Today, 17 December 2012, the Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Daniel the Prophet. On this occasion, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence which celebrates, on this day, its second saint patron. His Beatitude evoked the virtues of Saint Daniel the Prophet…
Today, 16 December 2012, the Orthodox Church is on the 28th Sunday after the Pentecost. The Evangelical parable of Saint Luke the Evangelist Apostle, chapter 14: 16-24, presenting the Parable of great dinner, was read in all churches, during the Divine Liturgy. In the sermon delivered in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint…
Saturday, 15 December 2012, the vocal instrumental group named “Gura izvorului” (the spring mouth) carolled the Patriarch of Romania. The carollers from the Secondary School of Vatra Moldovitei, Suceava, were headed by the director of the institution, Mr Traian Pusca and by Prof. Ilaria Pusca. Traditional carols were sung as well as some other ones…
On 14 December 2012, in the evening, hundreds of faithful attended the Vigil service at the Saint Great Elefterie of Bucharest. They have come to worship the holy relics of the Saint Great Martyr and to say prayers. The faithful had the joy to have His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania at the religious service,…
On 14 December 2012, in the evening, over 50 members of Datina Romaneasca group within the Traditia Romaneasca Association seated in Bucharest carolled His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and wished him many years of life and good health. The event was held in Europa Christiana Hall of the Patriarchate Palace of…
Today, 14 December 2012, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was carolled by about 40 children, members of the “Theotokos” Chorus of Alba Iulia, at the Patriarchate Palace. Dressed in national costumes, the little ones sang Romanian traditional carols. To end with, they were given presents and were blessed by the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church:…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was carolled by the young members of the Association of the Christian Orthodox Students of Romania, branch of Bucharest. “We are glad that students from various faculties keep the Romanian tradition of announcing the merciful love of God through the Nativity of the eternal Son Who was made man out of…
Tonight, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received the first carollers at the Patriarchate Palace. The announcers of the Nativity of the Lord were the children of the middle group of the Kindergarten no 187 of Bucharest. To end with, the Patriarch of Romania offered presents to the little carollers.
Today, 13 December 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church offered the military priests of the Archdiocese of Bucharest a set of priestly vestments. The event took place in “Europa Christiana” hall of the Patriarchate Palace. “We wanted to encourage you with a cassock, at the season’s feasts, as a remembrance and…
Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: A delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, consisting of His Eminence John, Metropolitan of Pergamon, and The Very Rev. Archimandrite Bartholomew Samaras, Secretary of the Holy Synod, came to Bucharest, from 10-12 December 2012, in order to discuss together with a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, made up…
Today, 12 December 2012, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Spiridon – the New, celebrated its saint patron. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. To end with the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian…
Message of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed at the funerals of Patriarch IGNATIUS IV of Antioch and All the East, Beirut, Lebanon, 9 December 2012: The Romanian Orthodox Church has received with profound Christian sorrow the news of the passing away from this world of our brother in Christ and…
Today, 9 December 2012, the Orthodox Christians are on the 27th Sunday after Pentecost. The Evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Luke, chapter 13:10-17, presenting the Healing of the crippled woman was read in all churches. In the sermon delivered in the Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint Gregory the Enlightener as saint patron, His…
Today, 6 December 2012, feast of Saint Hierarch Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra Lychia, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, consecrated the painting of the church of “Saint Nicholas” – Chiajna, deanery of Ilfov South. After the consecration of the painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated the Divine Liturgy assisted by a group…
To the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East It is with deep Christian sorrow that we have learned of the passing away of our beloved brother in Christ, the worth of remembering Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, an outstanding personality of contemporary Christian world. He was…