Today, 27 April 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the Sunday of Saint Thomas, the 2nd Sunday after Easter. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch. After reading the evangelical pericope of…
27 April 1947 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, passed away in Timișoara. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes of Toracul Mic (1892 – 1894), Comloșul Bănățean (1894 – 1896) and Sânnicolaul Mare (1910 – 1918), school deputy inspector…
Today, 25 April 2014, the Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of the Healing Spring. After the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, the blessing service of the water, also called little holy water. To end with the water blessing service, the Patriarch of Romania delivered…
Today, 23 April 2014, hundreds of faithful of Ilfov county attended the historical celebration of Cernica Monastery, Saint Great Martyr George. The saint patron’s service was celebrated by a group of priests and deacons, servant clergy of the monastery. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania was in the middle of the faithful and spoke about…
23 April 1738 – Metropolitan of Wallachia STEFAN II passed away (buried at the Metropolitan See, in Bucharest). He was born in 1630. Ecclesiarch of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Bucharest, Bishop of Buzau (1719 – 1731) and Metropolitan (January 1732 – 1738). During his pastoral rule many books were printed, among which Chiriacodromionul (1732), after…
23 April 2009 – Bishop and theology professor DAMASCHIN CORAVU (baptized Dimitrie) passed away in Bucharest. He was born on 14 September 1940, in Craiova. He studies at the Theological Seminary of Craiova (1956-1961), at the University Theological Institute of Bucharest (1961 – 1965) and then courses for a doctor’s degree, with special stress on…
23 April 1875 – Historian priest GHEORGHE CIUHANDU was born in Rosia, county of Bihor. Gymnasium studies in Beius, theological studies in Arad, then at the Faculty of Theology of Cernauti, where he was awarded the doctor’s degree (1905). Cultural counsellor at the Diocese of Arad (1905 – 1938), president of the Orthodox Clergy Association…
Today, 22 April 2014, the 3rd Easter day, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania was present in the middle of the monastic community of Pasarea Monastery, Branesti commune, county of Ilfov. The Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon in which he spoke about the meaning of the evangelical pericope of the day…
22 April 1965 – PETRE ANTONESCU – Romanian architect, professor, restorer of monuments – passed away in Bucharest. He was bon on 29 June 1873, in Ramnicu Sarat. Remarkable personality of the Romanian modern architecture, promoter of the neo-Romanian style. Studies at the School of Fine Arts of Paris (1893 – 1899), professor at the…
Today, 21 April 2014, the second Easter day, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox church was present in the middle of the faithful at the Chapel of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, where he delivered a sermon. On this occasion, His Beatitude announced in the end of the Divine Liturgy that next year the…
On the first Easter day, at 12.00 hours, the Resurrection Vesper, also called “the second Resurrection” is celebrated in all the places of worship of the Romanian Patriarchate. Sunday, 20 April 2014, the Vesper of the Resurrection of the Lord was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, assisted by…
Thousands of faithful who came to the Joy Hill of Bucharest received, in front of the Patriarchal Residence, the Holy Light brought from Jerusalem. Here, the religious service for the Resurrection of the Lord was celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. At…
Today, 20 April 2014, the Orthodox Church is on the Holy Great Sunday of the Holy Easter. On this Sunday we celebrate the life giving Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, assisted by a group of priests…
20 April 1828 – GHEORGHE UCENESCU – composer, professor, religious singer, copiyst, calligrapher and editor, was born in Sibiu. He begins his studies at the Capital School (primary school) in Scheii Brasovului (graduates in 1843) with hierodeacon Varlaam Baranescu (psalter music), and continues them in Bucharest (1851 – 1853), with Anton Pann (religious music, printing…
Today, 19 April 2014, the Holy Light from the church of the Holy Sepulchre arrived in Bucharest, brought by a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, to Henri Coanda airport, around 10.30 hours. Then, the Holy Light, carried by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was met by His Beatitude Daniel,…
19 April 1825 – Archimandrite SCRIBAN THEOCTIST (baptised Hristofor) was born in Adâncata village, county of Suceava. Studies at “Vasilian” Gymnasium and Mihailean Academy of Iași, theological studies at Socola Seminary (graduated in 1874), then at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev (1847 – 1851). Professor at Socola Seminary (1851 – 1857), tonsured into monasticism and…
Tonight the Lamentation Matins of the Lord was celebrated in all places of worship. Hundreds of faithful attended the religious service celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon. His Beatitude showed that the Lamentation service has saving spiritual significance: “This Friday night Matins, which is…
“Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die“(John 11:26) Your Holiness / Beatitude, CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! Throughout Church history, in different times and places, Christians were persecuted either by followers of other religions or by hostile regimes, so that the number of Christian martyrs in history grew until today, when…