Romanian Orthodox Church Sends Blessings to Newly Enthroned Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania has conveyed a formal message to the newly enthroned Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria, celebrating his election on June 30, 2024. The Romanian Orthodox Church received the news with joy, expressing confidence that Patriarch Daniil will honor the spiritual traditions of his predecessors with dedication and vigor. Patriarch Daniel highlighted the importance of Patriarch Daniil's leadership amidst contemporary challenges facing the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, urging him to uphold Christian values amidst moral, social, economic, and military crises. The message also included prayers for God's guidance as Patriarch Daniil navigates his role, emphasizing unity between the Romanian and Bulgarian Orthodox communities.

"Your Beatitude,

Beloved Brothers Hierarchs,

Members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church,

Honourable audience,

It was with great joy in Christ the Lord that the hierarchs, clergy and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church received today, 30 June 2024, the news of Your Beatitude's election as Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. We are fully assured that Your Beatitude will be a worthy successor of Patriarch Neophyte of blessed memory and of the other venerable Patriarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, whose spiritual legacy you will continue with faithfulness and dynamism and with the same care for the Romanian Orthodox church and community in Sofia.

The dignity of Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, to which you have been called by our Saviour Jesus Christ, the "Great High Priest" (Hebrews 4, 14), implies a special pastoral responsibility for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church,...