{"id":583542,"date":"2026-08-07T12:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=583542"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:19:57","slug":"patriarch-daniel-39-years-monastic-tonsure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-39-years-monastic-tonsure\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Patriarch Daniel marks 39 years since monastic tonsure"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received the monastic tonsure<\/a> 39 years ago at the age of 36.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His monastic sponsor was St. Cleopas of Sih\u0103stria, one of the great spiritual elders of Romanian Orthodoxy, who was canonised by the Holy Synod in 2024.<\/p>\n

The monastic tonsure took place at Sih\u0103stria Monastery on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 1987.<\/p>\n

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