Am Dankgottesdienst zum 14. Jahrestag seiner Inthronisation hat der rumänische Patriarch Daniel erklärt, es komme „nicht so sehr auf die Zahl der Jahre an“, sondern darauf, die Zeit zur Verehrung Gottes und dem Helfen zu verwenden. Er dankte Gott für die Arbeit der Kirche, die nicht er allein, sondern gemeinsam mit den Geistlichen und Laien sowie Kircheninstitutionen geleistet habe, aber auch in Zusammenarbeit mit staatlichen Institutionen. Patriarch Daniel wurde am 30. September 2007...
Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, awarded on July 22 His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the National Order of the Star of Romania with the rank of Collar. The highest and oldest national distinction was awarded on the patriarch’s 70th birthday, as a sign of high esteem for his precious contribution to the common good through the pastoral, missionary, cultural, social and philanthropic activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Romania and abroad, and for...
The People's Salvation Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului), also known as the National Cathedral, an Orthodox cathedral under construction in Bucharest, Romania, to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, has a giant Orthodox iconostasis (23.8 meters length and 17.1 meters height and an area of 407 square meters), which sets the new world record for the Largest Orthodox Iconostasis, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY. The iconostasis will be covered...
The altar of Romania’s National Cathedral has begun to display its beautiful mosaic iconography with scaffolding starting to come down. Like all important works, the iconographic project of the altar started on paper. Starting with the highest and going downwards, the three registers present the following iconographic representations: The Tabernacle of the Congregation, which was a foreshadowing of the Mother of God in the Old Testament; The establishing of the New Testament through the...
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania has sent a message marking World Social Media Day 2021 highlighting responsible communication in the context of the challenges of today’s world “A good word enlightens communication”: In the context of the pandemic, social networks proved to be a very useful missionary and pastoral means since, for a long time, the faithful could not physically participate in church services. Thus, the online streaming of services was a spiritual consolation, a source...
Claudiu-Lucian Pop wurde als neuer Bischof der rumänischen griechisch-katholischen Eparchie Cluj-Gherla inthronisiert. Als Vertreter von Kardinal Christoph Schönborn nahm Yuriy Kolasa, Generalvikar des Ordinariats für die Gläubigen der katholischen Ostkirchen in Österreich, an den Feierlichkeiten in Cluj teil. Bischof Pop folgt auf Bischof Florentin Crihalmeanu, der im Januar an den Folgen einer Covid-Erkrankung verstorben war. In seinem Gratulationsschreiben an den neuen Bischof hat Kardinal...
Der Hl. Synod der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche (RumOK) hat angeordnet, dass zur Gründung von innerorthodoxen, ökumenischen und interreligiösen Forschungszentren und Zeitschriften eine schriftliche Erlaubnis des Bischofs der jeweiligen lokalen Eparchie und ein offizieller Segen des Patriarchen von Rumänien notwendig sind. In einem Schreiben des Patriachats an alle Bischöfe der RumOK vom 23. Juli 2021 wird zudem unterstrichen, dass ausländische Orthodoxe sowie Nicht-Orthodoxe bei der Mitarbeit...
An event was held on May 11 dedicated to the cultural-monastic landscape of Vânători-Neamț and the proposal to include the monasteries in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Vânători-Neamț is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. The area includes 6 large monasteries, including the famous Neamț Monastery, and 10 dependent hermitages, with about 1,000 monastics. Between all the monasteries and churches in the area, there are 40 altars where the Holy Mysteries are served, which is...
The spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate, Vasile Bănescu, offered assurances that the Holy Easter services will take place normally this year. „In connection with the misunderstanding about the time interval for lifting mobility restrictions (on foot or by personal means of transport) on the night of the Resurrection, a misunderstanding that some hastened to speculate again martyrically.” “The service of the Resurrection begins and ends at different times in the Catholic and Orthodox...
