Romanian Patriarchate

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Spiridon – the New Celebrated its Saint Patron

Today, 12 December 2012, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Spiridon – the New, celebrated its saint patron. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. To end with the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian…

Dec 12, 2012basilica.ro

The Crippled Woman is a Teacher of Strong Faith

Today, 9 December 2012, the Orthodox Christians are on the 27th Sunday after Pentecost. The Evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Luke, chapter 13:10-17, presenting the Healing of the crippled woman was read in all churches. In the sermon delivered in the Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint Gregory the Enlightener as saint patron, His…

Dec 9, 2012basilica.ro

Church Painting of Chiajna Parish Consecrated by the Patriarch of Romania

Today, 6 December 2012, feast of Saint Hierarch Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra Lychia, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, consecrated the painting of the church of “Saint Nicholas” – Chiajna, deanery of Ilfov South. After the consecration of the painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated the Divine Liturgy assisted by a group…

Dec 6, 2012basilica.ro

Message of Condolences at the Passing Away of Patriarch of Antioch

To the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East It is with deep Christian sorrow that we have learned of the passing away of our beloved brother in Christ, the worth of remembering Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, an outstanding personality of contemporary Christian world. He was…

Dec 5, 2012basilica.ro

Saint Nicholas in the Middle of the Children – 4th Edition

From 2009 forward the Department for education and activity with the youth has organised for children, with the high blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the show entitled Saint Nicholas in the middle of the children, in collaboration with the Methodist Religion teachers of Bucharest and with the parishes of Deaneries I, II, III of…

Dec 3, 2012basilica.ro

Faith is a spiritual sight of the heart

Today, 2 December 2012, the Orthodox faithful are on the 31st Sunday after the Pentecost. The evangelical pericope according to Luke concerning the healing of the blind man of Jericho was read in all churches during the Divine Liturgy. This wonder teaches us, first of all, how important faith is, seen not as an intellectual…

Dec 2, 2012basilica.ro

14 Years Since the Passing Away of Father Cleopa

14 years passed since one of the best known father confessors of Romania, Rev. Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie passed away. Father Cleopa Ilie was born one century ago, on 10 April 1912, in Culița commune, count of Botoșani, and joined monasticism when he was 17 years old. The 12 years he spent as shepherd for the…

Dec 2, 2012basilica.ro

National Day at the Romanian Patriarchate

On 1 December 2012, a Te Deum service was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the occasion of the National Day of Romania. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the religious service assisted by priests and deacons, in the presence of many faithful. On this occasion, the Primate of the Romanian…

Dec 1, 2012basilica.ro

Cathedral of the Nation’s Salvation is a Symbol of the Apostolic Dignity and Faith of the Romanian People

The feast of Saint Andrew is one of the saint patron days of the future Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, so that His Beatitude showed in the speech delivered today, 30 November 2012, feast of the Protector of Romania, that this construction would also be a symbol of the national unity because the feast of…

Nov 30, 2012basilica.ro

Worship of Saint Andrew the Apostle Shows First of All Our Dignity of Apostolic Church

The historians’ relations and the Holy Tradition show that Saint Andrew is the first preacher of the Gospel with our Dacian – Romans forerunners, so that the Romanian Christianity has apostolic origin. Having been entrusted the evangelisation of the territories close to the Black Sea, the first called Apostle must have preached the Gospel both…

Nov 30, 2012basilica.ro

Christian Faith is Intrinsic Part of the Romanian Identity

The Protector of Romania, Saint Andrew the Apostle, the First Called, was specially worshipped today, 30 November 2012, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, where the Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy. His Beatitude showed in the speech delivered that today’s feast is a holiday of the entire Romanian people pointing out the fact that Christianization…

Nov 30, 2012basilica.ro