Father Metropolitan Irineu, in the bishop's council that honored Saint Demetrius the New, the Protector of Bucharesttranslated

Thousands of believers from the Capital and from other areas of the country paid homage to Saint Demetrius the New, the Protector of Bucharest and the historic Patriarchal Cathedral. The Christians worshiped at the reliquary with the relics of Saint Demetrius the New, at those that house fragments of the relics of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Elena, of the Holy Hierarch Nectarius of Aegina, of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius, the Fountain of Myrrh, as well as at the reliquary with the relics of Saint Pious Elizabeth of Pasărea, recently canonized.

The Holy and Divine Liturgy was performed by Blessed Father Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with a large council of hierarchs of the Holy Synod, in the presence of a large number of priests and pilgrims. His Holiness Father Dr. Irineu, Archbishop of Craiova and Metropolitan of Oltenia, was part of the bishops' council, together with: IPS Father Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina; IPS Father Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj; IPS Father Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște, Honorary Metropolitan and Patriarchal Exarch; IPS Father Teodosie, Archbishop of Tomis; IPS Father Irineu,...