In these days of grief, but also of social unrest, the Romanian Patriarchate calls on the sons of the Church to pray for peace and unity, because prayer is the source of light and wisdom, of spiritual and moral renewal in the life of the Church and also in the life of our society. The…
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, a solemn service for Queen Maria was celebrated at Pelişor Castle, Sinaia. The heart of Queen Maria was transferred from the National History Museum of Romania to Pelişor Castle, Sinaia. There, at 15.00 hours, a ceremony was celebrated when Princess Margareta laid the heart of Queen Maria in the Golden Room…
Our Venerable Father George was born in 1901 in the city of Argyropolis in the region of Pontus (today’s Gümüșhane, Turkey), the son of two pious Christians, named Savva and Sophia Karslides. He received the name of Athanasios at the Holy Baptism. At a young age he remained an orphan of both parents, and was…
Claudiu Petre, the hero from Collective Club, was buried Tuesday, 3 November 2015. The funeral service was celebrated at Saint Dumitru church – Rahova Park 1, Bucharest, by His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, has also been present at the funeral…
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was at Delea Veche parish church, where he celebrated a Trisagion service for Maria Ion, who died during the fire broken out at Collective Club of Bucharest. At the end of the celebration, His Beatitude delivered a speech for the mourning family…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, officiated on Tueseday, 03 November 2015, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, a memorial service for the victims of the accident which took place at the Collective Club in Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarch was assisted by an assembly of priests and deacons. On this occasion, His Beatitude delivered a…
01 November 2015 To His Beatitude Patriarch of Romania Kyr Daniel Bucharest Your Beatitude, Beloved brother and concelebrant before the Throne of the Lord! On behalf of the pleroma of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and on Our own behalf, We ask You to accept the expressions of Our brotherly and prayerful condolences on the occasion…
In the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, His Beatitude Romanian Patriarch Daniel officiated this morning (11:00 a.m.) a Trisagion (Memorial Service) for the persons departed to the Lord after the fire which took place at Colectiv Club in the evening of 30 October 2015, in the day of their funeral. Clergy of the Patriarchal Administration and…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother in Christ and Concelebrant! In this painful moment when we were deeply grieved to learn about the fire tragedy at a night club in Bucharest, one which brought to an early ending of the life of tens of young people and made the brotherly Romanian…
Ecumenical Patriarchate 01.11.2015 His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania Having learned about the tragic accident that occurred in Bucharest, resulting in many deaths and injuries, we express our profound compassion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and our own personally towards Your beloved Beatitude and the entire Romanian faithful people, and we pray for the repose of…
In sign of solidarity with the persons affected by the tragedy that occurred at Colectiv Club in Bucharest, a group of 40 students of the Technical Military Academy of Bucharest have participated today, 02 November 2015, in a new blood donation campaign at Floreasca Emergency Hospital. Today’s action has been coordinated by the volunteers of…
The message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, addressed to the participants at the 27th Pan-Orthodox Conference of the Delegates of Orthodox Churches and Holy Dioceses on Matters Pertaining Heresies and Para-religion with the theme: Aspects of the Contemporary Occultism, Corinth, Greece, between 02 and 04 November 2015: We address our fraternal salute to…
With much sorrow we have learned about the tragedy caused by a fire at Colectiv Club in Bucharest in the night of 30 October 2015, after which 27 persons lost their lives, over 160 people have been injured, of whom 146 have been hospitalized in 12 hospitals of Bucharest. In these moments of grievance of…
From 28 to 29 October 2015, in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has met under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, and decided the following: To enlist St Venerable George the Confessor of Drama in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church,…
The address of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, delivered on Wednesday, 28 October 2015, at Cotroceni Palace, at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania, on the 130th anniversary since the acknowledgement of the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the 90th anniversary since her elevation to the…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, together with the members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, met on Wednesday, 28 October 2015, His Excellency Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania. The meeting took place at Cotroceni Palace at the invitation of the President of Romania to commemorate 130 years since the…
Saint Hyacinth was born at the end of the 13thcentury. He attended the high schools of the time, completing his theological education in Constantinople, where he defended the Orthodox teaching of hesychasm together with Saint Gregory Palamas. Given his worthiness, he was elected metropolitan of Vicina after the death of metropolitan Kiril, in 1358. Saint…
The solemn meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has taken place today, 28 October 2015, in the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest, under the presidency of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania. During the meeting, His Grace Varlaam Ploieşteanul (of Ploieşti), Assistant bishop to the Romanian Patriarch, presented the synthesis report regarding…
At the end of the solemn meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in the presence of His Eminence Pavlos, Metropolitan of Drama, the Holy Synod decided to enlist St Venerable George (Karslides) the New Confessor of Drama in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In the historical parekklesion (chapel) St…
At the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, the Divine Liturgy was officiated on Wednesday, 28 October 2015, on the Feast of St Hierarch Hyacinth of Vicina, Metropolitan of Wallachia, by His Grace Visarion, Bishop of Tulcea, surrounded by an assembly of priests and deacons. The Divine Liturgy preceded today’s meeting of the Holy Synod of the…