During his homily delivered at the Divine Liturgy on Maundy Thursday, Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the Last Supper and the eucharistic miracle. ‘It is a Mystery that we will never fully understand.’ ‘But what is it that brings joy?,’ the patriarch asked. ‘Nut the understanding of how the bread and wine become the…
On the Great and Holy Thursday, April 5, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the liturgy included his auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro
During the traditional Palm Sunday procession, Patriarch Daniel spoke to the believers noting that ‘all humans are passengers for here they do not have an enduring city, being oriented towards the Kingdom of Heaven.‘ ‘How much light we have spread, how many flowers of faith we have cultivated, how many flowers of charity we have…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended Tuesday the solemn sitting of the two chambers of Romania’s Parliament to mark the 100th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with the Mother Land. Romania’s Parliament endorsed a Declaration for the celebration of the Union between Bessarabia and the Mother Land, Romania, in 1918. “The Romanian Parliament constituted in…
Thousands of believers, hundreds of priests, deacons, and monastics attended March 31 the traditional Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel gave a speech about the significance of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and stressed that we are all on a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Heaven. Photography courtesy of Robert…
During the scientific session in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of Bessarabia’s Union with Romania that took place on 27 March 1918, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke at the Romanian Academy about the newly-glorified Romanian Saints Joseph the Merciful and George the Pilgrim, offering them as a symbol of the 1918 Great Union. ‘Two Romanian…
Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu and the lay-ascetic George Lazăr were proclaimed Saints of the Church by Patriarch Daniel in a ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași. After celebrating the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Annunciation, His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău read out the synodal tomos on the glorification of Metropolitan Joseph…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iaşi for the feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, having as concelebrants fourteen Romanian hierarchs. The Divine Liturgy preceded the canonization ceremony of Saints Joseph the Merciful and George the Pilgrim. Hundreds of believers attended the Sunday Divine…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel arrived Saturday, March 24, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi to attend the canonization ceremony of Metropolitan Joseph the Merciful of Moldavia and the lay-ascetic George the Pilgrim. His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan and an assembly of priests welcomed the Romanian Patriarch by officiating a Doxology (Te Deum) in the presence of…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message of condolences to the bereaved families of victims of the explosion that rocked a chemical factory Thursday in the Czech Republic. The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed that five Romanian workers have died in the explosion at the chemical plant in the Czech Republic. Patriarch Daniel’s message…
Bucharest, 20 March 2018 – His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church received in audience Her Excellency the Ambassador of Israel to Romania Mrs. Tamar Samash, who was accompanied by Mrs. Thea Haimovitz, member of the Jewish community in Romania. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel thanked for the visit and noted the good ties…
