
Annoncering

Here's Patriarch Daniel using the blessing rod to get some holy oil under the roof of the Bârsana Monastery in Romania's Maramureș region.

His Holiness blessing a church in the city of Brașov. In this one, another priest is holding something that looks like a pine cone covered in M&M's. This is presumably helpful in some way.

The Patriarch rolling another level of benediction onto a freshly painted cathedral in Alba county.

Here's Daniel doing his thing to some paintings at the Bucharest School of Engineering campus church.

At this blessing in Turda, Patriarch Daniel gives a blow-by-blow commentary of what it takes to sanctify a wall with his rod.
Annoncering

On International Children's Day, Daniel carefully blessed the prayer corner of a kindergarten.

His Holiness inaugurating the summer altar of the Țigănești Monastery in the Teleorman region.

Here, Daniel is blessing an orphanage near one of his new churches. To the left, you'll notice a guy looking inexplicably bummed out about having to hold the Holy Rod.

In this photo, Daniel really doesn't need to be using the rod.

Here's the rod in the Romanian-American University, blending science and superstition with panache.

