Because the religious feast of 1 January also marks the beginning of the civil year, which must be received with spiritual joy, today, 1 January 2014, the Te Deum service was celebrated at the end of the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great as done at pan-Orthodox level and as the regulations stipulate.
The Te Deum service was celebrated by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons, in the presence of hundreds of faithful.
On 1 January the Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord and Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of Cappadocchia.
