His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, officiated at Divine Liturgy today, 06 September 2015, on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, on the scene placed next to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, during the European Orthodox Youth Meeting. Even though the weather conditions weren’t suitable, the thousands of Orthodox young people from all…
The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church participated on Friday, 04 September 2015, in the official opening of the European Orthodox Christian Youth Meeting, which takes place in Cluj-Napoca between 04 and 07 September 2015. At this event, organized in Avram Iancu Square in the European Youth Capital of this year, thousands of young people…
Speech of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of Romania, delivered at the official opening of the Orthodox Youth Meeting in Europe, Cluj-Napoca, 4 September 2015 (you can also find below the Greek and Russian translations of the text): With great spiritual joy we greet all the young Orthodox Christians arriving these days in Cluj-Napoca, the European…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and Minister Nicolae Banicioiu signed on Thursday, 03 September 2015, in the Patriarch Teoctist Hall of the Patriarchal Residence, a Protocol of cooperation between the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry of Health, concerning the Programme entitled “Good Health for Villages”. The protocol was concluded in order to organise certain medical humanitarian…
The European Orthodox Christian Youth Meeting begins on Friday, 04 September 2015, in Cluj-Napoca. The event is organized by the Orthodox Christian Youth Association in Cluj, in partnership with the Archbishopric of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, and will be a premiere for the entire Orthodox world. Over 6000 young people from home and abroad are…
Today, 31 August 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the chapel of “Saint Great Martyr George” of the Patriarchal Residence, a group of young Jordanians accompanied by His Grace Qais Sadiq, Bishop of Erzurum. The Patriarch of Romania spoke about the role of the young Christians in today’s world:…
Congratulatory message of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of Romania, on the 85th anniversary of His Beatitude IRINEJ, Patriarch of Serbia: Bucharest, 28 August 2015 His Beatitude IRINEJ, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Your Beatitude, We warmly congratulate you on the occasion of your 85th birthday anniversary and we reassure you of our…
Today, 23 August 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the 12th Sunday after Pentecost. The parable of the Divine Liturgy read on this Sunday (Matthew 19:16-26) presents us the meeting of Jesus Christ with a young rich man. His Beatitude delivered a sermon in the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Cathedral in which he explained…
Today, 16 August 2015, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, and celebration day of the Brancovean Saints Martyrs, the faithful present at the Holy Cross – Caraiman Monastery, county of Prahova, and the monastic community were glad to have His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church as their guest. Holy Cross – Caraiman…
After 320 years since its building by spatharus Mihail Cantacuzino, the old church of Sinaia Monastery was re-consecrated today, 15 August 2016, on the feast of the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God. The place of worship has recently been restored and consolidated, with the painting of the church renovated too. The Patriarch of…
Today, 9 August 2015, the Christians are on the 10 Sunday after the Pentecost. The Church scheduled to read at the Divine Liturgy the evangelical parable of the Gospel according to Saint Matthew 17:14-23, which presents the healing of the boy with a demon: “When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and…
This Friday, 7 August 2015, the Patriarch of Romania licensed several priests of the Archdiocese of Bucharest as father confessors. The religious service was celebrated in the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to Saint Great Martyr George. The training of the father confessor lasts all his life, just like that of the physician’s…
On 6 August, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord. In Romania, people also call this feat Preobrajenia or Probojenia and it remembers the time of the miraculous transfiguration of the Lord, at Tabor Mount, in front of His disciples Peter, John and James. On this occasion, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated…
Today, 2 August 2015, the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, the Orthodox Church reads, at the Divine Liturgy, the evangelical parable of Saint Matthew 14:22-34 which presents Jesus walking on water and Calming the storm: “Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he…
During this period of hot weather and drought which seriously affects the agricultural crops all over the country with many consequences over the humans’ lives, the Patriarch of Romania urged the clergy and faithful to say prayers for rain at the right time, in the end of the sermon delivered today, 26 July 2015, the…
Today, the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, the evangelical parable of Saint Matthew 14:14-22, on the multiplication of the loaves of bread by Jesus Christ, our Lord, was read in all churches: When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to…
Today, 22 July 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrates the anniversary of 64 years of life. On this occasion, a Te Deum service was celebrated in the chapel at the semi-basement of the new church of “Saint Mary” – Techirghiol – patriarchal stavropighia – county of Constanta, as thanksgiving for the recent achievements…
Tuesday, 22 July 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates his 64th birthday. The Patriarch of Romania was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobrești village, Bara commune, Tomiș county, as the third child to the family of teacher Alexie and Stela Ciobotea. He attended the primary school in his native…