Specialists in painting, restoration and church architecture gathered at the Palace of the Patriarchatetranslated

Specialists in painting, restoration and church architecture from the whole country gathered on Thursday at the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest, during the National Conference "Dogmatic unity and national specificity in church painting".

In the opening speech, Blessed Father Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, explained the spiritual significance of the icon and the importance of preserving the Byzantine tradition in contemporary painting.

"The icon reveals to us the state of grace in which the saints are, sharers in the glory of the Holy Trinity," the Patriarch of Romania emphasized.

The road to holiness The Patriarch of Romania highlighted the role of the icon in religious life. 12.11.2026. Photo credit: Lumina Newspaper / Luigi Ivanciu His Beatitude also referred to the 16 Romanian holy women whose canonization was proclaimed this year, recalling the contribution of women to the transmission of the faith and to the life of the Church.

"Throughout Christian history, holy women have shown that the path to holiness does not depend on belonging to a certain social category, but on the cooperation of the human person with divine grace."

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