His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel cast his ballot Sunday to elect a new bicameral parliament for the next four years. The Patriarch voted at his local polling station at Ienachita Vacarescu School in Bucharest. After voting, the Patriarch offered prayer cards to those present at the polling station. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Elder Cleopa Ilie passed away on 2 December 1998. Considered by many people a unique “Avva” of the Romanian spirituality, as inspiringly Rev. Prof Dr. Dumitru Staniloae called him, Elder Cleopa was born in Suliţa commune, Botoşani county, on a spring day. His parents, Alexandru and Ana Ilie, called him Constantin, and he was the fifth child…
‘The union of Romanians in a single national unitary state was accomplished after centuries of suffering, many spiritual and material sacrifices, sacrifices of human lives,’ Patriarch Daniel stressed during a Te Deum service at the Patriarchal Cathedral celebrating Romania’s National Day on Tuesday. The Patriarch underlined that Romania’s Great Union was not a random event,…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated a memorial service at St George’s Chapel of his patriarchal residence for the rest of the soul of Serbian Patriarch Irinej on Sunday. “The way in which he led the Serbian Orthodox Church strengthened its major role in the life of Serbian society, thus, contributing to the rapprochement of the…
Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the funerals of Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Belgrade, 22 November 2020. Your Eminence Hriszostom, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, Locum-tenens to the Patriarch, Beloved members of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, The news of the departure from this world…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his ‘deep sorrow’ to the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church after the repose of Patriarch Irinej on Friday. Calling the Serbian Patriarch ‘a venerable and well-known personality of contemporary Orthodoxy,’ Patriarch Daniel prays for the rest of his soul among the righteous ‘in the light, peace and love…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Saturday night expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in a fire that broke out at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Piatra Neamț. Patriarch Daniel’s message: full text We learned with great sorrow about the tragedy caused by the fire in the Intensive Care Unit at…
On the first day of the Nativity Fast, Sunday, November 15, 2020, Patriarch Daniel explained that we should use his fasting season as a time for preparing our souls to become a luminous cave in which Christ the Lord will be mystically born. “To the merciful love of God Who sent His only Son in…
The tragedy at Colectiv nightclub directly affected several hundred families but caused injuries – many still open – at the level of the entire Romanian society. The Church was not left untouched by the accusations either, some partially real and assumed, others totally unfounded that hover in the public space even 5 years after the…
The Patriarch of Romania said that the Parable of the unmerciful rich man and Lazarus is the most significant of the gospel readings and was proclaimed last Sunday to help us prepare for the Nativity Fast. “The unmerciful rich man loses his salvation.” This is the conclusion of the parable with many spiritual meanings. “In…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message of solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek people, following the strong earthquake that shook the island of Samos on Friday, Oct. 30. The message is addressed to Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and all of Greece: His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All…
