6 May 1836 – Priest ISIDOR VOROBCHIEVICI, composer and professor, was born in Cernăuți. Studies at the High Gymnasium (graduated in 1857) and at the Theological Institute, both of them in Cernăuți (1856 – 1860), continued at “Akademie fur Musik und darstellende Kunst” in Vienna (1867 – 1868). Priest in Davideni (1861-1865) and Rușii Moldoviței…
6 May 1992 – OREST BUCEVSCHI, professor of theology and deacon, passed away. Studies at the Secondary School of Câmpulung Moldovenesc (1908 – 1916). He studied at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1918 – 1922), which awarded him the doctor’s degree, and at the Faculty of Philology, branch of Classic Languages, and graduated in…
Thousands of faithful present at the Joy Hill received in front of the Patriarchal Residence and Cathedral the Holy Light brought from Jerusalem. The Resurrection service was celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, assisted by a group of servant priests and deacons of the Patriarchal Cathedral. The Resurrection of Christ is the foundation of the…
I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in Me, even though they die, will live. (John 11:25) Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! The celestial joy that Christ risen from the dead brings to the souls of the faithful is the joy of human being’s eternal communion with God. The Resurrection…
The Holy Light from the church of the Holy Sepulchre arrived in Bucharest at Henri Coanda Aiport, around 19.40 hours, brought by a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate. Then, the Holy Light carried by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was met at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Beatitude Daniel,…
On Saturday, 4 May 2013, a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate headed by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest brought to Romania, by a special plane, with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Holy Light of the church of the Holy Sepulchre of…
As every year at Easter time, in order to increase the joy of the clergy, Saturday night, 4 May 2013, a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate headed by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, will bring, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Light from the church…
30 March 1989 – Writer, philosopher, jurist, monk NICOLAE STEINHARDT passed away at Rohia Monastery, county of Maramureș. Studies at “Spiru Haret” Secondary School of Bucharest (1922 – 1929), at the Faculties of Philology and Law of the University of Bucharest (1929 – 1934), with a doctor’s degree in law (1936), specialisation in France (Paris)…
30 March 1995 – Priest and theology professor SIMION RADU passed away. Studies at the “Andrei Șaguna” normal school of Sibiu, with equivalent examination at the secondary school and school leaving examination; higher studies at the “Andreian” Theological Academy of Sibiu (1927 – 1931), graduated at Cernăuți (1935); a doctor’s degree at the University Theological…
On 28 April 2013, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem, a feast also known as the Palm Sunday. During the Divine Liturgy the evangelical pericope of Saint John was read, chapter 12: 1-18, presenting the oiling of Jesus Christ, our Lord, in Betania, as well as the triumphal entrance of…
Today, 27 April 2013, thousands of faithful and over 700 priests participated in the traditional Palm Sunday pilgrimage held in Bucharest. This year, the pilgrimage of Bucharest organised on the occasion of the feast of the Entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem began with the Vesper service united with the Litany celebrated on the platform…
To end with the Vesper service celebrated today, 27 April 2013, at the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, the Patriarch of Romania explained in the sermon delivered that the new cathedral will be like a Resurrection candle and like a coming out of the humiliation the Church was sentenced to in many ways during the…
Today, 27 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Vesper service united with the Litany on the platform of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation. Besides the Patriarch of Romania, His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, also celebrated, assisted by a group of 12…
Today, 26 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in Europa Christiana hall of the Patriarchate Palace the directors of theological and high schools seminaries, and the counsellors for education and youth activity, as well as the specialised inspectors of the Romanian Patriarchate. During the meeting His Beatitude spoke to…
This year, the pilgrimage organised in Bucharest on the occasion of the Lord’s entry in Jerusalem will begin Saturday, 27 April 2013, 15.00 hours, with the Vesper service celebrated on the platform of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation (or at the patriarchal chapel of the “Resurrection of the Lord” if raining). After the service,…
On Monday the 22.04.2013, we were surprised by the news that our brothers Bishop Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo and Alexandretta and Bishop John (Ibrahim) Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Aleppo, have been kidnapped on their way back to Aleppo after accomplishing a humanitarian mission. We deeply regret what happened as we regret all similar acts targeting…
From 22 – 23 April 2013, Their Graces Bishops Dositei of the Serbs of Scandinavia and Great Britain and Macarie of Northern Europe organised meetings in Stockholm with theologians and intellectuals from Sweden on the role and place of the Church in the Scandinavian society. On this occasion the book by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel…
On 23 April, the Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Great Martyr George, the Victory Bearer who is the protector of the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence. In the sermon delivered within the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the historical chapel, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasised the model to be followed that Saint Great Martyr George gives…
Today, 21 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel announced in the end of the Divine Liturgy, in the Patriarchal Cathedral, that Saturday, 27 April 2013, the Palm Sunday pilgrimage will take place from the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation to the Patriarchal Cathedral. “As we have already done during the last few years, the Palm Sunday…
Today, 21 April 2013, the 5th Sunday of the Lent, also named of Pious Mary the Egyptian, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church 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 (Mark 10:…