7 July 1581 – Bishop ISAIA passed away. He seemed to have been turned monk at Agapia, Bishop of Rădăuți (cca 1564 – the second half of 1577), retired before 1561, drafted the first collection of Moldavian chronicles, made up of the Chronicle Putna I, Chronicle of Macarie – short version – Chronicle of Eftimie;…
Today, 6 July 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the 4th Sunday after the Pentecost. According to the good order of our Church, the evangelical pericope of Saint Matthew the Evangelist, 8:5-13, was read at the Divine Liturgy, presenting the Healing of the centurion’s servant. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romanian delivered a sermon at…
Today, 1 July 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the Patriarchal Residence the visit of Michael Martin, church superior counsellor of the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Bayern. He was accompanied by a delegation which also included His Grace Sofian Brasoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany,…
On 30 June 2014, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received at the Patriarchal Residence the introductory visit of His Excellency Mr Francois Saint-Paul, French Ambassador in Bucharest. His Excellency thanked for reception and mentioned that during the two months since he has been on a diplomatic mission in Romania he has travelled to several regions of…
Sunday, 29 June 2014, the Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Chapel of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, assisted by a group of priests and deacons, in the presence of many faithful. On this day, the Orthodox Christians are on the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 6:22-33 – On the troubles…
Today, 24 June 2014, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Birth of Saint John the Baptist, a feast known in the Romanian folk tradition as “Sanzienele” or “Dragaica”. At this great feast of the Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the summer altar in the precincts…
On the second Sunday after the feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present at the church of the Romanian Saints of district 3 Bucharest which celebrated its dedication day. The evangelical pericope of Saint Matthew 4:18-23 was read at the Divine Liturgy, which…
Today, 21 June 2014, the constitutive meeting of the Eparchial Assembly was held at the Patriarchal Residence. The meeting was preceded by the Divine Liturgy and by the Te Deum service celebrated in the Patriarchal Cathedral. Then, His Beatitude Patriarchal Daniel opened the meeting: “To start with the meeting we must tell you that this…
Today, 20 June 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania licensed two hieromonks and nine priests from 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 Patriarch of Romania delivered a sermon in which…
Today, 19 May 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania received at the Patriarchal Residence the visit of the editors and coordinators of the national and regional editions of “Lumina” newspaper. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke to those present about the responsibility of the church journalists: “We do hope that the activity of this newspaper…
Today, 17 June 2014, the Patriarch of Romania attended at the Parliament Palace the anniversary of 150 years since the setting up of the Chamber of the Senators. The Chamber of the Senators was set up in 1864, with Primate Metropolitan Nifon Rusaila as its first President. The Primate Metropolitan was one of the Presidents…
Today, 16 June 2014, Mihai Eminescu was commemorated at the Romanian Academy within a solemn session where His Beatitude Daniel Patriarch of Romania was also present. Academicians, university professors, clergy, as well as people of culture attended the event. To start with, Ionel-Valentin Vlad, President of the Romanian Academy affirmed that Mihai Eminescu is both…
Today, 16 June 2014, Basilica.ro news website of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates 6 years of life. Basilica news agency of the Romanian Patriarchate was set up with the blessing and care of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on 27 October 2007, at the feast of Saint Dimitrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, at the same time…
On the first Sunday after the feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church joined the community of Antim Monastery, on the occasion of the celebration of the dedication day of the place of worship. His Beatitude delivered a speech in which he showed that the…
11 June 1903 – NICOLAE BALCA, deacon and theology professor was born in Tohanu Nou, county of Brașov. Studies at the Normal School of “Andrei Șaguna” of Sibiu, and at the theoretic secondary school with final examination in private (1925). High studies at the “Andean” Theological Academy of Sibiu (1925-1929) and Religious Philosophy, Theology and…
11 June 1831 – Priest VARTOLOMEU BAIULESCU, with historical and ecumenical preoccupation was born in Zâmești, county of Brașov. Studies at the Roman-Catholic Gymnasium of Brașov (1845 – 1849) and at the Clerical School of Sibiu (1849 – 1850), teacher of the Orthodox students at the schools of the Saxons of Transylvania (1864 – 1886),…
11 June 1884 – Seminary professor ZAHARIA BOERESCU passed away in Bucharest. Studies of theology in Vârșeț. He activated as professor at the “Central” Seminary in Bucharest (1837 – 1843; 1864 – 1866), at the Seminary of Curtea de Argeș (1843; 1851-1864), as well as at the schools of Caracal (1843 – 1845), and Giurgiu…
Today, 9 June 2014, the Orthodox Christians celebrate the Holy Trinity. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a sermon at the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to Saint Great Martyr George, in which he explained how this feast was scheduled for Monday. “This feast of the Most Holy Trinity was first set in the calendar…