Patriarch of Romania

Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu, Lay-ascetic George Lazăr, officially declared Saints by Patriarch Daniel in Iași

Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu and the lay-ascetic George Lazăr were proclaimed Saints of the Church by Patriarch Daniel in a ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași. After celebrating the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Annunciation, His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău read out the synodal tomos on the glorification of Metropolitan Joseph…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel presides over Divine Liturgy in Iaşi on Feast of Annunciation

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iaşi for the feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, having as concelebrants fourteen Romanian hierarchs. The Divine Liturgy preceded the canonization ceremony of Saints Joseph the Merciful and George the Pilgrim. Hundreds of believers attended the Sunday Divine…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomed with Doxology at Metropolitan Cathedral of Iaşi – VIDEO

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel arrived Saturday, March 24, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi to attend the canonization ceremony of Metropolitan Joseph the Merciful of Moldavia and the lay-ascetic George the Pilgrim. His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan and an assembly of priests welcomed the Romanian Patriarch by officiating a Doxology (Te Deum) in the presence of…

Mar 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences to Czech chemical factory explosion victims

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message of condolences to the bereaved families of victims of the explosion that rocked a chemical factory Thursday in the Czech Republic. The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed that five Romanian workers have died in the explosion at the chemical plant in the Czech Republic. Patriarch Daniel’s message…

Mar 23, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Prayer and fast change physical hunger and thirst into spiritual hunger and thirst for God’s love’, Patriarch Daniel says

During his homily delivered on the fourth Sunday of Great Lent at the Chapel of the National Cathedral, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that ‘prayer united with fasting changes man’s physical hunger and thirst into a spiritual hunger and thirst for the love of God.’ The Patriarch of Romania offered his reflections on the day’s…

Mar 20, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel to lead canonization ceremony for Sts Joseph the Merciful, George the Pilgrim in Iași

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel will lead the solemn canonization ceremony for Saint Joseph the Merciful, Metropolitan of Moldavia, and Saint George the Pilgrim, Sunday, March 25, 2018. Numerous hierarchs, clerics and believers are expected to attend the ceremony. According to a press release of the Iași Archdiocese, Patriarch Daniel will be welcomed Saturday, March 24,…

Mar 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel receives in audience the delegation of the Conference of European Churches

Thursday, May 15, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received in audience the President of the Conference of European Churches, Bishop Christopher Hill, the CEC Vice-president, His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, and the CEC General Secretary, Rev. Heikki Huttunen. A short assessment of the collaboration between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Conference of European…

Mar 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Let us make Christ the centre of our lives,’ Patriarch Daniel urges on 3rd Sunday of Lent

The symbolism of the cross, the reason why the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross is in the middle of the Lenten season, the conditions for being a good Christian are the main topics addressed by Patriarch Daniel in his homily on the third Sunday of Great Lent. In his sermon, the Romanian Patriarch…

Mar 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Holy icons are the full profession of true faith in the Church,’ Patriarch Daniel says on Sunday of Orthodoxy

On the first Sunday of Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Patriarch Daniel pointed to the importance of holy icons in the Orthodox Church. They are not ‘a mere adornment in the church, but rather the full profession of the true faith in the Church: witness through words and witness through sight, because…

Feb 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel officiates Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete. ‘Great Lent is a school of repentance’

Repentance was the main theme of Patriarch Daniel’s homily delivered Monday evening at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. ‘The Great Lent is a school of repentance,’ because it is ‘a mystical partaking of the Saviour’s forty-day fast,’ and a struggle against the tendencies inherited from our first parents Adam and Eve, especially ‘the tendency to…

Feb 22, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel at the beginning of Great Lent: In order to forgive our neighbour we need to crucify our egoism and open our soul unto resurrection

During his Sunday homily, Patriarch Daniel stressed the importance of forgiveness of those who have wronged us, noting that this is ‘the good beginning of the Lenten season,’ through which we resemble the Compassionate and Forgiving God. His Beatitude said that ‘forgiveness of sins often implies the crucifixion of our own egoism, opening our soul…

Feb 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu