On the occasion of the Sunday of the Romanian migrants, August 19, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to all Romanians living abroad urging them to keep their Orthodox faith, the national unity and the Romanian spirituality. Unity of faith and national unity on the Centennial: Full text The first Sunday after…
Four months before its consecration, the works at the National Cathedral are being carried out at a fast pace. The consecration of the cathedral is part of a national project dedicated to the Centennial of the 1918 Great Union and it will be officiated by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Sunday, November 25, 2018.…
In his homily delivered Thursday at the Chapel of the National Cathedral, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti referred to the advanced stage of the construction works at the National Cathedral noting that ‘this edifice is the proof of the miraculous work of the Prodromitissa wonderworking icon.’ ‘This is how we can explain how in…
Abbot Prodromos of Great Lavra and Abbot Athanasios of the Prodromos Skete on Mount Athos celebrated Thursday the Divine Liturgy at the patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest in honour of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti,…
Elder Athanasios Prodromites, the abbot of the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner, St John the Baptist, on Mount Athos, led Wednesday the All-night Vigil service in honour of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God at the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest. The service was held with the chorostasia of Elder Prodromos Lavriotes,…
The Byzantine Choir Tronos of the Romanian Patriarchate performed Wednesday a special concert dedicated to the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God in the opening of the celebrations of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. The concert directed by Archdeacon and Protopsaltes Mihail Bucă included various hymns dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos that were performed…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday addressed the believers present at the National Cathedral’s Chapel stressing that ‘we should not be afraid of unclean spirits if we have a strong faith.’ The Patriarch of Romania attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated Sunday, July 1, at the Resurrection of the Lord Chapel of the National Cathedral in Bucharest.…
Artists have begun to apply mosaic icons on the iconostasis of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, patriarchal adviser Vasile Cracaoanu announced Thursday. Eng. Vasile Cracaoanu, who is one of the persons involved in coordinating the works at the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral, said that the preparation for the application of the mosaic icons began as…
Only three years after the laying of the foundation stone, the first ever Divine Liturgy was celebrated Saturday, May 19, 2018, within the walls of Warsaw’s new Agia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral, marking the centennial of the regaining of Polish independence in 1918. As reported by the website of the Polish Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy…
Six months before its consecration, the main patronal feast of Romania’s National Cathedral was celebrated Thursday in advance at the Cathedral’s Chapel. On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the festive Divine Liturgy expressing his hope that next year the Cathedral’s main patronal feast will be celebrated…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania visited Friday, May 4, 2018, the construction site of the Romanian Peoples’ Salvation Cathedral aka Romania’s National Cathedral. Patriarch Daniel was presented the progress made at the National Cathedral nearly half a year before the consecration ceremony that will take place this November in the presence of His Holiness…
