His Beatitude HIERONYMOS II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother in Christ and concelebrant, On the occasion of the anniversary of your enthronement as Primate of the Orthodox Church of Greece, we convey you our best wishes of good health and blessing from God in the work you unfold for the…
Today, 10 February 2013, the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, the Gospel fragment on the “Multiplication of the bags of gold” was read in all churches. Thus, the Evangelical pericope of Matthew 25:14-30 presents us a man who was about to go on a journey, and called his servants and put them in charge of his…
Message of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed on the occasion of the enthronement of His Beatitude JOHN X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Damascus, 10th February 2013: Your Beatitude Patriarch JOHN of Antioch and All the East, Beloved Brother in Christ the Lord and concelebrant , The election…
Today, 5 February 2013, the annual meeting of the Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Buzău and Vrancea was held at the Patriarchal Residence. The activity unfolded in 2012 and the priorities for the present year were presented during the meeting. The Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Buzău and Vrancea was preceded by the…
Tuesday, 5 February 2012, 9.30 hours, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church will chair, as Archbishop of Buzau and Vrancea locum tenens, the annual meeting of the Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Buzau and Vrancea which will take place in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence. The working session of…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church explained, in the sermon delivered on 3 February 2013 in the chapel of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of the Patriarchal Residence, the significance of the Evangelical Pericope of the 32nd Sunday after the Pentecost from Saint Evangelist Luke, chapter 19:1-110, presenting the meeting of Christ, our…
Today, 2 February 2013, a group of 40 Romanian young people from Scandinavia, as well as Swedish, Danes and Norwegians converted to Orthodoxy attended the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral. The young people participated these days in a winter camp organised by the Youth Centre of Saint Prince Steven the Great of the Romanian…
On 2 February, every year, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Presentation of the Lord. On the occasion of this great royal feast, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe. After…
“Basilica” publishing house of the Romanian Patriarchate has published the book entitled History of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Patriarch Justinian of the University of Bucharest (1881 – 2013). According to the editorial note, the History of the Faculty of Theology of Bucharest presented in this book is structured into four big chapters, each…
Today, 30 January 2013, the day of the Three Saint Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of “Patriarch Justinian” of Bucharest celebrated its protectors. On this occasion, His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Spiridon the New Cathedral…
Today, 27 January 2013, the 31st Sunday after Pentecost, the evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Luke, chapter 18, 35-43, on the healing of the Blind beggar of Jericho was read in all Orthodox churches. In the sermon delivered in the chapel of “Saint Gregory the Enlightener” of the Patriarchal Residence, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of…
Today, 26 January 2013, the annual session of the Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest was held in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence of Bucharest, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, as Archbishop of Bucharest. Their Graces Assistant Bishops Ciprian Campineanul and Varlaam Ploiesteanul were also present. The meeting was…
On 24 January 2013 we celebrate 154 years since the Union of the Romanian Principalities (1859), occurred on the Metropolitan Hill (Patriarchate Hill), in a building situated near the then Metropolitan Cathedral (Patriarchal Metropolitan at present). On this occasion, a remembrance service for the authors of the Union was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral after…
On 23 January 2012, Monza Hospital, part of the Policlinico di Monza Italian group of Hospitals has inaugurated the newest Cardiovascular Centre in Bucharest and in the country. The event was held in the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, who celebrated the consecration service of the centre. The Patriarch of Romania showed…
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 22 January 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr Georgios Poukamissas, Ambassador of Greece in Romania, on a farewell visit, at the end of his diplomatic mission in Bucharest. His Excellency conveyed a message of high esteem to the Patriarch of Romania and…
On 20 January 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon in the chapel of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of the Patriarchal Residence in which he explained the significance of the evangelical pericope of the 29th Sunday after the Pentecost, of Luke 17:12-19, focused on the Healing of the ten…
On 17 January, every year, the Princely Church – Patriarchal Chapel – Saint Anton – Old Court of Bucharest celebrates its spiritual protector, Saint Antonie the Great, whose miracle worker icon is in this holy place of worship. This year the spiritual joy of the feast was increased by the presence of the Patriarch of…
The Publishing House of the Bible and Orthodox Mission Institute of the Romanian Patriarchate has published with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the book entitled “Life and Akathist of Saint Pious Antonie the Great”, in the new collection of “Akathists and Lives of the Saints”.