As every year at Easter time, in order to increase the joy of the clergy, Saturday night, 4 May 2013, a delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate headed by His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, will bring, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Light from the church…
30 March 1989 – Writer, philosopher, jurist, monk NICOLAE STEINHARDT passed away at Rohia Monastery, county of Maramureș. Studies at “Spiru Haret” Secondary School of Bucharest (1922 – 1929), at the Faculties of Philology and Law of the University of Bucharest (1929 – 1934), with a doctor’s degree in law (1936), specialisation in France (Paris)…
30 March 1995 – Priest and theology professor SIMION RADU passed away. Studies at the “Andrei Șaguna” normal school of Sibiu, with equivalent examination at the secondary school and school leaving examination; higher studies at the “Andreian” Theological Academy of Sibiu (1927 – 1931), graduated at Cernăuți (1935); a doctor’s degree at the University Theological…
On 28 April 2013, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem, a feast also known as the Palm Sunday. During the Divine Liturgy the evangelical pericope of Saint John was read, chapter 12: 1-18, presenting the oiling of Jesus Christ, our Lord, in Betania, as well as the triumphal entrance of…
Today, 27 April 2013, thousands of faithful and over 700 priests participated in the traditional Palm Sunday pilgrimage held in Bucharest. This year, the pilgrimage of Bucharest organised on the occasion of the feast of the Entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem began with the Vesper service united with the Litany celebrated on the platform…
To end with the Vesper service celebrated today, 27 April 2013, at the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, the Patriarch of Romania explained in the sermon delivered that the new cathedral will be like a Resurrection candle and like a coming out of the humiliation the Church was sentenced to in many ways during the…
Today, 27 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Vesper service united with the Litany on the platform of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation. Besides the Patriarch of Romania, His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, also celebrated, assisted by a group of 12…
Today, 26 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in Europa Christiana hall of the Patriarchate Palace the directors of theological and high schools seminaries, and the counsellors for education and youth activity, as well as the specialised inspectors of the Romanian Patriarchate. During the meeting His Beatitude spoke to…
This year, the pilgrimage organised in Bucharest on the occasion of the Lord’s entry in Jerusalem will begin Saturday, 27 April 2013, 15.00 hours, with the Vesper service celebrated on the platform of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation (or at the patriarchal chapel of the “Resurrection of the Lord” if raining). After the service,…
On Monday the 22.04.2013, we were surprised by the news that our brothers Bishop Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo and Alexandretta and Bishop John (Ibrahim) Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Aleppo, have been kidnapped on their way back to Aleppo after accomplishing a humanitarian mission. We deeply regret what happened as we regret all similar acts targeting…
From 22 – 23 April 2013, Their Graces Bishops Dositei of the Serbs of Scandinavia and Great Britain and Macarie of Northern Europe organised meetings in Stockholm with theologians and intellectuals from Sweden on the role and place of the Church in the Scandinavian society. On this occasion the book by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel…
On 23 April, the Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Great Martyr George, the Victory Bearer who is the protector of the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence. In the sermon delivered within the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the historical chapel, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasised the model to be followed that Saint Great Martyr George gives…
Today, 21 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel announced in the end of the Divine Liturgy, in the Patriarchal Cathedral, that Saturday, 27 April 2013, the Palm Sunday pilgrimage will take place from the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation to the Patriarchal Cathedral. “As we have already done during the last few years, the Palm Sunday…
Today, 21 April 2013, the 5th Sunday of the Lent, also named of Pious Mary the Egyptian, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. In the sermon delivered after reading the Evangelical pericope (Mark 10:…
Today, 19 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, met the eparchial administrative vicars, administrative counsellors, and church inspectors of the Romanian Patriarchate, in Europa Christiana hall of the Patriarchate Palace. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a speech in which he spoke about the responsibility the counsellors have in an eparchy:…
Today, 17 April 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in Europa Christiana hall of the Patriarchate Palace the counsellors and bookkeepers of the economical – financial departments of the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke to those present about the significance of the state of crisis,…
Today, 17 April 2013, Trinitas Radio station of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates 15 years of broadcasting. Trinitas Radio station was set up in 1996, at the initiative and with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina at the time. After getting the audio-visual license no.…
16 April 1822 – Metropolitan Calinic Miclescu was born in Suceava, to an old family of boyars. On 18 June 1842, his uncle Sofronie, the future Metropolitan of Moldova, tonsured him into monasticism. On 23 April 1843, he was ordained hierodeacon, hieromonk on 31 November, then protosingel and archmandrite on 2 February 1855. From 1851…
15 April 1967 – Metropolitan COLAN NICOLAE passed away (buried at Sâmbăta Monastery). He was born on 28 November 1893, in Araci, county of Covasna. Studies at “Andrei Șaguna” high school in Brașov, at the Theological Institute of Sibiu, Faculty of Philology of Bucharest, specialisation at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, emphasised, in the sermon delivered on 14 April 2013 in the chapel of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of the Patriarchal Residence, the significance of the evangelical pericope of the 4th Sunday of the Lent mentioned by Saint Mark the Evangelist, chapter 9, lines 17-32 presenting the…