Healing and resurrection took centre stage in the sermon delivered Sunday by Patriarch Daniel to thousands of pilgrims gathered in Bucharest for the feast of St. Demetrius the New and to venerate the honoured relics of St. Lazarus brought from Cyprus. Patriarch Daniel was joined in service by the Archbishop of Cyprus and other hierarchs.…
“Saint Lazarus, who was raised from the dead by Christ Himself, is a powerful symbol of victory over death and God’s boundless love for humanity,” emphasized Patriarch Daniel in his address to pilgrims during the reception of the holy relics of St. Lazarus on Thursday. On Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the honourable skull…
His Beatitude Archbishop George of New Justiniana and All Cyprus participated on Thursday in the ceremony welcoming the relics of Saint Lazarus at the Patriarchal Cathedral, alongside His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania. “We have come to receive the blessing of the Romanian saints: Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle, Saint Demetrius the New, the Protector…
Priests and faithful from the Archdiocese of Bucharest, along with pilgrims from across the country, participated in the “Path of the Saints” procession through the streets of the capital on Thursday as part of the celebrations of Saint Demetrius the New. After the procession, the Cypriot delegation, which brought the relics of Saint Lazarus, the…
Next week, His Beatitude Archbishop George, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, will visit Bucharest to participate in the celebrations of Saint Demetrius the New. Archbishop George, who is visiting Romania for the first time as Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, will bring an important gift for pilgrims: the revered relics of Saint…
The relics of Saint Lazarus, known as “the friend of the Lord,” will be brought from Cyprus next week for the festivities of Saint Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Archbishop George of Cyprus will bring the revered relics of Saint Lazarus to Bucharest for the “Way of the Saints” procession, scheduled…
The joy of this year’s pilgrimage for the feast day of Saint Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest (October 27), organized by the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest, will be significantly enhanced by the arrival of the relics of Saint Lazarus from Cyprus. The pilgrimage will take place from October 20 to October…
A group of Romanian pilgrims led by His Grace Nichifor of Botoșani, the assistant bishop to the archdiocese of Iași, visited the places where Sts Paul and Barnabas preached the Gospel to Cypriots. The pilgrimage, organised by St Parascheva pilgrimage centre of the Iasi Archdiocese, took place from March 14 to 18. It included sites…