Friday, 13 March 2015, the agreement between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Romanian Patriarchate concerning the utilization of the church of Saint Martyr Paraskevi of Pikridon – Istanbul, Turkey, by the Romanian Orthodox community over here was renewed for five years more. The representative of the Romanian Patriarchate was His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, with the…
Today, 15 March 2015, the 3rd Sunday of the Lent, also called Sunday of the Holy Cross, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church visited the monastic community of Samurcasesti Monastery, where he participated in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. To end with the celebration, the Patriarch of Romania spoke about the…
Today, 14 March 2015, a new social canteen of the Archdiocese of Bucharest was inaugurated at Cernica Monastery, county of Ilfov. “Metropolitan Nifon” canteen was blessed by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church assisted by a group of priests and deacons. To end with the blessing service, the Patriarch of Romania showed…
On 11 March 2015, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received Her Excellency Mrs Nina Sajić, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Bosnia and Hertzegovina in Romania, on an introductory visit. Her Excellency thanked for reception and presented various aspects of the social-political and religious life of Bosnia and Hertzegovina. In this sense, Mrs Ambassador underlined the important…
Religion class is present in one way or another in the public school subsidised by state in all the countries of the European Union. The national dimension of the presence of religion in the European schools is diverse, with deep roots in the spirituality, culture and history of each country. The differences are present in…
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…