Romanian Patriarchate

Basilica – News Agency – 5 Years of Activity

Sunday, 16 June 2013, Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates five years of activity. The agency is part of the Basilica Press Centre – Department for Communications and Public Relations of the Patriarchal Administration – and it is the only member of the Press Centre of its name, Basilica. This media institution was…

Jun 15, 2013basilica.ro

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord at the Patriarchal Cathedral

Today, 13 June 2013, the Orthodox Church celebrated the Ascension of the Lord and the Day of the Heroes. In all the places of worship from the country and abroad, after the Divine Liturgy, remembrance services were celebrated for those who sacrificed themselves for defending the Romanian people. At the Patriarchal Cathedral the religious service…

Jun 13, 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 Blind Man Healed Becomes a Teacher for All of Us

Today, 9 June 2013, the 6th Sunday after the Holy Easter, the evangelical text on the healing of the blind born man was read in all churches. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church emphasised in the sermon delivered in the chapel dedicated to “Saint Great Martyr George” the teaching of the evangelical…

Jun 9, 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 Clergy of Bucharest and Ilfov on a Conference at the Patriarchate Palace

Monday, 3 June 2013, the first session of the spring semestral pastoral – missionary Conference of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest was held in the “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchate Palace, on the theme Saints Constantine and Helen – promoters of the religious freedom and supporters of the Church. The conference…

Jun 3, 2013basilica.ro

Praying in the Spirit and Truth Means Praying in the Presence of the Holy Spirit

Today, 2 June 2013 His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon in the historical chapel of Saint Great Martyr George of the Patriarchal Residence in which he explained the significance of the Evangelical pericope of the 5th Sunday after Easter, of Saint John the Evangelist, chapter 4:5-42, also named the…

Jun 2, 2013basilica.ro

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the European Commission

Today, 30 May 2013, the Patriarch of Romania participated in the annual meeting of the religious leaders of Europe with the presidents of the Commission, Council and European Parliament, as well as with other high officials of the EU. This year, the discussions were focused on the concept of European citizenship, 20 years after its…

May 30, 2013basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania in Brussels

These days His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania is in Brussels. The visit of His Beatitude to the Capital of Belgium is occasioned by the annual meeting with the religious leaders of the European Union, as well as with high European employees, at the seat of the European Commission. Wednesday evening, the Primate of the…

May 30, 2013basilica.ro

The New Ambassador of Greece in Bucharest on an Introduction Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

On 27 May 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received at the Patriarchal Residence His Excellency Grigorios Vassiloconstanhakis, the Ambassador of Greece in Romania. His Excellency thanked for reception and emphasised the traditional friendly relations between the two Orthodox Churches and peoples. In this sense, the Ambassador expressed his willingness to support the cooperation between the…

May 27, 2013basilica.ro

The Risen Christ is the Source of the Sins Forgiving

Today, the Orthodox Christians are on 26 May 2013, the 4th Sunday after Easter. The pricope of the Gospel according to John chapter 5:1-15 was read during the Divine Liturgy on the miraculous healing of the paralysed man at Bethzatha pool. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church explained – in the sermon…

May 26, 2013basilica.ro