This Sunday the Romanians went to vote to elect their president within the second ballot. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church voted tonight around 17.00 hours at polling station 644 within “Ienachita Vacarescu” School 74 of Bucharest. After casting his vote, His Beatitude offered small icons to those present. Over 18,500 polling…
Today, 16 November 2014, the Orthodox Church is on the 25th Sunday after Pentecost. The evangelical pericope of Luke 10:25-37 presenting the Good Samaritan was read in all the Orthodox Churches. On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”…
Today, 14 November 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church offered the Order of the Brancovean Saints Martyrs, in the Romanian Saints room of the Patriarchal Residence, to cinema worker Nicolae Margineanu. The festive event took place in the presence of the Standing Meeting of the Church National Council. The distinction was…
Today, 13 November 2014, the chapel of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation celebrated its third dedication day, that of Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. Hundreds of faithful prayed…
Today, 9 November 2014, the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church participated in the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Cathedral of “Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles and Saint Hierarch Nicholas” of Deva city. The religious service was celebrated by His Eminence Laurentiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania, together with a group…
The second day of the canonical visit of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara ended with the blessing of the new Eparchial Centre. This one was set up close to the Cathedral dedicated to “Saint Hierarch Nicholas” and to “Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles”. Several hierarchs of our Church…
Saturday afternoon, 8 November 2014, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church inaugurated and blessed the Social – Medical Centre of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara. The settlement was dedicated to Saint Hierarch Nectarie and it is assigned to the people with low income, Trinitas TV informs. The Patriarch of Romania awarded rev Dumitru…
Today, 8 November 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church consecrated the church dedicated to the “Birth of the Mother of God” and to the “Brancovean Saints Martyrs” of Deva. The group of hierarchs consisted of: His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina, His Eminence Laurentiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania, His Eminence…
Tonight, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church arrived at the Episcopal Cathedral of “Saint Hierarch Nicholas and Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles” of Deva. His Beatitude was received by a group of hierarchs made up of His Eminence Laurentiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania, His Eminence Timotei, Archbishop of Arad, His Grace Lucian,…
Friday, 7 November 2014, the special meeting of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolitanate of Banat for consulting the extended Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Timisoara was held at the Metropolitanate of Timisoara, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Archbishop locum tenens of Timisoara and Metropolitan of Banat, in view of appointing…
Thursday, 6 November 2014, the working session of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolitanate of Banat took place, chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Archbishop locum tenens and Metropolitan of Banat, with the participation of His Eminence Timotei, Archbishop of Arad, His Grace Lucian, Bishop of Caransebes and His Grace Paisie Lugojanul, Assistant Bishop to…
The faithful and priests of the Archdiocese of Ramnic and Bacau bid farewell to Archbishop Eftimie Luca. In the morning, the liturgical programme began at the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Roman with the Matins service and continued with the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina, together with several hierarchs members…
Today, 6 November 2014, His Eminence Nicolae was remembered 40 days since his passing away. The commemoration began with the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timisoara by a group of hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Then, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the remembrance service. Besides His…
This Sunday, the Romanians went to vote to elect their president. Tonight, at 17.00 hours, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church voted at polling station 644 at “Ienachita Vacarescu” School 74 of Bucharest. After casting his vote, His Beatitude offered small icons to those present. Over 18,000 polling stations were set up…
Today, 2 November 2014, the Romanian Orthodox Church is on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost. All the Orthodox churches read the evangelical pericope from Luke 16:19-31 at the Divine Liturgy, which presents the parable of the merciless rich man: “The Lord said: There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen…
Today, 30 October 2014, Rev Archimandrite Timotei Aioanei was ordained Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest. The Divine Liturgy and ordination as bishop were celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, together with a group of hierarchs as follows: His Eminence Casian, Archbishop of Lower Danube, His…