Patriarch of Romania

Romanian President visits the Representation of the Romanian Patriarchate to Jerusalem

His Excellency Romanian President Mr Klaus Iohannis and his wife, Carmen Iohannis, visited on Tuesday, 8 March 2016, the Representation of the Romanian Patriarchate to Jerusalem. The Romanian President and his delegation were encountered by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, Superior of the Romanian Settlements in the Holy Land, together with the members of…

Mar 8, 2016basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania: “The ultimate criterion of the last Judgement is love”

The last criterion of the Last Judgement is love. It was with this sermon that His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, blessed the faithful on the Sunday of the Last Judgement or Meat-fare Sunday. The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, celebrated the…

Mar 6, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarch of Romania: „For the Church, any kind of communication must be also a confession”

The Patriarch of Romania transmitted the mass-media representatives of the Orthodox Eparchies of Romania the fact that for the Church, any kind of communication must be also a confession. These words were said on the occasion of the meeting between His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the mass media persons in…

Mar 4, 2016basilica.ro

Let us pray for the recovery of King Michael of Romania!

We have learned with great concern about the aggravated health conditions of His Majesty King Michael I of Romania, a symbolic personality of the history of the Romanian people and of our national dignity. Therefore, we pray God, the Physician of the souls and bodies, to relieve his suffering and grant him good health. At…

Mar 3, 2016basilica.ro

The Romanian Patriarch: “The spiritual father is a doctor who heals spiritual wounds”

17 priests from the Archdiocese of Bucharest were invested spiritual fathers on Wednesday, 02 March 2016. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Ortodox Church, officiated the service in the historical Parekklesion of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to St Great Martyr George. The spiritual father is a doctor who heals spiritual wounds In his word,…

Mar 2, 2016basilica.ro

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Romania on an Presentation Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

On 1 March 2016, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr Mile Vasić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Romania, on a presentation visit. Mr Ambassador expressed his gratitude to have been received at the Romanian Patriarchate and made a brief statistic presentation of the religious configuration of his country, which has overcome the…

Mar 1, 2016basilica.ro

Divine Liturgy at „Saint Spyridon the New” Cathedral in Bucharest

Sunday, 28 February 2016, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, at “Saint Spyridon the New” Cathedral in Bucharest, patriarchal chapel, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Romania, by His Grace Ioan Casian of Vicina, Assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas, together with a group of priests and deacons. After reading the…

Feb 28, 2016basilica.ro

His Eminence Nicolae: „We must build for our Children a Parental Home and a Spiritual Home, which is the Church

On the 34th Sunday after Pentecost, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. After reading the text of the Gospel according to Saint Luke 15:11-32, His Eminence delivered a sermon in which he underlined the…

Feb 28, 2016basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania blesses the painting of St Great Martyr Dimitrios Church in Afumaţi

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, blessed on Sunday, 28 February 2016, the painting of the St Great Martyr Dimitrios church – Afumaţi II, Ilfov North Deanery. His Beatitude dedicated this church to St Hierarch Pahomius of Gledin, Bishop of Roman too, whose feast day is on April 14th. Before the blessing…

Feb 28, 2016basilica.ro

Sermon of the Patriarch of Romania on the Sunday of the Return of the Prodigal Son

Sermon of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the Sunday of the Return of the prodigal Son (text reviewed on 28 February 2016) The soul is resurrected from spiritual death through repentance The 34th Sunday after Pentecost (return of the Prodigal Son), Luke 15:11-32: Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger…

Feb 28, 2016basilica.ro

Fraternal Communion in the Romanian Diaspora

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the consecration of the Romanian church in the Swedish city of Jönköping dedicated to the “Protection of the Mother of God and Saint Pious Daniil the Hermit and Saint Pious Paisie from Neamţ” Sunday, 28 February 2016 The consecration of the church dedicated…

Feb 28, 2016basilica.ro