{"id":542792,"date":"2025-10-06T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=542792"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:39:59","slug":"patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said on Saturday at Cernica Monastery that the Confessor Priest Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae exemplified three defining traits of his spiritual personality: steadfast confession of faith, profound theology, and a unique gift for interpreting the Philokalia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his holy life, we can see three main features that define his spiritual personality,\u201d the Patriarch said during the local proclamation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/saint-dumitru-staniloae-local-canonisation-cernica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saint\u2019s canonisation at Cernica Monastery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Theologian of the Holy Trinity&#8217;s love<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHe was an enlightened confessor of the Orthodox faith during the communist regime, a profound theologian of the love of the Holy Trinity, and a gifted translator and interpreter of the Philokalia into Romanian, offering our Church a rich theological and spiritual legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel noted that Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae became a true teacher and comforter for those imprisoned under communism, who were thirsty for the word of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid the terrifying walls of those camps of death, his voice\u2014though weakened by hunger and suffering\u2014became balm for souls thirsting for the word of God,\u201d the Patriarch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis fellow prisoners testified to the spiritual warmth of his words, which melted hunger and cold, dispelled despair, and strengthened the faith of those who doubted. When he spoke about Christ and the teachings of the Holy Fathers, silence descended around him, and the souls of those present were filled with joy and holy peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing the saint\u2019s transformation in prison as \u201cborn of suffering and sealed by the grace of the Holy Spirit,\u201d the Patriarch compared him to \u201ca burning candle shining in the darkness of communist atheism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The charisma of theology<\/h2>\n<p>On Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae\u2019s theological charisma, the Patriarch said he was \u201ca theologian enlightened by God, whose words often flowed not merely from academic study but from the living experience of communion with God through prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the saint rejected Western scholasticism and urged Orthodox theologians to draw instead from the spiritual experience and inspired teachings of the Church Fathers.<\/p>\n<h2>Unique interpretation of the Philokalia<\/h2>\n<p>Regarding the saint\u2019s decades-long work of translating and commenting on the Philokalia, Patriarch Daniel explained that it was \u201cnot a simple linguistic translation from Greek into Romanian, but a deep work of interpretation of the writings of the great hesychast fathers who taught how spiritual life must be lived\u2014grounded in Scripture, the Church Fathers, and their own ascetic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis detailed commentaries and rich notes reveal his theology steeped in the Philokalic spirit,\u201d the Patriarch continued. \u201cHe succeeded in conveying the meanings of the Holy Fathers of the Philokalia to his contemporaries in accessible 20th-century language, without diminishing the essence or depth of the patristic texts. His translation of the Philokalia extended over several decades and became the central work of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concluding, Patriarch Daniel said that the canonisation of Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae\u2014together with 15 other 20th-century confessor priests\u2014during the Centennial of the Romanian Orthodox Church\u2019s elevation to Patriarchate \u201creveals the blessed work of God among the Romanian people, from whom have arisen great spiritual fathers who guided the faithful toward Christ during the hardships of the communist era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Mircea Florescu \/ Basilica.ro<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va87bZd3AzNbIY7K8G3i\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-495168 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-whatsapp-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-whatsapp-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-whatsapp-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-whatsapp-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-whatsapp-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said on Saturday at Cernica Monastery that the Confessor Priest Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae exemplified three defining traits of his spiritual personality: steadfast confession of faith, profound theology, and a unique gift for interpreting the Philokalia. \u201cIn his holy life, we can see three main features that define his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":542467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[852,15798,34749,34557,66,33197,24266,32941,5213],"class_list":["post-542792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriarch-of-romania","tag-cernica-monastery","tag-confessor-of-faith","tag-local-canonization","tag-martyrs-of-communism","tag-patriarch-daniel","tag-philokalia","tag-romanian-theologian","tag-saint-dumitru-staniloae","tag-theology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patriarch Daniel Praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae&#039;s Theology - Basilica.ro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae for his steadfast faith, profound theology, and unique Philokalia interpretation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said on Saturday at Cernica Monastery that the Confessor Priest Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae exemplified three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Basilica.ro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aurelian Iftimiu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AurelianNicolae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AgentiaBasilica\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aurelian