patriarhul Daniel

‘We thank for all benefactions of the Great Union’: Romania National Day celebrated at Alba Iulia

For all the benefactions of the Great Union, we thank today the Most Holy Trinity,’ Patriarch Daniel said after the Te Deum service officiated on Saturday on Romania’s National Day at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine also concelebrated. ‘We gratefully remember all Romanian heroes who…

Dec 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on Romania National Day: Let us defend and cultivate national freedom and unity (Full text)

Address by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia, at the commemoration of the 1918 Great Union founders, Saturday, December 1, 2018, National Day of Romania: Let us defend and cultivate national freedom and unity as expressions of the dignity of the Romanian people The Great…

Dec 1, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Photo Gallery | First patronal feast of the National Cathedral

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Patriarch Daniel of Romania on Friday concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first patronal feast of the newly-consecrated National Cathedral dedicated to Saint Andrew the First Called. Photo courtesy of Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Nov 30, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit to Bucharest | In pictures

We invite you to see a selection of pictures with the visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Bucharest.

Nov 27, 2018Mircea Florescu

Photo gallery | Inauguration of National Cathedral on 1918 Great Union Centennial

On Sunday, November 25, 2018, HAH Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and HB Patriarch Daniel officiated the consecration ceremony of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest.  

Nov 25, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Ecumenical Patriarch arrives in Romania for historic consecration of National Cathedral

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has arrived in Bucharest to lead the historic consecration ceremony of Romania’s National Cathedral, a memorial church built in honor of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew…

Nov 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Celebrations of St Demetrius the New begin in Bucharest

On Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the holy relics of Saint Demetrius the New and Saint Callinicus of Cernica at the outdoor altar next to the Patriarchal Cathedral marking the beginning of the celebrations of Bucharest’s spiritual protector Saint Demetrius of Basarabov. According to tradition, on the feast of St Demetrius other holy relics…

Oct 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In Pictures: Patriarch Daniel celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral

At the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Conception of St John the Forerunner, HB Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church ascribes glory to God when promoting family based on marriage between a man and a woman. Foto Credit: Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Sep 25, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians in the Diaspora to keep their Orthodox faith, national unity and Romanian spirituality

On the occasion of the Sunday of the Romanian migrants, August 19, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to all Romanians living abroad urging them to keep their Orthodox faith, the national unity and the Romanian spirituality. Unity of faith and national unity on the Centennial: Full text The first Sunday after…

Aug 18, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel re-consecrates 517-year old Dealu Monastery, ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity’

Marking its 517th anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel re-consecrated Sunday the church of Dealu Monastery referring to it as ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity and unity’. The Patriarch of Romania said that this monastic settlement is ‘the holy place keeping as in a reliquary the honourable head of Ruler Prince Michael the Brave,…

Jun 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The Patriarch of Romania offers up prayers for children and young people everywhere

On the International Children’s Day, 1 June 2018, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, sends up prayers for the children and young people everywhere, but especially for those in Romania. We quote the personal prayer of the Romanian Patriarch on this occasion: O, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Heavenly Father, Who have blessed the children and said: Let…

Jun 1, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu