{"id":184469,"date":"2017-12-16T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T11:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=184469"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T10:21:56","slug":"video-patriarch-daniel-officiates-king-michaels-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/video-patriarch-daniel-officiates-king-michaels-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life\u2019 &#8211; Patriarch Daniel at Romania\u2019s former sovereign funeral service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>On Saturday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, led the funeral service for Romania\u2019s last sovereign together with an assembly of eight metropolitans, priests,\u00a0and deacons, pointing to King Michael\u2019s spiritual qualities and his tie with the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/h4>\n<p>\u2018King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life. His faith was not formal, but existential and practical. The King felt God present and active in his life, especially in difficult times,\u2019 the patriarch said Dec. 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The faith in God was His Majesty\u2019s light and help during his life\u2019, the patriarch said adding that \u2018his virtues have been valued by both European royals and ordinary people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Concelebrants for the funeral service included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia<\/li>\n<li>His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alongside the Royal Family of Romania, also attending the funeral service at the Patriarchal Cathedral were President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, Senate President Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Deputies&#8217; Chamber Speaker Liviu Dragnea, Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu, National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor, representatives of the European Commission, Georgia, Macedonia, the UK, Turkey and the Holy See.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the service was attended by representatives of the Royal Families of the UK, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Jordan, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Albania, France, Prussia, Italy, and Portugal. Members of the Imperial Families of Russia, Austria and Germany, the Grand Duchy Family of Baden, the Royal Family of Wurttemberg and the Prince Family of Ligne also attended the funeral service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ro_RO\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.11';  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/779410975576901\/\" data-width=\"890\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/779410975576901\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/779410975576901\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video images: The funeral ceremony of King Michael of Romania has ended. Royal guests (Prince Charles of Wales, Sweden\u2019s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, Spain&#039;s former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, Greece&#039;s Queen Anne Marie, Princess Muna al-Hussein, mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan, Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, and many others) offered their condoleances to king\u2019s family, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Slujba de \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare a Regelui Mihai al Rom\u00e2niei s-a \u00eencheiat. Invita\u021bii, printre care Regele Carl XIV Gustaf al Suediei, Regina Silvia a Suediei, Regele Juan Carlos I al Spaniei, Regina Sofia a Spaniei, Alte\u021ba Sa Regal\u0103 Principele de Wales \u0219i Regina Anne-Marie a elenilor, au prezentat condolean\u021be Familiei Regale.Imagini: TVR<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/\">TRINITAS TV<\/a> on 16 Decembrie 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/king-michael-a-symbol-of-the-suffering-and-hope-of-the-romanian-people\/\">King Michael &#8211; a symbol of the suffering and hope of the Romanian people &#8211; Basilica.ro<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Address of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the Funeral Service of King Michael I of Romania, in the Patriarchal Cathedral from Bucharest on Saturday, 16 December 2017: &#8220;I am the resurrection and the life! The one who believes in Me, even though he dies, will live!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For more pictures check out our photo gallery!<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Robert Nicolae \/ <em><strong>Basilica.ro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, led the funeral service for Romania\u2019s last sovereign together with an assembly of eight metropolitans, priests,\u00a0and deacons, pointing to King Michael\u2019s spiritual qualities and his tie with the Romanian Orthodox Church. \u2018King Michael I of Romania was a deeply faithful person throughout his life.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,18],"tags":[13462,5578,13469,10386,66,483,4614,10705,53],"class_list":["post-184469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-patriarch-of-romania","tag-funeral","tag-funeral-service","tag-king-michael-i","tag-orthodox-news","tag-patriarch-daniel","tag-patriarchal-cathedral","tag-ps-timotei-prahoveanul-en","tag-religious-news","tag-romanian-orthodox-church"],"better_featured_image":{"id":184480,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1024,"height":683,"file":"2017\/12\/VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14-890x594.jpg","width":890,"height":594,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14-890x594.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14-360x360.jpg","width":360,"height":360,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14-360x360.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"4","credit":"Robert Nicolae","camera":"NIKON D5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1513431421","copyright":"Agentia de stiri Basilica","focal_length":"14","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":184467,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VIDEO-P\u0103rintele-Patriarh-Daniel-a-oficiat-slujba-de-\u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare-a-Regelui-Mihai-I-al-Rom\u00e2niei-14.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184469\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=184469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184469\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184480\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=184469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=184469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=184469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}