On 16 February 2014, the 34th Sunday after the Pentecost, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest assisted by a group of priests and deacons. In the sermon delivered after reading the Evangelical Pericope of the day (Luke 15:11-32), His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasised the spiritual…
On 13 February 2014, the first working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church of this year was held in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. We mention some of the decisions adopted: -The Holy Synod approved the programme of the manifestations organised…
On 12 February 2014, the annual working session of the Church National Assembly – the central deliberative body of the Romanian Orthodox Church for the administrative, social, cultural, economical and patrimonial issues – was held at the Patriarchate Palace, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The members of the Church National Assembly (the…
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, the annual working session of the Church National Council of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held at the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania. To start with, His Beatitude made a brief presentation of the activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2013. “The interior…
February 10, 1881 – The priest and professor Niculae M. Popescu, who taught History of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born in Dambovicioara, Dambovita County
Today, 9 February 2014, the Orthodox Church is on the 33rd Sunday after the Pentecost, also named of the Tax Collector and of the Pharisee. The evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Luke, 18:10-14, about the Tax collector and the Pharisee was read in all churches. The Orthodox Church began the period of the Triode This…
With the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, from 2-3 February 2014, a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate met in Jerusalem with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, accompanied by Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina and Archbishop Methodios of Tabor for restoring full communion between the two patriarchates. This communion…
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…