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10 Patriarch Daniel reflections on peace as gift and blessing

When people lack peace in their soul or family when the society lacks peace, everything is disturbed, all are saddened, and all reach a state of confusion. Divine peace is the harmony built by the Holy Spirit in the human soul, causing self-observance, the observance of God’s love and the love of fellow people. Given…

Sep 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Virgin Mary’s Nativity should encourage all parents: those who have children, and those who wish for children,’ Patriarch Daniel says

During his homily on Friday, the Patriarch of Romania stressed that the Nativity of the Mother of God from barren and elderly, but also humble and praying parents should represent an encouragement to all parents who have children and for those who do not have but wish to give birth to children. His Beatitude Daniel,…

Sep 11, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

VIDEO | March for Life in Bucharest draws thousands

Thousands marched for life in Bucharest on Saturday, the president of Students for Life Association, Alexandra Nadane, reports. The pro-life manifestation carried out on 25 March 2017 under the slogan Help the mother and the child! They depend on you! People of all ages marched on the streets of Bucharest carrying banners and the national flag. Young…

Mar 28, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Position of the Romanian Orthodox Church regarding the “civil partnership”

The Romanian Patriarchate observes with much concern the proceedings related to the potential formalisation of the so-called “civil partnership”, namely the draft law that is currently on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies. We consider that to institutionalise an alternative type of family is contrary to the Christian faith and the tradition of the…

Mar 1, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Approval for the Initiative of the 3 Million Romanians Concerning the Traditional Family

Wednesday, 20 July 2016, the Constitutional Court of Romania approved the legislative proposal on the revision of the Constitution initiated by the Coalition for Family asking that the fundamental law should clearly mention the fact that family is based on the freely consented marriage between a man and a woman – www.doxologia.ro website informs. The…

Jul 26, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Christian Family is a Blessing of the Love of God for Humanity

On the International Children’s Day (June 1, 2016) and the Sunday of Parents and Children (June 5, 2016), the Patriarch of Romania addresses a message in which he points out the need to cultivate a harmonious relationship between parents and children: Christ is risen! The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has declared the…

Jun 3, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu