Orthodox Pilgrimage on the Palm Sunday 2011 in Bucharest

13/4/2011

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us:

Saturday, 16 April 2011, on the eve of the feast of the Entrance in Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest will organise the pilgrimage on the Palm Sunday with the participation of the hierarchs, priests, monks, nuns and faithful of the capital city and of Ilfov county. This religious-missionary event is organised with the support of the Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate.

The Pilgrimage will begin at “Radu Vodă” Monastery, at 16.15 hours and will take the following route: Radu Vodă St. Mărăşeşti Avenue, Dimitrie Cantemir Avenue, Bibescu Vodă St., Şerban Vodă St. (with a stop at “Saint Spiridon the New” church, patriarchal chapel), Principatele Unite St., Ienăchiţă Văcărescu St., St. Ecaterina St (with a stop at “St. Ecaterina” church, chapel of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of “Patriarch Justinian” of the University of Bucharest), Bibescu Vodă St., Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei and will end at 18.00 hours at the Patriarchal Cathedral where the pilgrims will be met by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

The pilgrimage programme is the following:

-16.10 hours – His Grace Varsanufie Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest will consecrate the willow branches which will be handed out to the faithful;

-17.00 hours – the priests and faithful of the parishes of “Saint Spiridon”, “Slobozia” and “St. Alexie” of deanery III capital will meet the procession at the church of “St. Spiridon the New”;

-17.30 hours – the rev. professors and theological students of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of “Patriarch Justinian” of Bucharest will meet the procession at “Saint Ecaternia” church;

-18.00 hours – His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church will meet the procession at the Patriarchal Cathedral where he will deliver a sermon.

The deaneries of the Archdiocese of Bucharest in Prahova county (Ploieşti, Vălenii de Munte, Câmpina and Urlaţi) will organise local pilgrimages on the Palm Sunday.

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