Festive time at the Patriarchate Palace

The day of 30 November, celebration of Saint Andrew the Apostle, was declared free day. The event was marked today in “Europa Christiana” Hall of the Patriarchate Palace in the presence of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, of the Assistant Bishops to the Patriarch Ciprian Câmpineanul and Varlaam Ploieşteanul, of the members of the Church National Council, as well as of the state and local officials. To start with the event, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, delivered a speech in which he emphasised the importance of the day of 30 November as feast of the entire Romanian nation – as Trinitas Radio station informs us.