Romanian Patriarchate

Commission Vice-President Katainen: “We need more Christian values in Europe!”

Addressing an event on common European values, in Brussels, which was marking the upcoming Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU (July-December 2019), European Commission Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen emphasised that the discussion on this topic is becoming of utmost importance. He deplored the fact that many of the EU’s Member States seem to have forgotten some of…

Jun 25, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Patriarchate expresses deep indignation over public offense to religious symbols

The Romanian Patriarchate learned with deep indignation about the theatre play ‘Eu sunt. Si?’ (‘I am. So?’) performed in Cluj-Napoca during the ‘Pride Week’ of sexual minorities. The indecent content of this representation includes the mocking of Christian religious symbols, sending a deliberately blasphemous message. Such offensive attitudes towards the overwhelming majority of Romanians, the…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

PHOTO | Holy Fire arrives at the Romanian Patriarchate for the 11th time

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, welcomed Saturday evening, April 27, 2019 at the Patriarchal Cathedral the Holy Fire (Light) from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Apr 27, 2019Mircea Florescu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Trinitas Radio station celebrates 21st anniversary

On Wednesday, April 17, the Romanian Patriarchate’s official Radio station celebrated its 21st anniversary, remembering their first radio broadcast on Good Friday in 1998. 92,7 FM frequency became Trinitas Radio in 1998 with their first radio studio being located at the 17th-century Golia Monastery in Iasi. Today, Trinitas Radio broadcasts throughout Romania on analogue with…

Apr 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Notre Dame fire: Romanian Patriarchate expresses sorrow, hope for quick restoration

The Romanian Patriarchate has received with great sorrow the news regarding the fire that destroyed the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a religious, historic, and architectural monument of inestimable value, a symbol of European Christianity, well-known throughout the world and visited every year by millions of pilgrims and tourists. The venerable emblem of the…

Apr 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s 94th establishment anniversary observed

On Monday, February 4, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the 94th anniversary since its elevation to the rank of patriarchate. On February 4, 1925, the Holy Synod gathered in Bucharest and resolved the establishment of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate, following Romania’s Great Union achieved in 1918. The first person who advocated for the elevation of…

Feb 5, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Scientific communication session marking 160th anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union held in Bucharest

The Romanian Academy and the Romanian Patriarchate organized on Thursday, January 24, 2019, a scientific communication session at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest marking the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The event was chaired by the President of the Romanian Academy Ioan Aurel Pop and attended by the…

Jan 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The traditional Christmas Carol concert “The Orient from on high” | PHOTO

The traditional Christmas Carol concert “The Orient from on high” took place on Monday at the Palace of the Patriarchate. Performing at the concert were the Nicolae Lungu choir of the Romanian Patriarchate and the Tronos Byzantine choir  of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro

Dec 20, 2018Mircea Florescu

Holy Synod begins working session, examines canonization of Bessarabian hierarch

The Holy Synod of the Romania Orthodox Church has begun its working session at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. In his opening speech, the Chairman of the Holy Synod noted that the agenda includes the canonization request for the Bessarabian Bishop Dionisie Erhan, ‘a supporter of Bessarabia’s…

Oct 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Press release regarding marriage referendum: An incomplete success calls for more hope and activity

Following the voiding of the referendum on marriage redefinition held on October 6-7, 2018, the Romanian Patriarchate urges spiritual unity and the continuing defense of the blessed family by God. In the context of the referendum, the Romanian Orthodox Church fulfilled its civic and moral mission in the public space, where the Church affirmed and…

Oct 8, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate raises € 300,000 for Greece wildfire relief efforts

Following its appeal to help the Greek Orthodox Church in response to the tragic wildfire occurred on July 23-24, 2018, in the vicinity of Athens, the Romanian Patriarchate announces that it has raised the sum of € 300,000 from the dioceses of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This amount of money will be sent to meet…

Sep 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu