{"id":542791,"date":"2025-10-06T11:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=542791"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:12:31","slug":"saint-dumitru-staniloae-local-canonisation-cernica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/saint-dumitru-staniloae-local-canonisation-cernica\/","title":{"rendered":"Local canonisation of Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae proclaimed at Cernica Monastery: Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

The local proclamation of the canonisation of Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae took place on Saturday at Cernica Monastery, near Bucharest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day began with the Akathist Hymn to Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae, followed by the Third and Sixth Hours. At 9:00 a.m., the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of Saint Nicholas on the island of Cernica Monastery.<\/p>\n

The Divine Liturgy was concelebrated by several hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church, including His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina; His Eminence Metropolitan Lauren\u021biu of Transylvania; His Eminence Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube; and the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti and Paisie of Sinaia, together with His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest.<\/p>\n

The sermon was delivered by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who had blessed<\/a> the reliquary prepared for the saint\u2019s relics on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the relics were formally received at Cernica Monastery, where Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova highlighted<\/a> the deep spiritual bond between Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae and the Cernica monastic community.<\/p>\n