Thursday, September 13, 2007
His Beatitude Daniel is now Patriarch
His Beatitude Daniel, the Bishop of Moldavia and Bucovina, was elected a Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church yesterday afternoon, due to the 95 members of the Electoral College of the Church who voted for him.
In the second round his opponent was His Holiness Bartolomeu, voted by only 66 members. (...)
"A Patriarch doesn't work all by himself"
When learning about his victory yesterday, the new Patriarch commented: "I am expressing my gratitude to the Holy Synod and the members of the Electoral College of the Church for their trust and I am also expressing my wish to serve the Church. His Holiness the deceased Patriarch left us a bright and rich legacy we must cultivate". He emphasized all those with love for the Church should help him since "a Patriarch doesn't work all by himself".
King's message
In a press release issued yesterday King Mihai and the Royal House announce: "My family and I are standing by all the Orthodox Romanians who have got a new Patriarch, His Beatitude Daniel, starting from today. We believe this day is important for our traditional faith and for tomorrow's Romania". And the comment continues: "The Romanian Orthodox Church went a difficult way in the last century. After being separated by the Iron Curtain for four decades, today's Europeans need each other in order to delete the traces left by a century lacking reason and generosity. We wish this new guidance to bring the Romanian people and Europe blessed values such as generosity, responsibility, loyalty and faith. Without such values there can be no dignified future for our country or for the continent. Today's mankind needs institutions to be proud of, to urge to moral sense, confidence and common sense as well".George Damian
Ziua Joi 13 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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