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…
The media representatives of the Orthodox Dioceses within the borders of Romania have participated Thursday and Friday (03-04 March 2016) in a meeting with the representatives of the Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate. The event took place at the Dumitru Stăniloae Centre for Continuing Education in Bucharest. Thursday, on the first day of…
We have learned with great concern about the aggravated health conditions of His Majesty King Michael I of Romania, a symbolic personality of the history of the Romanian people and of our national dignity. Therefore, we pray God, the Physician of the souls and bodies, to relieve his suffering and grant him good health. At…
This year’s edition of the March for Life will take place on March 26, in more than 100 cities in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The March for Life has become a tradition during the last years and it has the support of the Romanian Patriarchate, and the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch…
17 priests from the Archdiocese of Bucharest were invested spiritual fathers on Wednesday, 02 March 2016. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Ortodox Church, officiated the service in the historical Parekklesion of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to St Great Martyr George. The spiritual father is a doctor who heals spiritual wounds In his word,…
On 1 March 2016, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr Mile Vasić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Romania, on a presentation visit. Mr Ambassador expressed his gratitude to have been received at the Romanian Patriarchate and made a brief statistic presentation of the religious configuration of his country, which has overcome the…
Sunday, 28 February 2016, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, at “Saint Spyridon the New” Cathedral in Bucharest, patriarchal chapel, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Romania, by His Grace Ioan Casian of Vicina, Assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas, together with a group of priests and deacons. After reading the…
Sunday, 28 February 2016, the church of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of Jönköping, Sweden, was consecrated. The consecration service was celebrated by His Eminence Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureş and Sălaj, together with His Eminence Serafim, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany, Central and Northern Europe, and His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe.…
On the 34th Sunday after Pentecost, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. After reading the text of the Gospel according to Saint Luke 15:11-32, His Eminence delivered a sermon in which he underlined the…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, blessed on Sunday, 28 February 2016, the painting of the St Great Martyr Dimitrios church – Afumaţi II, Ilfov North Deanery. His Beatitude dedicated this church to St Hierarch Pahomius of Gledin, Bishop of Roman too, whose feast day is on April 14th. Before the blessing…
Sermon of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the Sunday of the Return of the prodigal Son (text reviewed on 28 February 2016) The soul is resurrected from spiritual death through repentance The 34th Sunday after Pentecost (return of the Prodigal Son), Luke 15:11-32: Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger…
Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the consecration of the Romanian church in the Swedish city of Jönköping dedicated to the “Protection of the Mother of God and Saint Pious Daniil the Hermit and Saint Pious Paisie from Neamţ” Sunday, 28 February 2016 The consecration of the church dedicated…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church gathered Thursday, 25 February 2016, in a working session, at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chaired the meeting. Among the decisions taken, we note: 1. The canonization of the venerable fathers Neophyte and Meletios ofStânişoaraMonastery (Feast Day – September 3rd), and Daniel and…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has opened its working session this morning, 25 February 2016, in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chairs the Holy Synod in accordance to the Statutes of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In the introductory word addressed to the members of…