Today, 11 May 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the 4th Sunday after Easter. According to the order of our Church, the evangelical pericope of Saint John the Evangelist, 5:1-15, was read at the Divine Liturgy, a fragment that presents the healing of the sick man at Bethzatha pool by Jesus Christ, our Saviour. In…
11 May 1999 – priest ILARION ARGATU (baptised Ioan), hieromonk and very appreciated father confessor passed away in Bucharest (buried at Boroaia, county of Suceava). Studies at the Theological Seminary of Dorohoi, continued at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți; he attended, in parallel, the courses of the Military School of Bacău, getting the sub-lieutenant…
Today, 5 May 2014, the second edition of the National Conference on the theme Dogmatic unity and national specific in the religious painting is held at the Patriarchate Palace. The event convenes historians of art, painters and specialists in church art. The manifestation dedicated to the commemorative year of the Brancovean Martyr Saints was opened…
5 May 1854 – Priest CONSTANTIN MORARIU, poet and translator, was born at Mitocu Dragomirnei. Studies at the Secondary School in Sucevița (1866 – 1874) and at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1874 – 1878). Priest in Toporăuți (1878 – 1886), Cernăuți (1866-1896) and Pătrăuți (1896 – 1917), metropolitan counsellor in Cernăuți (1918 –…
5 May 1875 – Metropolitan NIFON (baptised Nicolae Rusailă) passed away in Bucharest (buried at Cernica). Monk at Cernica in 1809 and ordained hierodeacon for the Metropolitan See, later on hieromonk (1826), iconom at the Diocese of Râmnic (1827), archimandrite (1826), abbot at Cozia (1839), vicar of the Metropolitan See of Ungro-Wallachia (1841), ordained hierarch…
This Sunday, the 3rd after the Holy Easter, the Church remembers the Myrrh Bearing Women. While visiting the community of Tiganesti Monastery of Ilfov county, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the courage of the myrrh bearing women and about the importance of their example for every one of us. “The Gospel shows us that…
Today, 30 April 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the Patriarchal Residence the participants in the Consultation for the estimation of the dialogue between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church of Germany which is taking place in Bucharest from 29 April – 2 May 2014. The results…
Today, 29 April 2014, nine Romanian Orthodox hierarchs were decorated by the President of Romania, Mr. Traian Basescu. The ceremony took place at Cotroceni Palace, in the presence of the Patriarch of Romania, His Beatitude Daniel. “The event is a symbol of the gratitude I feel for you and for the other five high hierarchs…
Today the collection for aiding the Christians of Syria and of other areas of Middle East, many of them victims of the persecution and violence, began in all the churches and monasteries of the Romanian Patriarchate. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed in the sermon delivered within the Divine Liturgy the hope that peace and good…
Today, 27 April 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the Sunday of Saint Thomas, the 2nd Sunday after Easter. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch. After reading the evangelical pericope of…
27 April 1947 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, passed away in Timișoara. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes of Toracul Mic (1892 – 1894), Comloșul Bănățean (1894 – 1896) and Sânnicolaul Mare (1910 – 1918), school deputy inspector…
Today, 25 April 2014, the Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of the Healing Spring. After the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, the blessing service of the water, also called little holy water. To end with the water blessing service, the Patriarch of Romania delivered…
Today, 23 April 2014, hundreds of faithful of Ilfov county attended the historical celebration of Cernica Monastery, Saint Great Martyr George. The saint patron’s service was celebrated by a group of priests and deacons, servant clergy of the monastery. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania was in the middle of the faithful and spoke about…
23 April 1738 – Metropolitan of Wallachia STEFAN II passed away (buried at the Metropolitan See, in Bucharest). He was born in 1630. Ecclesiarch of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Bucharest, Bishop of Buzau (1719 – 1731) and Metropolitan (January 1732 – 1738). During his pastoral rule many books were printed, among which Chiriacodromionul (1732), after…