Today, 2 February 2014, the Orthodox faithful celebrate the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. The feast reminds the time Infant Jesus was brought to the Temple of Jerusalem when 40 days old, as the Jewish tradition stipulated. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained the significance of the feast after the Divine Liturgy was celebrated…
Today, 1 February 2014, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chaired the annual session of the annual meeting of the Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest in the Holy Synod Hall of the Patriarchal Residence. His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch attended the event. The meeting was preceded by the Te Deum celebrated…
Thursday, 30 January 2014, the four years old Secondary School of the “Three Saints Hierarchs” of the “Saint Nicholas” University chapel celebrated its Saints Patrons, Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom. The festive time was held in “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchate Palace, in the presence of His…
Today, 26 January 2014, the 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, the Gospel fragment relating our Saviour’s encounter with Zacchaeus, the tax collector was read in all churches. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to Saint Gregory the Enlightener in which he showed…
“The prayer is the best antidote to the state of division and only holiness can be the antidote to secularisation”. This assertion was made by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romanhia, on Saturday, 25 January 2014, in the Patriarchal Cathedral, after the Vesper service, in the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.…
On 24 January 2014, we celebrate 155 years since the Union of the Romanian Principalities, an act implemented at the Metropolitan Hill (Patriarchate Hill), in a building of the Church situated near the then Metropolitan Cathedral (Patriarchal Cathedral at present). Te Deum Service On this occasion, the ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Metropolitans Nifon of Wallachia…
Today, 19 January 2014, the Orthodox faithful are on the 29th Sunday after the Pentecost. In all the Orthodox places of worship the evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Luke, 17:12-10, was read at the Divine Liturgy, referring to the healing of the 10 lepers. The Gospel on the healing of the 10 lepers is a…
The Princely Church of the Old Court – patriarchal chapel – dresses festive vestments these days on the occasion of the celebration of the saint patron of this place of worship, Saint Antony the Great. On this occasion, Thursday night, 16 January 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania was present in the middle of…
This morning His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania blessed the painting of the chapel of Saint John the Baptist of the Romanian American University of Bucharest. On this occasion, the new Lux Mundi lecture room was blessed too. Univ. Prof. Dr. Ovidiu Flocut, Rector of the University, other members of the leadership of the educational…
Today, 15 January 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania attended the General Assembly of the Romanian Academy on the occasion of the National Culture Day and of the birthday of the national poet Mihai Eminescu. The event began with a concert of chamber music performed by a string quartet of the students of the…
Today, 12 January 2013, the Sunday after the Baptism of the Lord, the Evangelical pericope presenting us the Beginning of the Lord’s preaching, according to Saint Evangelist Matthew, chapter 4:12-17, was read in all the places of worship of the Romanian Patriarchate. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a sermon in the chapel of Saint Gregory…
On the celebration day of Saint John the Baptist the Prophet, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania was present at the Icon church of Bucharest which celebrated its saint patron. After the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude delivered a sermon in which he showed the significance of the feast of the day. To…
Today, 7 January 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present at the celebration of the Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist the Prophet with the faithful present at the Icon church of Bucharest which celebrated its saint patron. The Patriarch of Romania delivered a sermon in which he spoke about…
Today, 6 January 2014, feast of the Baptism of the Lord, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral. His Beatitude celebrated together with His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and Secretary of the Holy Synod and His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese…