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2016 – Year of the Holy Hieromartyr Anthimos the Ivirite and of Church Typographers
Anthimos the Ivirite – a missionary typographer and self-sacrificing metropolitan
Address delivered by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, opening the autumn session of the Pastoral-missionary Conference of the Clergy of Bucharest Archdiocese, the Palace of the Patriarchate, 7 November 2016……….. 9
Pastoral letters
Pastoral letter of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church for the first Sunday in the Lord’s Nativity fast 2016………………. 19
Christ’s Nativity: God’s plan for the life of the world – Pastoral letter of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for the feast of Lord’s Nativity… 29
Events
Report on the expenditures and cost justification for the funds alloted to the construction works for the National Cathedral
Monuments and Church Buildings Sector of the Patriarchal Administration 39
The General Assembly of the Romanian Academy (3 September) – Archdeacon Ştefan Sfarghie…………….. 43
The International Congress of Theology „The Religious Education of the Youth in the Context of Today’s Secularized World” (3-7 September)
Archdeacon Ştefan Sfarghie, Marius Nedelcu………………………….. 48
Blessing for the beginning of a new school year
Address delivered by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, for the beginning of the new school year 2016-2017……………………………….. 67
The National Congress „Christ Shared to the Children”- 9th edition (19-21 September) – Ioan Buşagă…………………………………….. 69
Delegations of the Patriarchates of Antioch and Georgia participate in the celebration of the ”Year dedicated to the Holy Hierarch Martyr Anthimos the Ivirite and the Church typographers of the Romanian Petriarchate” (23 September–1 October)
Tudorel Rusu, Iulian Dumitrașcu…………………………………………….. 79
Celebrating the 9th anniversary of the enthronement of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel as Head of the Romanian Orthodox Church (30 September)
Marius Nedelcu……………………………………. 115
The Seventh Congress of the Faculties of Orthodox Theology in the Romanian Pariarchate (10-11 October)
Deacon Gheorghe Anghel……………………….. 121
Religious events in honour of Blessed Paraskevi of Iași, the patron saint and protectress of Moldavia (12-14 October)
Tudorel Rusu…………………………………… 127
Religious events in honour of Blessed Demetrios the New, the patron saint and protector of Bucharest (22-28 October)
Archdeacon Ştefan Sfarghie, Marius Nedelcu………………………… 141
The repose in the Lord of His Eminence Archbishop Justinian – the Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar (30 October)
Alexandru Briciu, Ștefan Mărculeț………………….. 176
Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate of His Excellency Valery Kuzmin, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Romania (23 November)
Lumina Newspaper………………….. 191
Solemn meeting at the Palace of the Patriarchate to celebrate 150 years since the adoption of the Constitution of 1866 and 25 years since the adoption of the Constitution of 1991 (25 November)
Ioan Buşagă…………………………………………. 194
Solemn session held at the Romanian Academy to celebrate the Great Union of 1918 and to remember the country’s participation in the First World War (28 November)
Marius Nedelcu…………………………………………………………………….. 203
The season of carolling and gift-giving
Address delivered by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for the carol concert „The Orient From On High” – the Romanian Patriarchate, 16 December 2016……….. ……..211
Celebrating the name day of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel (17 December)
Marius Nedelcu…………………………. 213
Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate of Her Excellency Ms Tamar Samash, Ambassador of Israel to Romania (21 December)
The press office of the Romanian Patriarchate………………………… 219
The enthronement of His Grace IUSTIN as Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar (27 December) – Ștefan Mărculeț……………….. 222
The work agenda of the Patriarch of Romania
The work agenda of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1 September – 31 December)………………. 233
Studies
Imperial laws in the context of the disputes south of the Danube – Pr. Assoc. Prof. Marin Cojoc…………… 259
An „unknown” prayer of the Funeral service (brief historical-liturgical analysis) – Dr. Nicolae Preda………………. 276
Romanian orthodox Diaspora
The solemn ceremony elevating His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae Condrea to the rank of Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the two Americas (30 October)
Marius Nedelcu, Andrei Pau……………… 285
Consecration of the chapel of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Paris (6 November) – Deacon Gheorghe Anghel, Marius Nedelcu…………. 302
The Christian family needs Christ’s love. The action taken by the Diocese of Northern Europe to reunite the families forcibly separated in Norway
Deacon Laurențiu Drăghicenoiu………………… 306
Orthodoxy in dialogue
The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth from all over the world (1-4 September)
Marius Nedelcu, Ioan Bușagă………………………. 315
The 14th plenary meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman-Catholic Church (15-22 September)
Deacon Gheorghe Anghel……………………….. 342
A millennium of Russian monasticism at Mount Athos (21-24 September)
Ionuț-Daniel Barbu……………………………… 345
Representatives of the Romanian Patriarchate attend the consecration service of the Orthodox Cathedral „St John Vladimir” in Bar, Montenegro (25 September)
Aurelian Iftimiu…………………………………. 352
Cooperation and experience sharing between the Orthodox Russian and Romanian Churches (19-22 November) – Aurelian Iftimiu……….. 356
The irenic letter addressed by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople- the New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, on the feast of Lord’s Nativity……. 359
Restitutions
Anthimos the Ivirite – founder of preaching in the Romanian Orthodox Church – Pr. Adrian Diaconu………. 365