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Ascension of the Lord – Day of the Heroes, National Feast of the Romanian People

Thursday, 29 May 201, feast of the Ascension of the Lord, after the Divine Liturgy, memorial services for the heroes of the Romanian people will be celebrated in all the cathedrals, churches, monasteries, cemeteries, road side shrines and their monuments in the country and abroad. The remembrance of the Romanian people at the feast of…

May 26, 2014basilica.ro

ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TOWARDS THE EURO-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

– Decision of the Holy Synod in the perspective of the Euro-Parliamentary elections of 25 May 2014 – Met in working session on 22 May 2014, at the Patriarchal Residence, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved especially the pastoral urge concerning the Euro-Parliamentary elections…

May 22, 2014basilica.ro

Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

On 22 May 2014, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and took the following decisions: – Listing in the Calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church of Saint Great Martyr Efrem the New, canonised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, to be celebrated on 5…

May 22, 2014basilica.ro

His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul Is the New Archbishop of Ramnic

On 22 May 2014, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held at the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. To start with the session, the election of the titular hierarch took place under the chairmanship of His Eminence Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia, for the…

May 22, 2014basilica.ro

Communique

On 16-18 May 2014, the Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU)[1] met in Bucharest, at the gracious invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania. The topic of their discussions was The family in the context of the current crisis. Among those invited to join the CROCEU members in this…

May 20, 2014basilica.ro

FAMILY IN THE CURRENT EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Speech of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the opening of the CROCEU (Committee of the Orthodox Churches’ Representatives to the European Union) meeting, Bucharest, 16 May 2014: We joyfully welcome all participants in this event and thank you for your interest in the dialogue between the European Institutions and Churches…

May 16, 2014basilica.ro

Irenical letter at the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord

“Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die“(John 11:26) Your Holiness / Beatitude, CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! Throughout Church history, in different times and places, Christians were persecuted either by followers of other religions or by hostile regimes, so that the number of Christian martyrs in history grew until today, when…

Apr 18, 2014basilica.ro

Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches (Phanar, March 6-9, 2014) – Message

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Through the grace of God, the Primates of the Most Holy Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, to the Orthodox faithful throughout the world, all of our Christian brothers and sisters as well as every person of goodwill: we extend God’s blessing and…

Mar 14, 2014basilica.ro

The Pan-Orthodox Synaxis – a Spiritual Representative Event

Speech of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of Romania, at the opening session of the Synaxis of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, Constantinople, 06-09 March 2014: The Synaxis or meeting of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches is not a permanent institution, but a spiritual representative event. The pan-Orthodox Synaxis of Primates has…

Mar 6, 2014basilica.ro

Meeting of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches for Preparing the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Constantinople, 5 – 9 March 2014

Following the invitation of His Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania and a delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church will participate in the Meeting (Synaxis) of the Primates of Orthodox Church for preparing the Pan-Orthodox Synod, to be held in Constantinople, from 5 – 9 March 2014. The delegation…

Mar 2, 2014basilica.ro

The Holy Synod Reiterates the Position Concerning the Definition in the Romanian Constitution of the Family Based on the Marriage between a Man and a Woman

On 13 February 2014, the first working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church of this year was held in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. We mention some of the decisions adopted: -The Holy Synod approved the programme of the manifestations organised…

Feb 13, 2014basilica.ro