Today, 8 March 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the 2nd Sunday of the Lent (of Saint Gregory Palama). His Eminence Antimos, Metropolitan of Alexandropolis and Samutraki and exarch of Rodopi (Greece) and His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral assisted by a…
Today, 8 March 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the 2nd Sunday of the Lent, of Saint Gregory Palama. The Church scheduled the Evangelical parable of Saint Mark the Evangelist 2:1-12, for this Sunday, on the Healing of the paralyzed man of Capernaum, as well as the Evangelical parable of Saint John 10:9-16. Son, your…
On the first Sunday of the Lent, called the Orthodoxy Sunday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, together with His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, His Grace Ieronim Sinaitul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, and His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to…
Today, 1 March 2015, the Orthodoxy Sunday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrates 25 years since his ordination as hierarch. Thus, His Beatitude was congratulated at the end of the Divine Liturgy celebrated today in the Patriarchal Cathedral. On this occasion, His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest delivered a…
Today, 1 March 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the Orthodoxy Sunday. The Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral. After reading the Evangelical Pericope of Saint John 1:43-51, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a sermon. To end with his speech, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church underlined the importance…
Met in working session at the Patriarchal Residence on 28 February 2015 under the chairmanship of His Eminence Ioan Robu, Roman Catholic Archbishop and Metropolitan of Bucharest (according to the Statutes which stipulates chairmanship by turns), the Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania took notice of the motivation of the decision of the…
Congratulatory message of His Beatitude Daniel,Patriarch of Romania on the occasion of the anniversary ofthe name day of His Holiness Bartholomaios, Ecumenical Patriarch,29 February 1940 Bucharest, 28 February 2015 His Holiness BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch Your Holiness, We warmly congratulate you on the occasion of your 75th birth anniversary, reassuring…
Today, 27 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church re-blessed, in the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence, the shrine of the relics of Saint John Chrysostom, from the Chapel of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation. The Patriarch of Romania delivered a sermon in which he told those present how…
Monday, 23 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Canon of Saint Andrew the Cretan within the Great Compline service. The canon celebration began at 16.00 hours, in the presence of hundreds of faithful. Because we are during the Lent period, the Primate of our Church was wearing black…
Today, 22 February 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the Sunday of Adam’s Expulsion from the Paradise (beginning of the Lent with neither cheese). The evangelical pericope of Saint Matthew 6:14-21 was read in all Orthodox Churches. “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.…
Bucharest, 17 February 2015 His Holiness TAWADROS II, Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Church Your Holiness, We have learned with sorrow and concern about the 21 Egyptian Christians belonging to the Coptic Church, killed in Libya by some militants of the “Islamic State” (ISIS) organization. This action is a further sad proof of the…
Today, 17 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church blessed the new social canteen of the deanery of district 2 Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests. His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, Mr. Neculai Ontanu, mayor of District 2 Bucharest, eparchial counsellor priests, as well…
Today, 15 February 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the Sunday Awful Judgement. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Besides His Beatitude, His Grace Ieronim Sinaitul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest concelebrated…
Today, 13 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church licensed twelve 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. To end with the celebration the Patriarch of Romania spoke to the…
Today, 9 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church awarded ranks to three priests of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Rev Grigore Melnic – the new archpriest of Campina Deanery and Rev Mihaita Stroe – the new archpriest of South Ploiesti Deanery were awarded the ranks of iconom stavrofor, while deacon Valentin…
Today, 8 February 2015, the Orthodox Church is on the 34th Sunday after the Pentecost, of the Return of the Prodigal Son. The evangelical parable of Luke 15:11-32 which presents the Return of the Prodigal Son was read in all the Orthodox churches, at the Divine Liturgy: “Jesus continued: “There was a man who had…
Today, 7 February 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania received at the Patriarchal Residence the employees of the daily publication “Lumina Newspaper” on the occasion of the anniversary of 10 years of existence. On this occasion, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered an anniversary speech entitled the First Decade of Christian Daily…