Romanias Daniel: Secularization has favored the spread of practices that replace genuine faithtranslated

His Beatitude Patriarch of Romania Mr. Daniel, addressed a message to the 36th Pan-Orthodox Conference dedicated to the study of sects and para-religions, organized by the Diocese of Corinth, from November 3 to 5, 2026. The message was read by the Most Holy Bishop of Hungary Mr. Silouanos, His Beatitude's representative at the event.

The message of the Patriarch of Romania in detail:

The Orthodox Church and the challenges of contemporary pseudo-spirituality

After great joy in Christ the Lord, we accepted the invitation to participate in the 6th Pan-Orthodox Conference on Heresies and Parareligion, organized by the Holy Metropolis of Corinth of the Church of Greece, from the 3rd to the 5th November 2026.

The theme of this year's Conference, "Magic, Divination, Astrology and Prognosis of the Future", is extremely timely for both the Orthodox Church and the modern world, since secularization and the alienation of man from God have favored the spread of practices and perceptions, which are why they try to replace genuine faith with magic, astrology, divination and other forms...