Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch Daniel offers blessing and encouragement for Exams

Patriarch Daniel offers his prayers and encourages the highschool graduates who sit for the written exams of the Baccalaureate 2017: Beloved children and young people, Church and School affirm together the need of your intellectual and spiritual preparation for life in a world in which training means more and more. We urge all the priests,…

Jun 26, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Daniel: Christ urges us to free our soul from the tyranny of exclusive worries

In his homily delivered on the third Sunday after Pentecost, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel pointed to the fact that the pursuit of the Kingdom of God ought to be a priority for every Christian. The true sense of Christian life and the way we must live our life as spiritually free people are concentrated in…

Jun 26, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Birth of St John the Baptist was the answer to his parents’ prayer, humility and strong faith

On the Nativity of St John the Baptist, Patriarch Daniel has urged faithful to pray to God for granting us good children. In his homily delivered on this feast day, His Beatitude advised parents to avoid killing babies through abortion and to consider them gifts from God. Giving birth to babies is a great gift…

Jun 26, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Let us not live selfishly! Let us open ourselves to God’s love and help our neighbours’, Patriarch urges

The purpose of human earthly life is the preparation for heavenly life, Patriarch Daniel said Sunday in his homily delivered during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Romanian Saints Hall of the Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on the Bible readings, explaining that the Kingdom of Heaven is not a matter of eating…

Jun 19, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania welcomes SVOTS President, Archpriest Chad Hatfield, at the Patriarchal Residence

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Monday, 12 June 2017, the President of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) in New York, USA, the Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, at his Patriarchal Residence. During the meeting, the two discussed subjects related to the ties between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)…

Jun 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

St Anthimos Monastery | Patriarch Daniel blesses memorial cross and museum dedicated to the members of the Burning Bush Movement

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel performed Sunday, 11 June 2017, the blessing service of a memorial cross and the museum dedicated to the members of the spiritual movement The Burning Bush. His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești attended the service. In his homily, the patriarch reflected on the activities of the Burning Bush Movement and stressed…

Jun 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The purpose of earthly life is to prepare ourselves to enter the communion of all Saints

The Sunday of All Saints is a feast of the Church through the communion of Saints, Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated June 11 on the patronal feast of St Anthimos Monastery. Concelebrant for the Divine Liturgy included His Grace…

Jun 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel addresses the employees of the Basilica Press Centre on its 10th anniversary, visits photography exhibition

The Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrated its patronal feast and its 10th anniversary on the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, 5 June 2017. On this occasion, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti celebrated the Divine Liturgy and offered prayers of thanksgiving at the Patriarchal Cathedral. After the divine services, His Beatitude…

Jun 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Address by Patriarch Daniel: Basilica Press Centre – ten years of media ministry (full text)

Please find below the address by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the 10th anniversary of the Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, read out on the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Monday, 05 June 2017. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity is the joy of the Orthodox Church from everywhere…

Jun 5, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The living water and the purifying fire become manifest in the tears of repentance, Patriarch Daniel says on Pentecost Sunday

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, presided over the Divine Liturgy and read the kneeling prayers at Pentecost Vespers celebrating the Descent of the Holy Spirit at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants of His Beatitude for the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Pentecost Sunday included Their Graces Varlaam of Ploiesti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch,…

Jun 4, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: Nearly one-hundred children meet Patriarch Daniel on Children’s Day

One hundred children coming from Prahova and Cluj counties have met His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on Children’s Day. The students who visited on June 1 the Palace of the Patriarchate and the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest were accompanied by their teachers from the Iuliu Hateganu elementary school in Cluj, and from the Lizeta…

Jun 3, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu