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The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway at the Romanian Patriarchate

On 15 November 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received at the Patriarchal Residence, in a visit of presentation, Her Excellency MrsToveBruvikWestberg, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Bucharest. The Ambassador thanked for the reception and, while appreciating the important role of the Church within the Romanian society, expressed her readiness for cooperation with…

Nov 15, 2013basilica.ro

President of the Greek Parliament on a Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

On 15 October 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received Mr. Evanghelos Meimarkis, President of the Greek Parliament, who is paying an official to Romania, accompanied by a Greek Parliamentary delegation. His Excellency Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis, Ambassador of the Greek Republic in Bucharest was also present. The President of the Greek Parliament thanked for reception and underlined…

Oct 15, 2013basilica.ro

Message of Compassion and Condolences for the Victims of the Accident in Spain

Bucharest, 25 July 2013 His Eminence Cardinal ANTONIO MARIA ROUCO VARELA, Archbishop of Madrid, President of the Spanish Episcopal Catholic Conference Your Eminence, We learned with sorrow about the dramatic consequences of the tragic railway accident occurred in Santiago de Compostella in the evening of 24 July 2013, in which tens of Spanish citizens died…

Jul 25, 2013basilica.ro

His Beatitude Daniel Patriarch of Romania Celebrates his 62th Birthday

Monday, 22 July 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates his 62th birthday. The Patriarch of Romania was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobrești village, Bara commune, Tomiș county, as the third child to the family of teacher Alexie and Stela Ciobotea. He attended the primary school in his native…

Jul 22, 2013basilica.ro

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Celebrates 62 Years of Life

Monday, 22 July 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 62 years of life. On this occasion, at 7.30 hours, the Patriarch of Romania will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of Saint Great Martyr George, the Victory Bearer, in the Patriarchal Residence. At 11.00 hours, a thanksgiving Te Deum…

Jul 19, 2013basilica.ro

Authority and Responsibility in the Church of Christ

Message addressed by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the participants in the Congress with the theme Authority and Ministry according to Saint Paul the Apostle, Veria, Greece, 26-29 June 2013: The Annual International Scientific Congress, which takes place within the events dedicated to Saint Paul, held in Veria with the…

Jun 26, 2013basilica.ro

To the mourning families of the Romanians deceased in the road accident in Montenegro

Grieved families, We learned with much sadness about the unexpected death of the 18 Romanian tourists in a road accident on a highway in a mountain region, 30 km far from Podgorica city, capital of the Montenegro Republic. At this hard time of sufferance and sorrow for families, colleagues and for all those who knew…

Jun 25, 2013basilica.ro

The Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania Asks for Mentioning the Family in the Constitution as a Union between a Man and a Woman

The Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania Asks for Mentioning the Family in the Constitution as a Union between a Man and a Woman Met on 20 June 2013 in the annual working session at the Patriarchate Palace under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania (according to the Statutes which…

Jun 20, 2013basilica.ro

Ascension of the Lord – Day of the Heroes, National Feast of the Romanian People (13 June 2013)

In the Romanian Orthodox Church the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord (13 June 2013) is the remembrance day of the heroes of the Romanian nation. At the royal feast of the Ascension of the Lord, the Romanian heroes, soldiers and fighters of all times and places, who sacrificed themselves in battlefields, labour camps…

Jun 11, 2013basilica.ro

The Romanian Patriarchate expresses solidarity with the Patriarchate of Antioch

While noticing that – from April 22, 2013, when His Eminence Metropolitan PAUL of Aleppo and Alexandretta, from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and His Eminence Metropolitan GREGORIOS YOHANNA IBRAHIM of Aleppo, from the Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, were kidnapped while spiritually assisting the Arabic Christian community…

Jun 7, 2013basilica.ro

The Romanian Patriarchate Supports the European Civic Initiative Entitled “One of Us”

The Romanian Patriarchate supports the European civic initiative entitled “One of Us” designed to raise the level of juridical protection of the dignity, right to life and integrity of every human being ever since conception in the European Union. “One of Us” civic initiative asks the European Union to cease the financing of the activities…

May 16, 2013basilica.ro