FEAST OF SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN, THE HISTORICAL DEDICATION DAY OF THE PATRIARCHAL CATHEDRAL.

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us:

Saturday, 21 May 2011, 7.00 o’clock, on the feast of Saints Constantine and Helen, the historical dedication day of the Patriarchal Cathedral, the holy relics of Saint Pious Dimitrie the New, protector of Bucharest, and of Saints Constantine and Helen will be taken in procession and laid under a canopy on the Patriarchal Hill, to be worshipped by the faithful.

At 9.15 hours, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church will celebrate the Divine Liturgy assisted by a group of hierarchs, priests and deacons, on a podium specially arranged near the Patriarchal Cathedral, facing the canopy of the saints’ relics.

After the Divine Liturgy, the winners of the “Child in the Family” National Contest of Christian Creation, organised by the Theological Educational Department of the Romanian Patriarchate in all its eparchies, will be awarded prizes. Organised within the manifestations of 2011, which the Holy Synod proclaimed as the Homage Year of the Holy Baptism and of the Holy Wedding in the Romanian Patriarchate, this contest of Christian creation held in two sections – literary and artistic – enjoyed the participation of over one thousand children from all over the country.

Friday, 20 May 2011, 15.00 hours, the prize awarding ceremony held at the Patriarchal Palace will be preceded by the presentation of an exhibition of children’s paintings entitled My Baptism organised in Europe Christiana Room and by a film on the “Child in the Family” National Contest of Christian Creation - watched in Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna – in the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate, made by the Trinitas TV channel.

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