Met on 16 and 17 December 2014, in working session at the Patriarchal Residence, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took notice with great worry of the discriminatory and humiliating decision concerning the Religion class of the Constitutional Court of Romania of 12 November 2014.…
Today, 17 December 2014, a Te Deum service was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the occasion of the name day of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, as thanksgiving to God for the protection and help given to His Beatitude in the service of the Romanian Orthodox Church and of the Romanian people. On…
Today, 17 December 2014, 12.00 hours, the bells were rung in all the cathedrals, churches and monasteries as sign of gratitude and solemn prayers were said for the first revolutionary heroes who sacrificed themselves 25 years ago at Timisoara for the freedom, faith and dignity of the Romanian people oppressed by the communist regime. When…
On 16 December 2014, 19.00 hours, the traditional carols concert entitled “Sunrise from high above” took place at the National Opera House of Bucharest, with the blessing of and in the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania. This year, the concert was performed by the “Symbol” chorus of children and young people of…
This morning (Tuesday, 16 December 2014), the Divine Liturgy and the Te Deum were celebrated before opening the working session of the Holy Synod. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Andrei Fagarasanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Sibiu, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. Then, His Grace has also celebrated…
On 16 and 17 December 2014, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church is held at the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarchal Daniel. On the first day, after opening the session, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chaired the working session of the Holy Synod for electing the…
Today, 16 December 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, blessed three missionary spaces. Members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, patriarchal and eparchial counsellors, as well as employees of the three new missionary spaces were present. The three missionary spaces, the Orthodox Bookshop of church books and objects, a new seat…
Today, 14 December 2014, the Orthodox Church is on the 28th Sunday after Pentecost. The evangelical parable of the great dinner (Luke 14:16-21) 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 Residence dedicated to Saint Hierarch Gregory…
Friday, 12 December 2014, and Saturday, 13 December 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received several groups of carollers at the Patriarchal Residence. The first ones who announced the Nativity of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, were the members of the “Pilgrim” chorus of “Basilica Travel” Pilgrimage Agency of the…
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…