{"id":532238,"date":"2025-07-01T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=532238"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:26:11","slug":"romanian-church-canonization-16-women-saints-2026-patriarch-daniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-church-canonization-16-women-saints-2026-patriarch-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"16 saintly women to be canonized by Romanian Patriarchate, Patriarch Daniel announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>The Romanian Patriarchate will canonize 16 female saints in 2026, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-orthodox-church-designates-2026-as-year-of-christian-family-ministry-and-celebration-of-holy-women\/\">Commemorative Year of Holy Women<\/a> in the Church Calendar, according to announcements made by Patriarch Daniel on Monday evening during the working session of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-7\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/holy-synod-approves-canonization-of-16-modern-day-saints\/\">similar number of saints<\/a>\u201416\u2014were proclaimed during the Patriarchate\u2019s Centennial, but this new total was not pre-determined. \u201cThe number simply resulted from the standard procedures,\u201d His Beatitude clarified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">During the synodal meeting, Patriarch Daniel presented six proposals for canonization coming from the Archdiocese of Bucharest, the Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel, and the Diocese of Dacia Felix:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-9\">Lady Maria Br\u00e2ncoveanu, wife of Saint Constantine Br\u00e2ncoveanu<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-10\">Schema-nun Filofteia Antonescu from Pas\u0103rea Monastery<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-11\">Martyr-nun Evloghia \u021a\u00e2rlea from Samurc\u0103\u0219e\u0219ti Monastery<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-12\">Schema-nun Elisabeta Laz\u0103r from Pas\u0103rea Monastery<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-13\">Nun Platonida (Despina Mili\u021ba), wife of Saint Neagoe Basarab<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-14\">M\u0103ndalina (Magdalena) Milenco, a devout laywoman from the Romanian community in M\u0103laini\u021ba, Timok Vicariate, Serbia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\">The canonization files for these six women are now under review on the official agenda of the Holy Synod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\">Patriarch Daniel noted that the sixteen future saints will include monastics and mothers who raised children in the Orthodox faith. Their canonization is expected to be officially proclamated on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\">His Beatitude emphasized the importance of developing liturgical texts and icons in parallel with the canonization procedures. Reflecting on this year&#8217;s canonizations, he noted the immense joy they brought to dioceses, schools, and religious education, especially among children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how these children grow to love the saints and paint their icons, even though they never saw them in life. Why? Because this isn\u2019t just a formal or canonical act\u2014it bears immense spiritual and pastoral fruit. It\u2019s not only the institution at work, but above all the grace of God through His saints. As the Psalmist says: \u2018God is wondrous in His saints!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\">The Synod also discussed transferring a relic of Saint Sofian the Confessor of Antim to the Church of Manta Parish in the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia, Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\">Another topic included adopting ecclesiastical and regulatory measures concerning clergy from other dioceses residing permanently or occasionally within the Archdiocese of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\">The Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja includes ten dioceses: Bucharest, Tomis, T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te, Arge\u0219 and Muscel, Buz\u0103u and Vrancea, Lower Danube, Slobozia and C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219i, Alexandria and Teleorman, Giurgiu, and Tulcea. 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