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The Patriarchate of Romania
His Beatitude Daniel
The Orthodox Church of Romania was established
by St. Apostle Andrew whose missionary work
reached the Carpathian mountains and the river
Danube. In 1885, the Ecumenical Patriarchate
recognized the Church of Romania as an
independent church. Few years later, in 1925, it
became a Patriarchate. The first Patriarch of
Romania was Miron (1925-1939), succeeded by
Nikodim (1939-1948), Justinian (1948-1977),
Justin (1977-1986), then the Patriarch
Theoctist, appointed on 9th November
1986 till 2007, when
His
Beatitude Daniel, is enthronement as the
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at 30
September 2007. Today,
the Patriarchate of Romania has 41 bishops, 9400
priests and deacons, and 324 monasteries.
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