Iftimiu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b10696f83f62d60741521aedbcbb8d1\"},\"headline\":\"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cernica Monastery\",\"confessor of faith\",\"local canonization\",\"Martyrs of Communism\",\"Patriarch Daniel\",\"Philokalia\",\"Romanian theologian\",\"Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae\",\"Theology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Patriarch of Romania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Patriarch Daniel Praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae's Theology - Basilica.ro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae for his steadfast faith, profound theology, and unique Philokalia interpretation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1366},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Patriarch of Romania\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/category\\\/patriarch-of-romania\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Basilica.ro\",\"description\":\"Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica\",\"alternateName\":\"Basilica.ro\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/logo-basilica.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/logo-basilica.jpg\",\"width\":1680,\"height\":945,\"caption\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/basilica.ro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AgentiaBasilica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/basilica.ro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ro.pinterest.com\\\/basilicaro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ro.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Agen\u021bia_de_\u0219tiri_BASILICA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/basilica.en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/basilicanews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/basilicaphotos\"],\"description\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica este canalul oficial de informare al Bisericii Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne (Patriarhia Rom\u00e2n\u0103)\",\"email\":\"info@basilica.ro\",\"foundingDate\":\"2008-10-27\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b10696f83f62d60741521aedbcbb8d1\",\"name\":\"Aurelian Iftimiu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Aurelian Iftimiu\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AurelianNicolae\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/aurelian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Patriarch Daniel Praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae's Theology - Basilica.ro","description":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae for his steadfast faith, profound theology, and unique Philokalia interpretation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation","og_description":"Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said on Saturday at Cernica Monastery that the Confessor Priest Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae exemplified three","og_url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/","og_site_name":"Basilica.ro","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/","article_published_time":"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1366,"url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Aurelian Iftimiu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AurelianNicolae","twitter_site":"@AgentiaBasilica","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/"},"author":{"name":"Aurelian Iftimiu","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b10696f83f62d60741521aedbcbb8d1"},"headline":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation","datePublished":"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/"},"wordCount":551,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg","keywords":["Cernica Monastery","confessor of faith","local canonization","Martyrs of Communism","Patriarch Daniel","Philokalia","Romanian theologian","Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae","Theology"],"articleSection":["Patriarch of Romania"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/","name":"Patriarch Daniel Praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae's Theology - Basilica.ro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-06T08:39:59+00:00","description":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae for his steadfast faith, profound theology, and unique Philokalia interpretation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pf-daniel-dumitru-staniloae-e1759576496343.jpg","width":2048,"height":1366},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-saint-dumitru-staniloae-confessor-theologian-philokalia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"","item":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Patriarch of Romania","item":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/category\/patriarch-of-romania\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Patriarch Daniel praises Saint Dumitru St\u0103niloae as confessor and leading theologian of the Philokalia at local canonisation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/","name":"Basilica.ro","description":"Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization","name":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica","alternateName":"Basilica.ro","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-basilica.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-basilica.jpg","width":1680,"height":945,"caption":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AgentiaBasilica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/basilica.ro\/","https:\/\/ro.pinterest.com\/basilicaro\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA","https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agen\u021bia_de_\u0219tiri_BASILICA","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.en","https:\/\/x.com\/basilicanews","https:\/\/x.com\/basilicaphotos"],"description":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica este canalul oficial de informare al Bisericii Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne (Patriarhia Rom\u00e2n\u0103)","email":"info@basilica.ro","foundingDate":"2008-10-27","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b10696f83f62d60741521aedbcbb8d1","name":"Aurelian Iftimiu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48062afd75c6825bfa6e875a1a09ccf5a3a2b0b3eb31a03a35a0ec045884f8a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Aurelian Iftimiu"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AurelianNicolae"],"url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/author\/aurelian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}