PATRIARCH OF ROMANIA: “TRANSFORM SUFFERING INTO HOPE”

World Council of Churches

Photo: Basilica.ro

14 May 2020

In a video message, Patriarch Daniel of Romania addresses the faithful, reflecting that “the state of pandemic calls us to transform suffering into hope and isolation into a desire for more communion among people.”

ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CONDEMNS POSTERS OF DOCTORS AS SAINTS. ‘A BLASPHEMOUS ACT’

Πατριαρχείο Ρουμανίας

Vasile Banescu, a spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate, denounced billboards depicting doctors and nurses as “saints” with coronavirus-shaped halos as a blasphemous “visual mistreatment of Christian iconography” on Wednesday.

PATRIARCH DANIEL THANKS POPE FRANCIS FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DONATED TO SUCEAVA HOSPITAL

Πατριαρχείο Ρουμανίας 

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel thanked Pope Francis in a letter sent on April 23 for the medical equipment donated to the St John the New Hospital in Suceava.

ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MARKS 135TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUTOCEPHALY

Πατριαρχείο Ρουμανίας

On Saturday, the Romanian Orthodox Church marks its 135th anniversary of autocephaly.

After Romania gained its state independence in 1877 and was declared a Kingdom in 1881, the prestige of the Romanian Orthodox Church increased, making necessary the formal recognition of its autocephaly, long denied by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

ROMANIA RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS URGE PRAYER, SOLIDARITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

 

Romanian Patriarchate 

The Consultative Council of Religious Denominations in Romania has sent a message to society calling for compliance with the measures taken by the authorities and urging for intense prayer during the coronavirus pandemic.

PATRIARCH DANIEL URGES BELIEVERS TO INTENSIFY FASTING EFFORTS: TURN PHYSICAL HUNGER AND THIRST INTO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR GOD

 Romanian Patriarchate

In words following the proclamation of the Gospel reading on Sunday, Patriarch Daniel highlighted the need to intensify the fasting efforts during Lent, noting that this law established in paradise reflects a hunger and thirst for God.

ROMANIAN FAITHFUL TO JOINTLY PRAY FROM THEIR HOMES DAILY AT NOON

 Romanian Patriarchate

The Chancellery of the Holy Synod has announced a new program of prayer in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, beginning March 25, on the feast of the Annunciation, calling upon all faithful to join one another in common prayer daily at noon, each from his own home, while church and monastery bells ring out throughout the country.

NEW MEASURES REGARDING CHURCH SERVICES AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Romanian Patriarchate

Based on the Military Ordinance no. 1 of March 17, 2020, and the Military Ordinance 2 of March 21, 2020, which established successive measures to limit the freedom of movement and assembly of citizens, which also affects the public religious life of the believers, following the consultation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs on March 22, 2020, we convey to you the following:

ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE CALLS FOR FAITH, TEMPERANCE, AND SOLIDARITY IN FACE OF CORONAVIRUS

 Romanian Patriarchate

Given Romania’s state of emergency due to the new coronavirus epidemic, the Romanian Patriarchate calls for responsibility, temperance and solidarity.

THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS A SPECIAL STATE OF PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF THE EPIDEMIC, NOT A STATE OF PANIC AND DISCOURAGEMENT

 Romanian Patriarchate

The Romanian Orthodox Church is gradually and responsibly adapting, depending on the evolution of the situation caused by the epidemic, as all the important institutions in the country do, respecting and promoting in the public space the recommendations of the state authorities.

PATRIARCH DANIEL: TRANSFORM THE PERIOD OF MEDICAL CRISIS IN A TIME TO STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH AND INCREASE OUR LOVE!

Romanian Patriarchate

On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, the Church opens before us the well-known page of the Holy Gospel about the cure of a paralytic man. This gospel passage shows us the healing power of our Saviour Jesus Christ and highlights the importance of caring for one’s health.

GUIDELINES FOR PARISHES AND MONASTERIES TO COMPLY WITH PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Romanian Patriarchate 

The Chancellery of the Holy Synod issued a document with protective measures against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) for all parishes and monasteries within the Romanian Patriarchate:

SPECIAL PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM NEW CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC

 Romania Patriarchate

On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania transmitted the following prayer to all the dioceses within the Romanian Patriarchate, for the deliverance from the new coronavirus epidemic.

PASTORALA SFANTULUI SINOD AL BISERICII ORTODOXE ROMANE LA DUMINICA ORTODOXIEI DIN ANUL DOMNULUI 2020

Pastorala Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române la Duminica Ortodoxiei din anul Domnului 2020

HOLY SYNOD MEETS FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, SENDS DELEGATION TO AMMAN: COMMUNIQUE

Πατριαρχείον Ρουμανίας 

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church held its first working session this year under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest on February 13, 2020.

Primele decizii luate de Sfântul Sinod în acest an: Comunicat

Πατριαρχείον Ρουμανίας

În ziua de 13 februarie 2020, în Sala Sinodală din Reședința Patriarhală, sub președinția Preafericitului Părinte Patriarh Daniel, s-a desfășurat ședința de lucru a Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române.

PATRIARCH DANIEL: THE CHURCH HAS PROMOTED THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE’S UNITY, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY

 Πατριαρχείο Ρουμανίας
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church has promoted the unity, freedom and dignity of the Romanian people during a joint session held by the Romanian Patriarchate and the Romanian Academy at the Patriarchate’s Palace last Thursday.

MESAJUL PATRIARHULUI ROMANIEI DE CRACIUN | SA RASPUNDEM IUBIRII LUI DUMNEZEU CU DARURI SPIRITUALE SI MATERIALE (VIDEO)

Πατριαρχείον Ρουμανίας

Mesajul Patriarhului României de Crăciun | Să răspundem iubirii lui Dumnezeu cu daruri spirituale şi materiale (VIDEO)

În mesajul de Crăciun, Preafericitul Părinte Daniel reaminteşte că „Fiul lui Dumnezeu (…) este darul lui Dumnezeu pentru umanitate” şi îndeamnă să răspundem iubirii lui Dumnezeu cu daruri spirituale şi materiale.

Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΡΟΥΜΑΝΙΑΣ ΣΤΥΛΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ

Ο Πατριάρχης Κων/πόλεως Βασίλειος Γ΄ και ο Πατριάρχης Βουκουρεστίου Μύρων
στο Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Μάϊος 1927)

Του καθηγητή Αριστείδη Πανώτη, Φως Φαναρίου

Άρχοντος Μ. Ιερομνήμονος της Μ.τ.Χ.Ε.

Οι ρίζες της συστάσεως της Εκκλησίες στη χώρα της σημερινής Ρουμανίας πρέπει να αναζητηθούν στην Ανατολή και στη Δύση. Στις δυτικές Παραδουνάβιες ακτές υπήρχαν διάφοροι αποικισμοί με αρχαιότατο ελληνικό στοιχείο ζυμωμένο με τους βόρειους Θράκες που συνδέονται με τους Γέτες και Ροξολάνους της κάτω Μοισίας.

PATRIARCH DANIEL: OUR CHURCH APPRECIATES THE PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTION OF ARMENIANS IN ROMANIA

 Πατριαρχείον Ρουμανίας

During the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition on the history and the heritage of the Armenian Church in Romania held Saturday at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest, Patriarch Daniel expressed the appreciation of the Romanian Orthodox Church for the presence and the contribution of Armenians in Romania in various fields of activity including spirituality, culture, art and society.