (COSR) announced on its Facebook page on Sunday, AGERPRES reports. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his deep sorrow in a message of condolences published Monday. “I learned with deep sadness the news of the passing from this…

Sep 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel asks Romanians abroad to stay in constant contact with their loved ones

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has urged Romanians living far from the country to stay in constant contact with their loved ones at home, cherish their family, and give a Christian education to the young generation. Please find below the message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for the Sunday of the Romanian Migrants (August 22, 2021).…

Aug 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu