The contribution of the Orthodox Church in the attainment of peace, justice, freedom, brotherhood and love between peoples and the removal of racial and other discrimination. Draft of document of the Pan-Orthodox Council approved by the Synaxis of the First Hierarchs of the Local Orthodox Churches in Chambésy, 21st to 28th January 2016. Published in…
The document is approved by the Synaxis of the Primates of Local Orthodox Churches on January 21 – 28, 2016, in Chambesy, with the exception of representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Antioch and Georgia. It is published by the decision of the Synaxis of the Primates. I. Orthodox marriage 1) The institute of family…
Draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council, adopted by the 5thPan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambésy on October, 10-17, 2015. Published in compliance with the decision of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January, 21-28, 2016. 1. The Orthodox Church, being the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, in her profound ecclesiastical consciousness…
Draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council, adopted by the 5thPan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambésy on October 10-17, 2015. Published in compliance with the decision of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January 21-28, 2016. 1. Fast is God’s commandment (Gen 2:16-17). According to St Basil the Great, fasting isas old as…
Decision taken by the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, Chambésy, October 10-17, 2015 Published in compliance with the resolution of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January 21-28, 2016. Upon completing the work based on the text “Autonomy and the Means of Proclaiming It” that had been agreed upon and adopted by…
On 12 March 2016, the new Metropolitan of Karpenission, Georgios Rebelos, was ordained as hierarch in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, in Athens – the official website of the Orthodox Church of Greece informs. Archimandrite Georgios Rebelos was ordained hierarch during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Saturday by His Beatitude Hieronymus, Archbishop…
Article 1 Introduction By the grace of the Holy Trinity, the Holy and Great Council is an authentic expression of the canonical tradition and perennial church practice as to the functioning of the conciliar system in One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and shall be convoked by His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch with the consent…
On 13 March 2016, the Orthodox Church is on the Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise or Cheese-fare. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest by His Grace Mihail, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. The same day, the…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania urged the Orthodox Christians to be forgiving, showing that, as Christ taught us, “forgiveness is the good beginning of the Lent”. “While forgiving others the inner humbleness and freedom of the human being willing to live in the merciful love of God are cultivated”, His Beatitude also said. The…
His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, met Wednesday, March 8, 2016, a group of 11 American Orthodox students, led by Rev. Fr. Robert Miclean, rector of the Holy Archangels Church in Maryland, USA, who came to Valea Plopului town (Valley of the Poplar), Prahova County, for volunteering. The young students are…
His Excellency Romanian President Mr Klaus Iohannis and his wife, Carmen Iohannis, visited on Tuesday, 8 March 2016, the Representation of the Romanian Patriarchate to Jerusalem. The Romanian President and his delegation were encountered by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, Superior of the Romanian Settlements in the Holy Land, together with the members of…
For the first time since his election as Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (2010), His Beatitude Irinej is undertaking a canonical visit, from 02 to 13 March 2016, to the Serbian Diocese of Australia and New Zeeland. The agenda includes visits and services at the most important churches of the Serbian Orthodox communities in…
The belt of the Mother of God will be brought from the Metropolis of Volos, Greece, to the Archdiocese of Sibiu, during 21 to 25 March 2016, with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and His Eminence Laurenţiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania. The faithful of the Archdioceseof Sibiuwill have the…
His Grace Mihail, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zeeland, has paid a four-day visit (4-7 March 2016) in the Diocese of Maramureş and Sătmar, on the invitation of His Grace Iustin of Sighet, Assistant Hierarch to the Diocese. During his stay, Bishop Mihail met His Eminence Hon Archbishop Justinian at the headquarters of…
His Beatitude Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, is currently paying an official visit to Moscow, upon the invitation of the Russian Patriarch Kirill and of professor Valery Arkadyevich Alekseyev, president of the International Foundation for the Unity of the Orthodox Peoples, according to the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The purpose of this five-days…
The last criterion of the Last Judgement is love. It was with this sermon that His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, blessed the faithful on the Sunday of the Last Judgement or Meat-fare Sunday. The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, celebrated the…
The volunteers of the Campaign Health for Villages have resumed their activity as the spring came. The restart of the medical humanitarian actions was determined by the beautiful weather and the volunteers’ desire to perform good and to bring joy and hope to the rural population. The first location chosen was the village Ciorogarla, in…
The Meeting of the mass media representatives of the Orthodox Eparchies of Romania with those of BASILICA Press Centre ended Friday, 4 March 2016, at Dumitru Staniloae Centre for continuous formation of Bucharest. The special guest of the event was Laura Georgescu, president of the National Audiovisual Council of Romania. Practical issues on drafting and…
The Patriarch of Romania transmitted the mass-media representatives of the Orthodox Eparchies of Romania the fact that for the Church, any kind of communication must be also a confession. These words were said on the occasion of the meeting between His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the mass media persons in…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated on Friday, 04 March 2016, the 26th anniversary of episcopal consecration by prayer. I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptised Dan-Ilie. II.FORMATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962…