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Patriarch Daniel: The Conjugal Family and the Ecclesial Family Are Icons of the Love of the Holy Trinity (EN / GR)

Patriarch Daniel spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2026 International Orthodox Youth Meeting in Bucharest, stressing that the conjugal family is a blessing from God. He warned of a crisis caused by loss of sacred meaning and urged reaffirmation of the family’s link to the ecclesial community.

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel emphasized the importance of the family for humanity at the closing ceremony of the 2026 International Orthodox Youth Meeting (ITO), held on Thursday at the National Cathedral in Bucharest.

„The conjugal family in its entirety, consisting of a man, a woman, and children, is a blessing and a gift from God to the Church, the nation, and humanity”.

The Patriarch of Romania warned that the main crisis affecting the family is the one „caused by the loss of the sacred meaning of human life and of humble and self-giving (generous) love . For this reason, it is necessary to reaffirm the importance of the conjugal family and its relationship with the ecclesial family, or Eucharistic community, founded upon communion between human beings and God” .

In the address I delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2026 International Meeting of Young Orthodox People , under the theme “Youth, Family, and Life in Christ,” I emphasized that all children and young people are a blessing from God to the family, the Church, and the people.

Now, at the end of this international Orthodox gathering, we wish to emphasize that the conjugal family in its entirety, consisting of a man, a woman, and children, is a blessing and a gift from God to the Church, the nation, and humanity .

Today, the natural, traditional conjugal family is in crisis, undergoing a transformation toward an uncertain and confused future. Materialistic individualism and the pride of selfish freedom hinder both the affirmation of human life as an existence grounded in communion and solidarity, and the affirmation of the family’s sacred vocation as an environment of spiritual life and salvation. By salvation, we understand the union of mortal man with the ever-living God (cf. John 11,25).

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