{"id":560268,"date":"2026-02-23T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=560268"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:12:28","slug":"patriarch-daniel-fasting-loving-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-fasting-loving-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Patriarch says fasting is for loving God, not seeking praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romanian Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday that fasting should not be practised \u201cto be seen or praised by others,\u201d but in order \u201cto love God more.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Patriarch of Romania took part in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the historic chapel of St George at the Patriarchal Residence, where he explained the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.en\/posts\/pfbid034uTVeH5Q1A5YJ2H47eKzAdKqT6Q2XXe2n2Zdbj9HMJyR6MS3GozvgdDGAk5eX1kel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gospel reading<\/a> for the Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise, highlighting the true motivation for fasting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFasting is self-offering, a gift of oneself brought to God in gratitude for the gift of life and as a desire for the sanctification of life. The reduction of food and drink \u2014 or abstinence from them \u2014 is motivated by reverence and love for God. We fast because we love God the Giver more than His gifts that we consume. We entrust ourselves to Him because He is the source of our life,\u201d the Patriarch said.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is True Fasting?<\/h2>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel stressed that fasting must be accompanied by prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFasting supports the prayer of the faithful, who regard their relationship with God as the centre, light and nourishment of the soul. Whoever fasts but does not pray gathers no spiritual light in the soul. He is not sanctified. He merely performs a biological and psychological exercise motivated by hygiene or aesthetics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>True fasting, he added, is a personal work carried out together with God and, when practised properly, produces a transformation in the person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFasting must be united with humility and joy, so that it becomes an interior, intimate work of communion between the soul and God, who sees in secret the soul and deeds of the faithful person who sacrifices, prays and fasts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He described fasting as a passage \u201cfrom greed or possessive attachment to material things to the love of virtues and spiritual gifts,\u201d cultivating more intense prayer and loving communion with the immaterial, infinite and eternal God.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_560206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560206\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-560206\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pf-daniel-duminica-rai.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-560206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lumina Newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A Hidden Participation in Christ\u2019s Forty-Day Fast<\/h2>\n<p>The Patriarch of Romania explained that through fasting, prayer, vigilance and spiritual struggle, believers gather in their souls \u201cdivine grace, the humble and sanctifying love of the eternal God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this way, the spiritual person who prays and fasts, enlightened by Christ\u2019s grace, acquires humble and spiritual thinking and vision, uses spiritual words and performs spiritual deeds, thereby becoming like the holy, humble and merciful God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Practically, fasting includes \u201cprayer, the reading of holy books, spiritual conversations, confession and more frequent Eucharistic Communion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Orthodox fasting represents \u201ca hidden participation in the forty-day fast undertaken by the Lord Christ in the wilderness, teaching us that no one can overcome evil spirits and dark, selfish passions without first receiving the light of divine grace through fasting and prayer, confession and more frequent Eucharistic Communion.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Obedience to the New Adam<\/h2>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel also outlined the three \u201cgreat mistakes\u201d that led to Adam\u2019s expulsion from Paradise: disobedience to God, failure to fast, and refusal to repent, instead shifting blame.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFrom then until today, sinful humanity tends to excuse itself and accuse others. For this reason, salvation is impossible without repentance \u2014 without acknowledging one\u2019s sins with regret and asking forgiveness,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, Patriarch Daniel affirmed that \u201cthe obedience of Christ, the New Adam, heals the disobedience of the Old Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Lumina Newspaper<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/basilicanews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-556506\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-890x149.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-890x149.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-360x60.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-768x128.jpeg 768w, 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