Patriarch of Romania

Pope Francis at Cotroceni Palace: With fraternal love I greet His Beatitude Daniel, my brother

In his speech delivered on Friday at Cotroceni Palace, Pope Francis addressed cordial greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. „With fraternal love I greet His Beatitude Daniel, my brother”, Pope Francis said. „My respectful greeting goes (…) to the Metropolitans and Bishops of the Holy Synod, and to all the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox…

May 31, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

First Orthodox Theologian to receive a doctorate in the 182-Year History of Erskine Theological Seminary

On May 4, 2019, John G. Panagiotou became the first Orthodox Christian theologian to receive a Doctorate in the 182-year history of Erskine Theological Seminary in South Carolina, OCP informs. Erskine Seminary was founded in 1837. It is one if the oldest divinity schools in the American South. Dr. Panagiotou’s dissertation is titled The Path to Oikonomia…

May 31, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Pope Francis starts three-day visit to Romania

Pope Francis has started his three-day visit to Romania. The pope’s plane touched down Friday in Bucharest.  On behalf of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis was welcomed by His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and patriarchal exarch. The schedule of the visit to the Romanian Patriarchate includes a meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and…

May 31, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch of Romania urges parents to spend more time with their children

Patriarch Daniel in his Children’s Day message urged parents to spend more time with their children and help them cultivate faith, hope, love and the freedom to do good to others. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church dedicated the first Sunday following the International Children’s Day (June 1) to parents and children, in…

May 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Christ calls all nations to salvation

During his homily on Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that ‘Christ the Lord calls all nations and all persons to salvation.’ ‘Our Saviour Jesus Christ broke or abolished the mental and cultural barriers between Samarians and Jews, and healed the Jews from the complex of their superiority to the Samarians, and the Samarians from…

May 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel casts vote in EU elections and national referendum

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday cast his vote in the European elections and a national referendum at his local polling station at Ienachita Vacarescu School in Bucharest. After voting, the Patriarch offered prayer cards to those present at the polling station. Romanians cast their votes in the EU elections on Sunday, May 26, as…

May 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Message of the Romanian Patriarch Daniel at The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars (26-31 May 2019, Holy Cross Social-Pastoral Centre, Caraiman Monastery):  Holy Scripture, source of light and communion between peoples and generations Christ is Risen! The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, organised by…

May 27, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel calls St Constantine the Great ‘a friend of our country’ at Patriarchal Cathedral patronal feast

‘Saint Constantine the Great is a friend of our country. He sent missionaries to Banat and Oltenia to intensify Christian life and to convert pagans to Christianity (…), he built many churches (basilicas). He loved these places very much,’ Patriarch Daniel stressed on Tuesday during the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The…

May 23, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel stresses importance of spreading devotion to Romanian Saints during Metropolitan Synod

Patriarch Daniel on Monday, May 20, 2019 told the hierarchs of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja that they should encourage the believers to strengthen their devotion to the Romanian Saints. ‘It is a great joy to have many Saints interceding for us,’ the Patriarch of Romania said opening the working…

May 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The sinner and the sick must be forgiven and healed without humiliating them, Patriarch Daniel says

Praising the discretion and wisdom of the Saviour who healed the paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel pointed out that the one who sinned and is sick must be raised up and helped to be a new man among people without humiliating him. The sick man at the Bethesda pool (John…

May 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s 7 proposals to improve current situation of Romania’s villages

During the 2019 Spring Clergy Conference on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel listed seven proposals to improve the current situation of the villages in Romania. Twinning programs between generous urban parishes and poor parishes in the rural area. This involves offering brotherly spiritual and material help. Encouraging book donations to organize libraries in the villages.…

May 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu