Romanian Patriarch Daniel presented the general report on the Bucharest Archdiocese’s activities in 2025 during the annual meeting of the Archdiocesan Assembly on Thursday, January 22.
The event opened with a Te Deum service celebrated by the Archdiocese’s Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova, in the Europa Christiana Hall of the Patriarchal Palace.
Patriarch Daniel delivered the report in plenary session, including summary figures on the archdiocese’s administrative and pastoral work, economic and heritage management, cultural and missionary activity, education, and philanthropy.
Philanthropy and social support
The value of social and charitable assistance provided last year to church institutions and people in difficulty amounted to around 2.2 million euros, alongside a number of social infrastructure projects.
These projects included work on the construction of a day centre for children with hearing impairments in Bucharest; services offered through the “Smile for All” social dental clinic, run in partnership with Sector 2’s child protection and social assistance directorate (DGASPC), where 780 patients were treated last year; and the submission of a project to establish a new palliative care centre in Ploiești.
Committee discussions and proposals for the new year
Detailed reports were subsequently reviewed by specialised committees, while deanery heads met separately for brief presentations and proposals for activities in the coming year.
At the end of the meeting, members of the Archdiocesan Assembly approved the reports on 2025 activities, including the financial statement, as well as the draft budget for 2026.
The Archdiocesan Assembly is the deliberative body responsible for all administrative, cultural, social-charitable, economic and heritage matters of the archdiocese. It is made up of elected members, both clergy and lay representatives.
The president of the Archdiocesan Assembly of the Bucharest Archdiocese is Patriarch Daniel, who also serves as Archbishop of Bucharest and Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja.
Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
