Patriarch of Romania

40 Patriarch Daniel Quotes for the Lenten Season

Orthodox Christians across the globe are entering Lent, the season of preparation before Easter. The 40-day period sees many Christians partake in a season of moderation, meditation, fasting, prayer and repentance. The exercises in discipline are undertaken to allow believers time to reflect on the life, words and sacrifices of our Saviour Jesus Christ. For…

Mar 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Let us mobilize for action in favour of the Romanian village, don’t look nostalgically at it: Patriarch Daniel

During the opening of The Portrait of the Romanian Village exhibition on Wednesday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that the photos displayed are not supposed only ‘to impress us emotionally, even unto tears, but to determine us to take action in favour of the village.’ ‘Otherwise, we describe it beautifully and our praise becomes some…

Feb 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel ascribes glory to God on 160th anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union

On Thursday, January 24, 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated a Te Deum thanksgiving service at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest marking the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The service was attended by Romania’s President Klaus Werner Iohannis, the President of the Romanian Academy Ioan-Aurel Pop, the…

Jan 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Teacher by vocation’ Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea lauded at funeral service

Teacher Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea was remembered as a ‘teacher by vocation,’ who dedicated his life to the ‘Romanian school’ with ‘patience, much love and diligence’ during his funeral service on Friday, Jan. 18, at St Nicholas Church of Cernica Monastery near Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the funeral service of his brother-in-law teacher…

Jan 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel, President of Romania attend festive session at Romanian Athenaeum on National Culture Day

The Romanian Academy on Tuesday held a festive session at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest to mark the National Culture Day, which was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. Introduced in 2010, Romania’s National Culture Day is celebrated on January 15. This is the birth date of Romanian poet and…

Jan 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Patriarch Daniel: Repentance is a change, not a simple regret

‘Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying ‘I’m sorry’ and moving on, ‘it is an effort to change the way of thinking,…

Jan 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends opening ceremony of Romanian EU Council Presidency (VIDEO)

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, joined EU and Romanian leaders at the official launch of Romania’s first presidency of the bloc, which took place at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Delivering speeches at the opening ceremony on behalf of Romania were the President of…

Jan 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Baptism is an immersion in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity, Patriarch Daniel says

Offering his reflections on the Theophany of the Lord, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that through the words, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’, the Heavenly Father also referred to the entire humankind which through Baptism was immersed in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity. Therefore, the patriarch…

Jan 10, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Message by Romanian Patriarch Daniel at IOTA Conference (Full Text)

The unity of the Church is the gift of God and a co-responsibility of the clergy and the lay faithful Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the International Theological Conference “Panorthodox Unity and Synodality“, Iaşi, 9-12 January 2019. In contemporary society, characterised by increased secularisation, i.e. through relativisation of…

Jan 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy on New Year’s Day

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great on New Year’s Day at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included the Patriarch’s auxiliary bishop and secretary of the Holy Synod Varlaam of Ploiesti, and the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Timotei of…

Jan 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Orthodox believers welcome 2019 with ‘the joy of the sanctification of time’

Hundreds of Orthodox believers prayerfully welcomed the New Year 2019 together with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest having ‘the joy of the sanctification of time.’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel read the Akathist Hymn to Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ in front of the Saviour’s icon. His Beatitude offered prayers of thanksgiving…

Jan 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu