Patriarch of Romania

The Patriarch received the Holy Fire: Christ is the Joyful light, Who shows His love to those who look for Him

The Holy Fire reached the Patriarchate Hill on Saturday, at 19:30 and it was handed to Patriarch Daniel. His Beatitude said the Holy Fire is the Joyful light from one of the oldest hymns of the Church. “Christ the Lord is the Joyful Light,” he said. “God, Who is Himself inaccessible light, made Himself Joyful…

May 1, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel: Pascha is Christ Himself, prefigured in the Passover lamb. Partaking of Him is the provision for eternal life

The Passover of the new Law materializes in the Person of the Saviour Himself, who passes us on to eternal life, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Holy and Great Thursday. He also explained how the Last Supper reveals the mystery of Christ’s Cross and Resurrection: through it, He showed His disciples His sacrificial love…

Apr 30, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s Easter Message: “Man’s final destination is not the grave but the Kingdom of Heaven”

In a video message for Holy Pascha 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel points to the final destination of man, namely the Kingdom of Heaven. His Beatitude also conveys best regards to Romanians everywhere, urging them to keep the Orthodox faith and the values of Romanian spirituality. Message by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on…

Apr 30, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania on Palm Sunday: “A foretelling of Easter”

“Our Saviour Jesus Christ triumphally enters into Jerusalem. That is why today’s feast is a foretelling of Christ’s victory over sin and death, it is a foretelling of Easter,” said Patriarch Daniel on Palm Sunday, April 25, 2021. “They say that the weather on Palm Sunday predicts the weather on Easter,” added the Patriarch, but,…

Apr 29, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel points to St George as “icon of faith, courage and manhood”: He teaches us to love the Church not only in good times

April 23, 2021, marked the patronal feast of the historical chapel at the patriarchal residence in Bucharest. At the end of the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Archimandrite Paisie Teodorescu, patriarchal vicar, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presented the life and sufferings of Saint George, whom he called “an icon of strong faith, courage, manhood, and of…

Apr 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Christ overturns the logic of worldly thinking / Honour derives not from personal ambition

Patriarch Daniel recalled on Sunday the lesson that Christ taught His disciples when He received the request of the apostles James and John to hold worldly positions and pointed out that the Saviour had overturned the selfish logic of worldly thinking; a type of logic encountered even today in contemporary society. Christ showed them that…

Apr 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel bestows awards to Voroneţ Monastery’s nuns for missionary activities

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the abbess of Voroneţ Monastery at his patriarchal residence on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Abbess Gabriela Platon came to Bucharest, accompanied by other sisters, to visit the exhibition dedicated to Voroneţ Monastery at the Romanian Academy’s Library. On this occasion, the Patriarch of Romania bestowed the diploma and medal of…

Apr 13, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel inaugurates museum at Cernica Monastery

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday inaugurated three facilities at Cernica Monastery, including a memorial house of St George of Cernica and Caldarusani, a museum and a refectory for pilgrims. The persons who contributed to the restoration and modernization works received church distinctions as a sign of appreciation and gratitude from the Patriarch of Romania.…

Apr 13, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Saint Callinicus of Cernica was a prayerful, merciful wonderworker during his lifetime

“He was a prayerful and merciful Saint and a wonderworker during his lifetime, as he healed many sick people,” Patriarch Daniel said about Saint Callinicus on his feast day at Cernica Monastery. Saint Callinicus is one of the patron saints of the monastic settlement near Bucharest. Saint Callinicus of Cernica In his speech on Sunday,…

Apr 12, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after repose of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his sorrow and offered his condolences following the repose of Prince Philip at the age of 99: Bucharest, 9 April 2021 His Royal Highness Charles, The Prince of Wales Your Royal Highness, With deep sadness, we have received the news of the passing away, on the 9 of April 2021,…

Apr 9, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

14 Patriarch Daniel Quotes on the Holy Cross as Mystery

When we venerate the Holy Cross, we actually honour the crucified Christ. The sign of the Cross shows us Christ’s forgiving, patient, sanctifying, and saving love. The Cross cannot be turned into a magic sign, as a power in itself. Its power comes from the fact that it represents the crucified and risen Christ. The…

Apr 7, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu