{"id":218423,"date":"2018-11-29T21:43:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=218423"},"modified":"2018-11-29T21:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T19:43:31","slug":"patriarch-theophilos-of-jerusalem-officially-welcomed-at-bucharest-patriarchal-cathedral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-theophilos-of-jerusalem-officially-welcomed-at-bucharest-patriarchal-cathedral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem officially welcomed at Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral: Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Thursday, Nov. 29, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine was officially welcomed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tronos Byzantine Choir chanted the polychronion for the two Orthodox Patriarchs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbasilica.ro%2Fvideos%2F2454555717919547%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Welcome to our country and our Church,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said addressing the Patriarch of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled the visit paid by Patriarch Theophilos to Bucharest four years ago adding that the current visit is occasioned by the first celebration of the patronal feast of the newly-consecrated National Cathedral \u2018as testimony and occasion of holy communion and missionary cooperation between our Churches.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Theophilos said he is happy to attend the feast of Saint Andrew inside \u2018the architectural adornment of the city of Bucharest and of entire Romania,\u2019 the newly-consecrated National Cathedral, which is \u2018a fruit of the devotion of the Romanian people.\u2019<\/p>\n<h4>A precious gift for the National Cathedral<\/h4>\n<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos announced that the delegation of the Jerusalem Patriarchate brought a fragment of the holy relics and an epitrachelion of Saint John Jacob the New Chosebite for the Romanian People\u2019s Salvation Cathedral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218284\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-218284 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-11-29-at-13.33.26-890x668.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relics of St John Jacob the New Chosebite. Photo: Basilica.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two relics were enshrined in the National Cathedral\u2019s Chapel to be venerated by believers.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel said that these relics of \u2018the Romanian Saint from the Holy Land\u2019 will be placed in one of the future chapels at the basement of the National Cathedral which will be dedicated to Saint John Jacob.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriarch of Jerusalem arrived in Romania Thursday morning to lead the celebrations of the first patronal feast of the National Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Patriarch Theophilos will also attend the ceremonies in Alba Iulia marking Romania\u2019s National Day and the 1918 Great Union Centennial.<\/p>\n<p>Photography courtesy of <strong><em>Basilica.ro<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Nov. 29, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine was officially welcomed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 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