Ordained at the Patriarchal Residence: A call to more self-giving, says Patriarch Danieltranslated

His Beatitude Father Patriarch Daniel ordained several clerics from the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Wednesday at the Patriarchal Residence. On this occasion, His Beatitude emphasized that "these distinctions mean not only an honoring of the person, but also a call to more self-giving".

The Patriarch of Romania showed that the ecclesiastical ranks received by clerics crown a work already carried out and call those who receive them to an intensification of service.

"All of you together have received the blessing of the Most Holy Trinity, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, to bear these signs, which show a thorough work, already done, and call for an amplification, an intensification of the activity in the future."

"These ecclesiastical ranks are expressed through the Holy Cross, which means toil, watchfulness, prayer, giving and diligence," His Beatitude also said.

Sacrificial service and love for Christ Father Patriarch Daniel explained that the Holy Apostle and Martyr Barnabas is the protector of clerics who receive the ranks of econom and econom stavrophore, presenting him as a model of dedication to the work of the Church.

"He spent almost all his fortune on the mission...