Patriarch Daniel

Thousands take part in Palm Sunday Procession. Palms symbolize the virtues acquired through fasting, Patriarch says

  Thousands of believers took part in the traditional procession and services held on the eve of Palm Sunday all across Romania. In Bucharest, dozens of priests led a procession Saturday, 8 April 2017, from Radu Voda Monastery towards the Patriarchal Cathedral to mark the triumphal Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. Blessed…

Apr 10, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

15 Patriarch Daniel Quotes to Inspire Pilgrims

Pilgrimage is a witness to our spiritual progress towards the Kingdom of Heaven. Being united with Christ through prayer, chanting and pilgrimage, we become partakers of Christ’s triumph over sin and death. Pilgrimage is a witness to the faith in the universal resurrection that will take place at the end of time. Pilgrims encounter God,…

Apr 6, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel expresses compassion and solidarity over St Petersburg bomb blast

Bucharest, 5 April 2017   His Beatitude KIRILL, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia   Your Beatitude, With deep sorrow we learned of the tragic explosion on the 3rd of April 2017, in an underground station, in the city of Sankt Petersburg, which resulted in 14 dead and 51 wounded. On behalf of the hierarchs,…

Apr 5, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel joins Romanian Academy to celebrate this year’s anniversary

This year’s Romanian Academy’s Anniversary represents a bright jubilee for the Romanian nation, given the major contribution of this noble institution to cultivate Romanian language, culture, art, science and spirituality, and to affirm and promote them in Europe and the entire world, Patriarch Daniel said April 3. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a speech during…

Apr 5, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Humble love towards others and helping our neighbours represent the path to salvation

This Sunday’s Gospel presents us the humility, which should be desired by the Lord’s disciples in order to acquire salvation. The main teaching of the gospel is the following: through humility one can accede from deadly sin to life giving holiness, said His Beatitude, Patriarch Daniel on 2 April 2017. During his sermon, given at…

Apr 4, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest | Palm Sunday Pilgrimage 2017

The traditional Palm Sunday Procession will take place on the eve of the Feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem, Saturday, 8 April 2017. The faithful are invited to take part in this event. The procession will begin by the Vesper Service officiated at the church of Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, followed by…

Apr 3, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, pays visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received Thursday, 30 March 2017, at the Palace of the Patriarchate, His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, who is currently paying a visit to Romania. His Beatitude expressed his joy over Prince Charles having included the Romanian Patriarchate in his official visit to Romania, underscoring…

Mar 31, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, pays visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

Mar 30, 2017Robert Nicolae

Sunday of St John Climacus | By practicing the virtues we acquire the power of the Holy Spirit, Patriarch Daniel says

Patriarch Daniel reflected on Sunday on the healings related by the gospel reading: Our Saviour healed the incertitude of the father of the lunatic child. He healed the child of his sickness and freed him from the impure spirit. He also healed His disciples from spiritual incompetence.   His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, attended…

Mar 28, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Justinian Marina commemorated at Radu Vodă Monastery

Mar 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

VIDEO. Patriarch Justinian is a luminous model of ministry in Christ’s Church, Patriarch Daniel says

Patriarch Justinian Marina was commemorated at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest, on his 40th death anniversary. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel prayed for the rest of the soul of the worthy of remembrance Patriarch Justinian, who pastored the Romanian Orthodox Church for almost three decades, during a troublesome period in the life of Romanian Orthodoxy. Justinian’s…

Mar 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu