Patriarch Daniel of Romania

Vespers in the Ecumenical Patriarch’s native village: Patriarchs of Romania and Bulgaria join in Prayer

The Patriarchs of Romania and Bulgaria participated on Wednesday evening in the Vespers service celebrated at the “Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer George” Church in Agioi Theodoroi, the native village of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. In the presence of Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria, litanies were offered during the service in Greek,…

Jun 10, 2026Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel urges the Orthodox parliamentarians gathered in Bucharest to promote justice, peace, and human dignity

Protos. Augustin Coman, Patriarchal Counsellor and Coordinator of the External Church Relations Department of the Romanian Patriarchate, conveyed on Tuesday the message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the participants in the annual session of General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy. „We encourage you to continue working together…

Jun 3, 2025Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel sends irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch and Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

On Thursday, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent an irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches. Full text: Bucharest, Holy Easter 2024 Your Holiness/Your Beatitude, Christ is Risen! The Holy Feast of the Resurrection is the foundation of the Christian life and the foretaste…

May 2, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel sends blessings and encouragement to students who take national exams

Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent an encouragment message on Thursday to Romania’s students who take national exams. Full text: Blessing and encouragement for exams Beloved students, dear young people, Throughout its history, which is also a cultural history, the Church has always supported and promoted schooling and the intellectual, spiritual and moral formation of man.…

Jun 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Patriarchate sent humanitarian aid for those affected by the earthquake in Syria

The Romanian Patriarchate sent a humanitarian transport to Syria on Wednesday, to help people affected by the February earthquake. The aid was loaded onto a Romanian Air Force plane that took off from Otopeni Airport, bound for Beirut. The packages contained blood pressure monitors, glucometers, powdered milk, canned food, mattresses and other essential supplies. The…

Jun 13, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

2022 International Day of Families coincides with the Sunday of Christian Family in the Romanian Orthodox Church

The International Day of Families is marked annually on May 15, while the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated to Christian families a national day, marked on the Sunday which is closest to the same date: the Day of Christian Family. This year, the two are marked on the same day. In a message referring to…

May 15, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Elder Victorin, who tonsured Patriarch Daniel a monk, prayerfully remembered at Sihastria Monastery

His Grace Nichifor of Botoșani officiated last Saturday, at Sihăstria (Neamț) Monastery, the seven-year commemoration service for Archimandrite Victorin Oanele, the abbot who tonsured Patriarch Daniel a monk. “God has always had a variety of works throughout history,” said the Auxiliary Bishop of the Iași Archdiocese after the service. “Every human person has a calling…

Nov 2, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

International Day of Families: Patriarch Daniel mentions the patron saints of the Romanian Christian family

The International Day of Families is marked annually on May 15, while the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated to Christian families the Sunday which is closest to the same date. In his most recent message, Patriarch Daniel has mentioned the patron saints of the Romanian Christian family In 1993, the United Natrions General Assembly established…

May 15, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Witness for the future: The photo book “Church Life during the Pandemic”

The photo book “Church Life during the Pandemic” is out this December at the Basilica Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate. the volume is the fruit of the photo contest with the same title and presents a selection of the best photos sent in the competition. The book has been published in a small number…

Dec 25, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Special prayer for deliverance from new coronavirus epidemic

On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania transmitted the following prayer to all the dioceses within the Romanian Patriarchate, for the deliverance from the new coronavirus epidemic. Special prayer for the deliverance from the new epidemic: Before the dismissal (Divine Liturgy, Vespers, Compline), the priest says: Let us pray to the…

Mar 12, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica photo: Patriarch Daniel at Samurcasesti Monastery on the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy at Samurcasesti Monastery near Bucharest on the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord and he offered his reflections on the Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 2:13–23). Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Dec 30, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene