Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch Daniel inaugurates museum at Cernica Monastery

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday inaugurated three facilities at Cernica Monastery, including a memorial house of St George of Cernica and Caldarusani, a museum and a refectory for pilgrims. The persons who contributed to the restoration and modernization works received church distinctions as a sign of appreciation and gratitude from the Patriarch of Romania.…

Apr 13, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Saint Callinicus of Cernica was a prayerful, merciful wonderworker during his lifetime

“He was a prayerful and merciful Saint and a wonderworker during his lifetime, as he healed many sick people,” Patriarch Daniel said about Saint Callinicus on his feast day at Cernica Monastery. Saint Callinicus is one of the patron saints of the monastic settlement near Bucharest. Saint Callinicus of Cernica In his speech on Sunday,…

Apr 12, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after repose of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his sorrow and offered his condolences following the repose of Prince Philip at the age of 99: Bucharest, 9 April 2021 His Royal Highness Charles, The Prince of Wales Your Royal Highness, With deep sadness, we have received the news of the passing away, on the 9 of April 2021,…

Apr 9, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

14 Patriarch Daniel Quotes on the Holy Cross as Mystery

When we venerate the Holy Cross, we actually honour the crucified Christ. The sign of the Cross shows us Christ’s forgiving, patient, sanctifying, and saving love. The Cross cannot be turned into a magic sign, as a power in itself. Its power comes from the fact that it represents the crucified and risen Christ. The…

Apr 7, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel lauds March for Life: It encourages birth, helping families and young pregnant girls

“Especially on this day of the Annunciation, we appreciate and ask for God’s blessing for all families and especially for families that give birth to children,” said the Patriarch of Romania, who lauded the pro-life manifestations in his sermon delivered on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence. For this reason,…

Mar 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The icon is a call to pray with the Saints and foresight of the Kingdom of Heaven

Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. In his sermon, His Beatitude highlighted the three roles of an icon: to profess the truth of the Incarnation of the Son of God; to call Christians to prayer discreetly but insistently, and to offer a “prophetic, anticipated view,…

Mar 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

12 Patriarch Daniel Quotes about the Remembrance of the Dead

The remembrance of the dead has given the culture and consciousness of continuity and communion over time. The remembrance of those asleep in the Lord is an act of Orthodox faith, as it is based on the belief that the human soul is immortal. Prayers of remembrance for those reposed in the Lord are a…

Mar 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel officiates Great Canon at patriarchal residence: Strict fast supports humble prayer

On Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel read the first portion of the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Residence’s historic chapel. On this occasion, His Beatitude emphasized that a strict fast supports humble and fervent prayer. “This practice of fasting means an abrupt beginning of the fight against sin,” the Patriarch…

Mar 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Forgiveness is the first condition to enter Lent

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that forgiving the mistakes of others is “the first condition to enter this inner ascent towards Resurrection, which is Great Lent.” The Gospel on the Sunday of Adam’s Expulsion from Paradise shows us that forgiving others’ mistakes is “essential” for us to receive forgiveness from God. “Through forgiveness, we humble…

Mar 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: People will be judged for inhumanity

“People will be judged for inhumanity,” Patriarch Daniel stressed during his homily on the Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgement. The Patriarch quoted a homily by St. John Chrysostom, where the great hierarch imagines a continuation of the dialogue in the Gospel passage about the Last Judgment: “For I was hungry and you gave me…

Mar 10, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

It was necessary to show by deeds how important philanthropy is, Patriarch Daniel says

The Romanian Orthodox Church marked the commemorative year of the Romanian philanthropists (2020) through concrete activities, said Patriarch Daniel in his opening remarks at the National Church Assembly’s meeting at the Patriarchate Palace on Wednesday. “We did not start with the history of philanthropists, but with the deeds of philanthropy, because it was necessary to…

Feb 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu