{"id":152952,"date":"2016-12-20T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=152952\/"},"modified":"2016-12-20T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T13:57:16","slug":"young-people-sing-carols-to-the-romanian-patriarch-on-his-name-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/young-people-sing-carols-to-the-romanian-patriarch-on-his-name-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Young people sing carols to the Romanian Patriarch on his name day"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received Saturday the folk Ansemble Gura Izvorului <\/em>(Source of Spring) from Vatra Moldovi\u0163ei, Suceava County, in Europa Christiana <\/em>Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate.<\/p>\n

Also attended the hierarchs who earlier concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the name day of His Beatitude.<\/p>\n

According to Radio Trinitas, Patriarch Daniel focused his speech on the fact that young carollers are missionaries of Romanian traditions.<\/p>\n

These children and young people are missionaries.<\/em> Sometimes,<\/em> he said, mission carried out through singing remains more intense in the soul, than mission delivered through preaching.<\/em> He went on saying that the word of the Gospel must be combined with church chanting, but also with folk singing coming from faith<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He expressed his joy for receiving the group of carollers, saying that especially people from Bukovina and Maramure\u015f preserve Romanian customs and traditions<\/em>. His Beatitude also noted that they come every year to Bucharest and reveal Romanian communion manifested in the beauty of faith and folk tradition.<\/p>\n

In the end, the young people received the patriarchal blessing of His Beatitude Daniel.<\/p>\n