Patriarch Daniel

Basilica Photos | Pope Francis meets with Romanian Patriarch Daniel

Pope Francis met Patriarch Daniel and other bishops of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest on Friday, May 31, 2019. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

May 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Pope Francis addresses Romanian Orthodox Bishops: I come as a pilgrim desirous of seeing the Lord’s Face in the faces of my Brothers

Pope Francis on Friday met with Patriarch Daniel and the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church telling them he comes ‘as a pilgrim desirous of seeing the Lord’s face in the faces of my Brothers.’ In his address to the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Pope spoke of the Lord’s resurrection,…

May 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Upon receiving at National Cathedral, Patriarch Daniel conveys gratitude of Romanian Orthodox Diaspora to Pope Francis

After the historic meeting at the Patriarchal Palace, Patriarch Daniel and Pope Francis visited the National Cathedral in Bucharest. In his speech, Patriarch Daniel presented to Pope Francis a brief history of the National Cathedral. In the same message, the Patriarch expressed his gratitude for “the liturgical spaces offered by Catholic communities to Romanian Orthodox…

May 31, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Patriarch’s welcome address to Pope Francis: Christ is risen (full text)

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Friday welcomed Pope Francis at the Conventus Hall of the Patriarchal Palace with the Paschal greeting: Christ is risen! Meeting in the same room where their predecessors met 20 years ago, Patriarch Daniel said that Pope John Paul II’s visit to Romania in 1999 was a sign of the joy…

May 31, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch of Romania urges parents to spend more time with their children

Patriarch Daniel in his Children’s Day message urged parents to spend more time with their children and help them cultivate faith, hope, love and the freedom to do good to others. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church dedicated the first Sunday following the International Children’s Day (June 1) to parents and children, in…

May 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Pope Francis to visit Patriarchate’s Palace and National Cathedral

His Holiness Pope Francis will pay a visit to our country on May 31 – June 2, 2019 at the invitation of the President of Romania, the state authorities and the Catholic Church in Romania. The schedule of the visit to the Romanian Patriarchate includes a meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and the members…

May 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Christ calls all nations to salvation

During his homily on Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that ‘Christ the Lord calls all nations and all persons to salvation.’ ‘Our Saviour Jesus Christ broke or abolished the mental and cultural barriers between Samarians and Jews, and healed the Jews from the complex of their superiority to the Samarians, and the Samarians from…

May 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

PHOTO GALLERY | Patriarch Daniel attends Divine Liturgy at Pasărea Monastery

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at the Divine Liturgy at the Pasărea Monastery. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

May 29, 2019Mircea Florescu

Patriarch Daniel casts vote in EU elections and national referendum

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday cast his vote in the European elections and a national referendum 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. Romanians cast their votes in the EU elections on Sunday, May 26, as…

May 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Message of the Romanian Patriarch Daniel at The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars

Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars (26-31 May 2019, Holy Cross Social-Pastoral Centre, Caraiman Monastery):  Holy Scripture, source of light and communion between peoples and generations Christ is Risen! The Eight International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, organised by…

May 27, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel calls St Constantine the Great ‘a friend of our country’ at Patriarchal Cathedral patronal feast

‘Saint Constantine the Great is a friend of our country. He sent missionaries to Banat and Oltenia to intensify Christian life and to convert pagans to Christianity (…), he built many churches (basilicas). He loved these places very much,’ Patriarch Daniel stressed on Tuesday during the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The…

May 23, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu