Author: BOR
December 14, 2010
THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR AT BOR
The Department for Church and Inter-religious Relations and the Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate inform us: Source: basilica.org
On 14 December 2010, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received the introduction visit of His Excellency Mr. Philippe Beaulne, Ambassador of Canada in Bucharest.
The Ambassador thanked for reception and underlined the contribution of the Romanian community to the development of the Canadian society for over a century of permanent presence in this country in the North American continent. In this sense, the Ambassador of Canada emphasised the role of the Romanian Orthodox priests in keeping and promoting the identity of faith and nation and in the integration of the Romanians in the Canadian society.
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel appreciated the support that the Canadian authorities give to the Romanian community and pointed out the Canadian multi-cultural example of respect and encouragement of the ethnic, linguistic, cultural and spiritual aspects of those settled in the Canadian territory.
The Canadian Ambassador was very interested in the situation of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the communist regime and in her activity after 1990. The Patriarch of Romania presented the difficult context in which the Romanian Orthodox Church had to unfold her mission for almost 50 years of communism in Romania and emphasised various aspects of the pastoral-missionary, social-charitable and cultural-educational activity of the Romanian Patriarchate during the last twenty years. His Beatitude mentioned among the priorities of the Romanian Patriarchate the intensification of the social work and of the religious service for the Romanian Orthodox communities abroad. In this context, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel underlined the need to set up an eparchy for the large Romanian Orthodox community in Canada.