His Eminence Archbishop Atanasie, head of the Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, celebrated a Doxology on Tuesday, marking the 18th anniversary of Patriarch Daniel’s enthronement as Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In his address at the end of the service, Archbishop Atanasie highlighted the achievements of Patriarch Daniel, for which, he said,…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, chaired by Patriarch Daniel, convened in Bucharest on September 29–30, 2025, and adopted a series of important pastoral, liturgical, and administrative decisions. The meeting took place in the Aula Magna “Patriarch Teoctist” of the Patriarchal Palace. Among the resolutions, the Synod approved the inclusion of several saints…

Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Daniel marked the beginning of the 2025–2026 academic year with a message to students and professors, emphasising that intellectual and professional education finds its true fulfilment in spiritual life. In his blessing, the Patriarch prayed for God to enlighten the minds of students and professors, and to grant them progress in their…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel marks on Tuesday the 18th anniversary of his enthronement as Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Patriarchate, gathered in Bucharest for a working session, will join His Beatitude in prayer at the Patriarchal Palace to mark the occasion. One of the first…

On Saturday, the 14th/27th of September 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious Cross. On this feast, the whole Church, and especially that of Jerusalem, commemorates the event of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross after its finding behind the Horrendous Golgotha by the Archbishop of Jerusalem Makarios and…

The theme of the 2nd Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis, held in Sydney under the auspices of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia from 29 September to 1 October 2025, is: “Social Media and the Priesthood: The Use of Social Media by the Clergy.” At the opening of the Synaxis, on the morning…

The opening of the photographic exhibition, “To the Champion of the World: Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer in the Balkans”,” took place at noon in Building M1 of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The event was attended by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Also in attendance were Sofia…

A cordial fraternal meeting took place on the morning of Monday, 29 September 2025, between His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria. The meeting was held at the hotel where they are both staying in Thessaloniki. Both Primates are visiting the city on the occasion of the 2nd International Scientific…

On Thursday, 25 September, at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney, a Doxology was celebrated on the occasion of the arrival of the Patriarchal Delegation and the other distinguished guests of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, in light of the 2nd Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis (29 September – 1 October 2025). The…