Press Releases

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

Protocol of Collaboration between the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development

On 13 May 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and Minister Daniel Constantin signed at the Patriarchate Palace the Protocol of Collaboration between the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development for promoting the Romanian village. The purposes of the Protocol of collaboration between the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry for Agriculture and…

May 13, 2013basilica.ro

Message of the Patriarch of Romania on the occasion of the Election of the New Pope

His Holiness Pope FRANCIS City of Vatican Your Holiness, The Romanian Orthodox Church is sharing in these moments of joy of the Roman Catholic Church, following Your Holiness’ election as Bishop of Rome and Pope. We are convinced that the genuine moral values, based on the bi-millenary Christian faith, will continue to be central in…

Mar 14, 2013basilica.ro

New Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 28 February 2013, 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. The hierarchs of the Holy Synod estimated the results of the collect organised in all the…

Feb 28, 2013basilica.ro

Reconciliation between the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Romanian Patriarchate

With the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, from 20th to 21st February 2013, a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate met in Jerusalem with a delegation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in order to solve the problem of the Romanian Settlement in Jericho. Following the conversations conducted in a spirit…

Feb 22, 2013basilica.ro

The Greek Ambassador on a Farewell Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 22 January 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr Georgios Poukamissas, Ambassador of Greece in Romania, on a farewell visit, at the end of his diplomatic mission in Bucharest. His Excellency conveyed a message of high esteem to the Patriarch of Romania and…

Jan 22, 2013basilica.ro