The Flower Pilgrimage to Bucharest. Hierarchs, priests, monks and believers will fill the streets

The pilgrimage will start at the Radu Vodă Monastery (4:15 p.m.) and will take place along the following route:

Mărăşeşti boulevard, Dimitrie Cantemir boulevard, Unirii Square (East and North sides), Sfântul Anton Church – Curtea Veche (16:45 – first stop) – Unirii Square (West side), Brâncovenească Crucea (17:15 – second stop ), Hill of Joy.

The procession will end at the Patriarchal Cathedral (around 17:45), where the pilgrims will be greeted by His Beatitude Father Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

The main moments of the pilgrimage:

2:30 p.m. – Vespers service at the Radu Vodă Monastery;
16:00 – at the Radu Vodă Monastery, the consecration of the willow branches will take place, which will then be offered to the believers present;
16:15 – departure in procession from the Radu Vodă Monastery to the Patriarchal Cathedral;
16:45 – stop at the Church of Saint Anton – Curtea Veche, where the procession will be met by the priests and believers of this church;
5:15 p.m. – the procession arrives at the Brancoven Cross at the base of the Hill of Happiness (second stop);
17:45 – arrival at the Patriarchal Cathedral, where the pilgrims will be welcomed by Blessed Father Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, who will consecrate the icon of the feast of “The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem”, will say the blessing prayer of the pilgrims and address a word of learning.