Patriarch Daniel

Romania Patriarch, President lay flowers at memorial to Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Bucharest

Following a Te Deum thanksgiving service officiated on Thursday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, the Patriarch of Romania and President Klaus Iohannis laid flowers to the memorial of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as a sign of gratitude to the one who helped the Romanian Principalities be united in one state 160 years ago. The…

Jan 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel ascribes glory to God on 160th anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union

On Thursday, January 24, 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated a Te Deum thanksgiving service at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest marking the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The service was attended by Romania’s President Klaus Werner Iohannis, the President of the Romanian Academy Ioan-Aurel Pop, the…

Jan 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The 160th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities | PHOTO

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Thursday officiated a Te Deum service at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest marking the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities. Following the service, the Romanian Patriarch, the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, the president of the Romanian Academy, clergy and state officials laid wreaths at Prince Alexandru Ioan…

Jan 24, 2019Mircea Florescu

‘Teacher by vocation’ Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea lauded at funeral service

Teacher Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea was remembered as a ‘teacher by vocation,’ who dedicated his life to the ‘Romanian school’ with ‘patience, much love and diligence’ during his funeral service on Friday, Jan. 18, at St Nicholas Church of Cernica Monastery near Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the funeral service of his brother-in-law teacher…

Jan 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel, President of Romania attend festive session at Romanian Athenaeum on National Culture Day

The Romanian Academy on Tuesday held a festive session at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest to mark the National Culture Day, which was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. Introduced in 2010, Romania’s National Culture Day is celebrated on January 15. This is the birth date of Romanian poet and…

Jan 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Patriarch Daniel: Repentance is a change, not a simple regret

‘Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying ‘I’m sorry’ and moving on, ‘it is an effort to change the way of thinking,…

Jan 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel attends opening ceremony of Romanian EU Council Presidency (VIDEO)

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, joined EU and Romanian leaders at the official launch of Romania’s first presidency of the bloc, which took place at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Delivering speeches at the opening ceremony on behalf of Romania were the President of…

Jan 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Baptism is an immersion in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity, Patriarch Daniel says

Offering his reflections on the Theophany of the Lord, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that through the words, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’, the Heavenly Father also referred to the entire humankind which through Baptism was immersed in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity. Therefore, the patriarch…

Jan 10, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Message by Romanian Patriarch Daniel at IOTA Conference (Full Text)

The unity of the Church is the gift of God and a co-responsibility of the clergy and the lay faithful Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the International Theological Conference “Panorthodox Unity and Synodality“, Iaşi, 9-12 January 2019. In contemporary society, characterised by increased secularisation, i.e. through relativisation of…

Jan 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy on New Year’s Day | PHOTO

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great on New Year’s Day at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included the Patriarch’s auxiliary bishop and secretary of the Holy Synod Varlaam of Ploiesti, and the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Timotei of…

Jan 7, 2019Mircea Florescu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel celebrates Divine Liturgy on New Year’s Day

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania presided over the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great on New Year’s Day at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included the Patriarch’s auxiliary bishop and secretary of the Holy Synod Varlaam of Ploiesti, and the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Timotei of…

Jan 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu