Romania

The Cultural and Patrimony Counsellors of the Country Met the Patriarch of Romania

May 16, 2013 News

On 14 May 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church met at the Patriarchate Palace the counsellors of the cultural departments, as well as the persons in charge with church patrimony of the eparchies of the country. These days they participated in the regional workshop entitled the “Value and symbol-conservation, restoration and [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Received the Visit of a Delegation of the Orthodox Church of Finland

May 10, 2013 Featured News

On 9 May 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania received the visit of a delegation of the Orthodox Church of Finland. The delegation was headed by His Eminence Ambrozie, Metropolitan of Helsinki. During the meeting matters of common concern were discussed focused on the good collaboration in the confession of the Orthodox faith. “During [...]

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Romanian nuns celebrate Easter among the skulls of their dead sisters as Orthodox Christians pack churches around the world

May 6, 2013 Featured News

By ROSIE TAYLOR - 5/5/13 Around 300million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday  Nuns at the Pasarea monastery in Romania marked the holy event in room of skulls Thousands attended Holy Fire ceremony and Easter service at Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem As thousands of Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday today with services around the world, [...]

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Palm Sunday Vespers at the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation

April 29, 2013 Featured News

On 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 [...]

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The counsellors for education and the directors of the theological seminaries met the Patriarch of Romania

April 29, 2013 Featured News

On 26th  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 [...]

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Beyond the Hills

April 20, 2013 News

Philip Martin - 20/4/13 Strikingly shot and punishingly long, Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills plays somewhat like a sequel to his 2007 feature 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Like that film – which mapped an intricate, nuanced relationship between two college girls in 1987 Romania under Nicolae [...]

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Reform of religious funding in Romania: UK Secular Society comments, Becali insults, Orthodox Church disapproves

April 19, 2013 Featured News

19/4/13 Disputes over the funding of Romania’s Orthodox Church and religious organizations in general has piqued the interest of Britain’s National Secular Society. The idea of a ‘church tax’ in Romania, proposed by Romanian Green Party MP Remus Cernea, has provoked angry responses from a number of public figures, including former MEP and football boss [...]

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Nature and tranquility near Bucharest, at Cernica and Caldarusani monasteries

April 17, 2013 News

16/4/13 When out of ideas on what to do during the weekend and longer trips out of Bucharest are not an option, we’d recommend exploring the areas around the Romanian capital city. There are plenty of places to choose from for visiting, but this time let’s visit two monasteries. Two of the many surrounding Bucharest. If [...]

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The New Shrine For The Relics Of The Saint Patrons Of Iancu Vechi Parish – Matasari Consecrated By The Patriarch Of Romania

April 12, 2013 Featured News

On 30 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania consecrated, in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint Martyr George as saint patron, the new shrine of the relics of Saint Martyrs Eustatie, Teopista, Agapie and Teopist from Iancu Vechi – Matasari parish of Bucharest. After the consecration service His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel [...]

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The New Shrine For The Relics Of The Saint Patrons Of Iancu Vechi Parish – Matasari Consecrated By The Patriarch Of Romania

April 2, 2013 News

On 30 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania consecrated, in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint Martyr George as saint patron, the new shrine of the relics of Saint Martyrs Eustatie, Teopista, Agapie and Teopist from Iancu Vechi – Matasari parish of Bucharest. After the consecration service His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel [...]

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Musicologist Viorel Cosma Was Awarded Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen Order of the Romanian Patriarchate

April 2, 2013 Featured News

On 29 March 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel awarded, at the Patriarchal Residence, musicologist Viorel Cosma the Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen Order for laics of the Romanian Patriarchate, for his entire activity as professor, historiographer, lexicographer and musical critic. The members of the Standing meeting of the Church National Council of the Romanian Orthodox [...]

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23 years of the Patriarch of Romania as hierarch

March 26, 2013 Featured News

26/3/13 The Sunday of the victory of Orthodoxy over all heresies was celebrated with much devotion by many faithful who came to the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest to attend the Divine Liturgy. On the first Sunday of the Lent when the victory of Orthodoxy over all heresies is celebrated, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzău

March 19, 2013 Featured News

On 17 March 2013, the Romanian Orthodox Church observed the Sunday of Adam’s banishment from the Garden of Eden. The evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Matthew, chapter 6:14-21, was read during the Divine Liturgy. During the sermon delivered in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence of Saint Gregory the Enlightener, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained the teaching [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Met the Counsellors of the Social-Philanthropic Departments of the Eparchies of the Country

March 19, 2013 News

On 15 March 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel met at the Patriarchal Residence the representatives of the social-philanthropic departments of the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate. During the last few days they participated in the regional workshop organised in Bucharest on the Principles of the Philanthropic field – Principles of the social integration from Orthodox [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzău

March 13, 2013 Featured News

On Sunday, 10 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzău. Besides His Beatitude the following hierarchs concelebrated: His Eminence Joseph, Metropolitan of Prikonisou and exarch of All Propontida, His Eminence Ilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hrisostom, Metropolitan of Patra, His Eminence Isaia, Metropolitan [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania at 23 years of hierarchal service

March 11, 2013 Featured News

On Monday, 4 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated 23 years since he was ordained hierarch. His Beatitude was ordained Bishop on 4 March 1990, on the Orthodoxy Sunday, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timişoara by His Eminence Nestor, Metropolitan of Oltenia, His Eminence Nicolae, Metropolitan of Banat, and [...]

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No material wealth can have the value of a saved soul

March 11, 2013 Featured News

On 3 March 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 34th Sunday after the Pentecost, of Saint Evangelist Luke 15:11-32, presenting the return of the [...]

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Turkey’s Secret Armenians

February 21, 2013 Featured News
Members of Armenian community in Romania cast shadows during a rally marking the anniversary of mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire in 1915, in downtown Bucharest April 24, 2012. Armenia, backed by many historians and parliaments, says that about 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed in what is now eastern Turkey during World War One in a deliberate policy of genocide ordered by the Ottoman government. Successive Turkish governments and the vast majority of Turks feel that the charge of genocide is an insult to their nation. Ankara argues that there was heavy loss of life on both sides during fighting in the area. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY RELIGION) - RTR315JR

Translated from Radikal (Turkey) - 21/2/13 The presence of “secret” Armenians in Anatolia has become the subject of a news  report in the Argentine press. In an article titled “The Footprints of Secret Armenians in Turkey,” Argentine  journalist Avedis Hadjian writes that people of Armenian origin, estimated to  number hundreds of thousands, continue to live in [...]

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The Canaanite Woman Becomes a Teacher for us Due o her Deep Lowliness

February 19, 2013 Featured News

On 17 February 2013, the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, the Evangelical fragment on the Healing of the Canaanite woman’s daughter was read in all the Orthodox churches. In the sermon delivered in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence with Saint Gregory the Enlightener as saint patron, His Beatitude emphasised the teaching of today’s evangelical pericope. [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated the 40 Days Remembrance Service since the Passing away of Archbishop Epifanie

February 19, 2013 News

On 16 February 2013, His Eminence Epifanie was remembered in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord of Buzau. The remembrance service was celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, assisted by a group of hierarchs made up of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and Patriarchal Exarch, [...]

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We multiply the gifts received from God through devotion and helping other people

February 13, 2013 Featured News

On 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 [...]

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God changes lives even when people think nothing can be changed

February 1, 2013 Featured News

On 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 the Romanian [...]

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Feast of Saint Antonie the Great at the Old Court

January 20, 2013 News

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 [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania at the Romanian Academy on the National Culture Day

January 20, 2013 News

On 15 January 2013, a session dedicated to the National Culture Day and to the national poet Mihai Eminescu took place at the Romanian Academy. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania attended the event. To end with the session, His Beatitude delivered a blessing speech and characterised the meeting through the saying “the soul of [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzau

January 12, 2013 News

10/1/13 On 10th morning, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzau, according to the regulations of our Orthodox Church, before the funeral service for His Eminence Archbishop Epifanie. The following hierarchs celebrated together with His Beatitude: His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina, His Eminence [...]

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