Patriarch of Romania

Patriarch of Romania explains double meaning of church as gift

During his homily on Sunday, May 12, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained that the consecration service makes a church the gift of humans for God, and a gift of the Heavenly Father offered to us humans. The Patriarch of Romania offered these remarks at the consecration of a church at Turnu Monastery, a monastic settlement…

May 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel at Agape Vespers: Peace and joy are two gifts that bring gladness to human soul

During his homily at the Agape Vespers on Pascha Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on the gifts offered by the Saviour Jesus Christ after his resurrection, saying that ‘peace and joy are two gifts that bring gladness to the human soul.’ ‘People who lack peace, who are always troubled and concerned, always feel unsafe,…

Apr 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Easter is the feast of forgiveness

At the Easter Vigil celebrated Saturday night, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Resurrection of Christ is a feast of forgiveness, recalling that before Christ breathed his last on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, for those who sentenced Him to death and for those who crucified Him. ‘This humble, crucified love became…

Apr 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania Patriarch Easter Pastoral Letter: Persecuted Orthodox Romanians received power from the Eucharist

In his Easter pastoral letter, the Patriarch of Romania has explained that Eucharist always offered to the persecuted Orthodox Romanians the power to love in a sacrificial way and to remain united with the crucified and risen Christ in history and in eternity. Given that in 2019 the Romanian Patriarchate commemorates the Solemn Year of…

Apr 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania Patriarch laments ‘cruelest expression of dehumanizing violence’ of Sri Lanka attack

The Patriarch of Romania denounced the ‘cruelest expression of dehumanizing violence and alienation from God’ of the Sunday slaughter of Christians and foreigners in Sri Lanka as Catholics celebrate Easter by lamenting the bloodshed and violence afflicting the world. ‘We received with deep sorrow the news about the devastating attacks in Sri Lanka, a tragedy…

Apr 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: Holy Cross is the sign of triumph over sin, hell and death

On the third Sunday of Great Lent, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the Holy Cross as ‘the sign of crucifixion and spiritual feats’, as well as ‘the sign of triumph over sin, hell and death’. During his homily delivered at St Spyridon the New Cathedral in Bucharest on March 31, the Patriarch…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

29 Years since the Episcopal consecration of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2019 his 29th anniversary of episcopal consecration. HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptized Dan-Ilie. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962 – he attends the primary school in…

Mar 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Our Saviour Jesus Christ transforms the healed man in a steadfast missionary: Patriarch Daniel

‘Our Saviour transforms the man He had healed into a steadfast missionary to his city, to tell everyone how much God has done for him,’ Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday addressing the congregation at the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest. His Beatitude the Patriarch of Romania offered his reflections on the gospel passage from Luke…

Oct 23, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel meets with Religion Teachers in Bucharest: Young people seek models in Family, Church, and School

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday told the Religion teachers within the Bucharest Archdiocese that ‘young people seek models in the Family, the Church, and the School, to help them discern between the current challenges and the future perspectives.’ The National Conference of the Teachers of Religion Courses was held Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at…

Oct 18, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Presence at referendum of all religious denominations in Romania is a witness based on faith – Patriarch Daniel

‘The presence of all religious denominations in Romania at the referendum is a witness based on faith, not a political option,’ Romanian Patriarch Daniel said on Tuesday at the meeting of the Consultative Council of Religious Cults in Romania (CCRCR). Common witness of faith Opening the CCRCR meeting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that ‘family…

Oct 3, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania chairs constitutive session of National Church Assembly

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania chaired Saturday, September 29, 2018, the constitutive session of the National Church Assembly at the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest. The National Church Assembly is comprised of all the hierarchs of the Holy Synod, the representatives of clergy and lay believers within the Romanian Patriarchate’s dioceses. In his…

Oct 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu