His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel marked 15 years since his enthronement as Patriarch of Romania on Friday, September 30. On this important event in the life of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. After a Te Deum service officiated by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, the Patriarch of Romania gave a speech in which he thanked God and those who have supported and continue to support the activities...

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present on August 31 at the inaugural session of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3, 2023. His Beatitude spoke of the theme of the event, which is man’s friendship with God, and of the mission of the Church for young people. Referring to the theme of this year’s edition of the meeting, the Patriarch of Romania said that, “according to the Holy Scriptures and the H...

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 fos...

Monday, September 3, 2018, from 09:45 to 10:30 a.m., His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the blessing service of the National Cathedral’s six bells on the ground. Consequently, the bells will be mounted together with their metallic structure in the Bell Tower on the western façade of the new Patriarchal Cathedral, at a height of 60 meters. The blessing of the exterior of the bells will be followed by an additional on the inside blessing after the bells will be installed in the bell towe...

Der rumänisch-orthodoxe Patriarch Daniel hat Justin Welby, Erzbischof von Canterbury und Primas der Anglikanischen Kirche, empfangen, wie der "Pro Oriente"-Informationsdienst mitteilte. Der Patriarch dankte bei der Begegnung am Amtssitz des Patriarchats in Bukarest dem Erzbischof u.a. für die guten ökumenischen Beziehungen zwischen beiden Kirchen in Großbritannien. Insgesamt 38 Kirchen bzw. Gottesdienststätten würden der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche von der Anglikanischen Kirche zur Verfügun...

In seiner Osterbotschaft hat der rumänische Patriarch Daniel die Gläubigen daran erinnert, dass der Glaube an die Auferstehung „uns hilft, die Hoffnung angesichts schwieriger Lebensumstände nicht zu verlieren“. Angesichts des Leids im Zusammenhang mit der Coronavirus-Pandemie rief der Patriarch zum Gebet für Kranke, aber auch Ärzte und Pfleger sowie freiwillige Helfer auf. Zudem verwies er auf die Beiträge, die die Rumänische Orthodoxe Kirche (RumOK) „verantwortungsvoll und substantiell“ zum ...

Im Rückblick auf zehn Jahre im Patriarchenamt hat Patriarch Daniel von Rumänien die Einrichtung und den Erfolg orthodoxer Medien als eine der größten Errungenschaften bezeichnet. Bei seiner Inthronisation 2007 hatte er sich für eine Stärkung der spirituellen Mission der Kirche in der breiteren Öffentlichkeit ausgesprochen, dazu wurden drei nationale orthodoxe Mediennetzwerke gegründet. Mit Radio und TV Trinitas und der Zeitung Lumina, die auch online gelesen werden kann, sowie der Information...

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 inthron...

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania received Bucharest’s Honorary Citizenship for his contribution to the spirituality and education of the Romanian people. The Patriarch of Romania received the award from Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea at the Patriarchal Residence on December 12. Mayor Firea was accompanied by a delegation of the Bucharest City Hall including the former Minister of Culture and National Identity George Ivascu who read out the Laudatio, stressing the academic and pastora...

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered Tuesday, September 11, a vestment with which the holy relics of Saint Paraskeva were clothed to a representative of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. Saint Paraskeva’s vestment, received from Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina, was handed over to His Eminence Metropolitan Naum of Ruse at the St George Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. The holy relic will be enshrined in the old church “Saint Paraskeva”, located at the basement of 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...

Marking its 517th anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel re-consecrated the church of Dealu Monastery on 10. June 2018 referring to it as ‘an important landmark of Romanian national identity and unity’. The Patriarch of Romania said that this monastic settlement is ‘the holy place keeping as in a reliquary the honourable head of Ruler Prince Michael the Brave, who made the first union of the Romanian Principalities, Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldova, in 1600.’ Although this union ‘was...

In response to being presented on 2 December, on behalf of President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, with the ‘Greater Union Centennial’ medal for the involvement of the Church in promoting national memory and values, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said that the distinction is a sign of the esteem in which the head of the state holds the Romanian Orthodox Church. “It is a joy that the contribution of the Romanian Orthodox Church over the centuries to the preservation and cultivat...

During a ceremony at the Patriarchal Cathedral marking the 16th anniversary as primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted the “unprecedented reality in the history of the Romanian people”: over 6 million Romanians have left Romania over the last 15-20 years. His Beatitude stated that “this unprecedented situation is a challenge with, first of all, negative results, although sometimes there were also advantages of these experiences of Romanians, especially fo...

Der rumänisch-orthodoxe Patriarch Daniel hat zum Jahreswechsel zur panorthodoxen Einheit aufgerufen. Mit Blick auf die Diskussionen um das Konzil von Kreta im Juni 2016 erinnerte der Patriarch in einem Interview des rumänischen öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehens TVR daran, dass jene orthodoxen Kirchen, die in Kreta teilgenommen haben, und jene, die nicht anwesend waren, "weiterhin in eucharistischer Gemeinschaft leben", wie die Stiftung "Pro Oriente" berichtete. Wörtlich sagte der Patriarch: ...

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday expressed his hope that the faithful will be able to attend the divine services shortly. Especially during this period, ‘when many people suffer spiritually from anxiety and fear,’ church services are ‘a healing from solitude and restlessness.’ ‘In this period, we also suffer because our beloved faithful cannot physically, directly participate in the church services. We hope that we will be able to meet again soon at the church services. However, at the b...

On the forefeast of Saint John Chrysostom, November 12, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel inaugurated the Consilium House of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. Following the blessing service, His Beatitude referred to the way the new building will be used by the priests and believers. He said that given its capacity, agape meals will be held inside. Also, that it may serve as a place of gathering for the Chapel’s volunteers, as well as for those who work on the National Cathedral’s construction si...

Thursday, March 15 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received in audience the President of the Conference of European Churches, Bishop Christopher Hill, the CEC Vice-president, His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, and the CEC General Secretary, Rev. Heikki Huttunen. A short assessment of the collaboration between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Conference of European Churches was made during the meeting.   Weiterlesen auf basilica.ro (15. März 2018)

Der rumänisch-orthodoxe Patriarch Daniel hat die Gläubigen aufgerufen, für die Ausmalung bzw. Ausgestaltung der neuen orthodoxen Nationalkathedrale in Bukarest mit Mosaiken tatkräftig zu spenden. Bei einem Gottesdienst am „Sonntag der Orthodoxie“ lud der Patriarch die Menschen besonders dazu ein, für die Bemalung bzw. Ausgestaltung jener Heiligen zu spenden, deren Namen sie tragen. Das berichtete der Pro Oriente-Informationsdienst. Die Kirche hat auch eine eigene Internetseite (pictamcatedral...

Die Nationale Kirchenversammlung der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche hat die Bürger des Landes dazu aufgerufen, am bevorstehenden Referendum über die Ehe Ja zu stimmen. Mit dem Referendum soll die Definition der Ehe in der rumänischen Verfassung abgeändert werden, wo sie bisher als eine freiwillig eingegangene Verbindung zwischen Ehepartnern bezeichnet wird. Falls das Referendum angenommen wird, hieße es in der Verfassung künftig „Verbindung zwischen Mann und Frau“.