Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 12.00 hours, on the occasion of the commemoration of 25 years since the repression of the revolutionary heroes of Timisoara, the bells will be rung in all the cathedrals, churches and monasteries of the Romanian Patriarchate as sign of gratitude, and solemn prayers will be said for the first revolutionary heroes…
Today, 9 December 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church awarded ranks of iconom stavrofor, iconom and savrofor to 18 priests of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. The religious service was celebrated by His Beatitude in the historical chapel dedicated to “Saint Great Martyr George” of the Patriarchal Cathedral. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel…
Sunday, 7 December 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, blessed the new bells of the church – patriarchal chapel – of Saint Anton, Old Court, of Bucharest. The blessing service was celebrated around 12.00 hours, after the Divine Liturgy, in front of the church, in the presence of hundreds of faithful. The bells were…
Today, 7 December 2014, the Orthodox Church is on the 27th Sunday after Pentecost. The evangelical pericope of Luke 13:10-17 which presents the healing of the crippled woman was read at the Divine Liturgy in all the Orthodox churches. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania delivered a sermon in the chapel of the Patriarchal Cathedral…
On 6 December 2014, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Hierarch Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra Lychia. On this great feast day, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral assisted by a group of priests and deacons. Saint Hierarch Nicholas is a model of mercy and lowliness The Primate…
Thursday, 4 December 2014, the shrine of the right hand of Saint Hierarch Nicholas from “Saint George” – the New of Bucharest was brought to “Alexandru Trestioreanu” Oncological Institute – Fundeni of Bucharest for the comfort and joy of the children hospitalized at the Section of onco-paediatry – “Lumina” newspaper informs. Besides the blessing of…
Today, 2 December 2014, the Patriarch of Antioch and All East ended the brotherly visit he paid to the Romanian Patriarchate at the invitation of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Before leaving from Henri Coanda International Airport, His Beatitude John X declared: “We leave a very rich country. We leave with…
In response to the invitation of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, His Beatitude John X; Patriarch of Antioch and al the East, paid a fraternal visit to the Church of Romania between the 28th of November and the 2na of December 2014. This was the occasion for the Patriarch John and the Antiochian delegation…
Tonight, 1 December 2014, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All East met the members of the Arabian speaking Orthodox community of Bucharest. The event took place at the church of Saint Dumitru Post situated in the heart of Bucharest. His Beatitude spoke about keeping the faith at time of trial. “We know…
This Monday, 1 December 2014, the representatives of the Patriarchate of Antioch present in Romania visited several important religious objectives of Bucharest. The delegation was headed by His Eminence Sava, Metropolitan of Hautan and accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and Patriarchal Exarch. Monastery of Radu Voda First, the delegates visited “Radu…
On 1 December 2014, the national day of Romania, at 12.00 hours, the Te Deum service was celebrated in the Patriarchal Cathedral according to the church tradition and to the decision of the Holy Synod. The religious service was celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, assisted by a group of priests and deacons,…
On 30 November, the Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Andrew the Apostle, the first called, Protector of Romania. His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All East and His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest. The group of hierarchs consisted of His Eminence Sava, Metropolitan of…
From 28 November – 2 December 2014, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All Orient is paying a brotherly visit to the Romanian Patriarchate at the invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania. Yesterday, on the first day of the visit, the official meeting ceremony of the delegation of the Patriarchate of…
After the audience at Cotroceni Palace, the Patriarch of Antioch and the Patriarch of Romania visited the church of “Saint Spiridon – Old” of Bucharest. The historical place of worship was demolished during the period of the communist regime, rebuilt after 1990, and consecrated by the late Patriarchs Ignatios IV of Antioch and Teoctist of…
Today, 28 November 2014, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All Orient and His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania were received by the President of Romania, Mr. Traian Basescu, at Cotroceni Palace. During the meeting, Mr President Traian Basescu underlined Romania’s concern for the hard situation of Syria, where a large number of…
This afternoon, a new seat named “Saint John Casian” of the “Basilica Travel” Pilgrimage Office of the Romanian Patriarchate was consecrated at Braila. The religious service was celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, assisted by a group of hierarchs, priests and deacons. The sermon His Beatitude delivered showed the spiritual importance of the…
Thursday, 27 November 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the consecration service of the chapel dedicated to the Meeting of the Lord and to the Brancovean Saints Martyrs within the Archiepiscopal Palace of Galati. Today too, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel blessed and inaugurated the Museum of Christian History, Culture and Spirituality of Lower…