On June 8th 128 geography high school teachers from all over Romania visited the church in Malainita. “You have made us very glad with your visit today because with it you have shown that we, the Timoc Romanians –or Vlachs as the Slav peoples call us– were not abandoned by our brothers from Romania” declared the clergyman Boian Aleksandrovici, pastor of this church and protopresbyter of Dacia Ripensis. Following the welcome the teachers entered the church where they bowed to the case containing the remains of holy mother Paraskeva, which this holy church received in gift from the hands of the true spiritual Father of all Romanians / Vlachs the world over, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

On the 25th of May 2010 (on the third day of Rusalii / Pentecost) the Ruga (religious fair) of the village of Geanova of the Timoc Valley was celebrated. A beautiful service of Te Deum was celebrated by the Right Reverend Dr. DANIIL, Bishop of the Romanians / Vlachs of Serbia, the Right Reverend LUCIAN, Bishop of Caransebes, the Right Reverend NICODIM, Bishop of Severin and Strehaia, Father Boian Aleksandrovici, Protopresbyter of Dacia Ripensis and pastor of the respective parish together with a gathering of priests and deacons from the Serbian Banat and Romania. “Invierea”, the choir of the Romanian Orthodox parish of Foeni, headed by their pastor Father Nicolae, sang at the service.

After the spiritual part there was a cultural program of folklore, song and dance from the region.

2010 is the year when the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 125 years of autocephaly and 85 years since the Patriarchy was elevated and recognized. The autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church was recognized on April 25th, 1885. On February 4th 1925, through the Decision of the Holy Synod, the Romanian Orthodox Church was elevated to the rank of Patriarchy while the Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia MIRON, in his position as Primate of Romania, was elevated to the level of Patriarch of the Romanian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

With the blessing of the Right Reverend Dr. Daniil, Bishop of Dacia Felix – Serbia, and at the initiative of the Very Reverend Boian Aleksandrovici, Protopresbyter of Dacia Ripensis, the “Cross of Saint Nicetas of Remesiana – Crux Sanctus Nicetas Remesianae” award was established as a distinction of the Romanian Orthodox

Protopresbyterate of Dacia Ripensis to be awarded for recognition of all the clerics and laics who aid and support the Romanian Orthodox Church in Eastern Serbia, religious services in the native tongue of the Romanians of Timok as well as the reactivation of and respect for Daco-Romanian Christianity.

On July 22, 2009, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, turns 58.

A prayer of thanks at the anniversary of the birthday of the First Among the Romanian Orthodox Church will be held during Holy Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest.

During the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church that took place today, June 18, at the Patriarchal Residence, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presiding, His Grace Corneliu was elected for the chair of bishop of the Eparchy of Huşi. His Grace was chosen with 43 votes, as related by Mircea Toma (reporter at the radio station of the Romanian Patriarchy) for Radio TRINITAS, during the program „Romania Today”.

On June 18-19 2009, starting at 10AM , at the Patriarchal Residence, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presiding, there will take place a working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Among other current issues of church life, the agenda will include the election of titular hierarchs for the vacant chairs of bishops of the Eparchy of Slobozia and Călăraş, respectively the Eparchy of Huşi.

THE PRESS BUREAU OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHY

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, journeyed today, June 12 2009, to Austria, where he will make a pastoral visit lasting four days. He will meet here with members of the Romanian Orthodox community and will consecrate two new churches.

On Saturday, June 13 2009, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, surrounded by a gathering of Romanian hierarchs and Orthodox priests as well as priests of sister Orthodox Churches in Europe, will consecrate the new Romanian church in Salzburg and will perform Holy Liturgy, while on Sunday, June 14 2009, the First Among the Romanian Orthodox Church will consecrate the new church of the Romanian Orthodox parish in Vienna.

Today, June 4, 2009, is the fourth anniversary since father Boian, pastor of Mălainiţa and Remesiana and protopresbyter of Remesiana, was ordained deacon by His Grace Dr. DANIIL, at that time Bishop of the Romanians in Serbia.

Father Boian was ordained at the Prislop monastery, founded by Saint Nicodim of Tismana, on June 4, 2005, and the following day, June 5, 2009, was ordained priest in charge of the parish of Mălainiţa and elevated as clergyman, econome stavrophore, protopresbyter and was named protopresbyter of Dacia Ripensis at the monastery in the Retezat mountains in Romania.

Also on June 5 at the holy day of the Ascension of the Lord, two years earlier, in 2005, father Boian was elevated to the step of hypodeacon in the Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Vârşeţ.

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, visited today, June 1^st, the historic region of Cappadocia, the Museum Park Göreme (Korama), where there is an ensemble of churches carved out of rock. One of the oldest churches there is consecrated to St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.