Romanian Orthodox Church

Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodox Romn)
Founder (s)	Saint Andre
Autocephaly / Autonomy declared	1864
Autocephaly / Autonomy recognized	1885 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Current primate	Patriarch Daniel
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania
Primary territory	Romania
Territorial extension	14 500 churches in Romania
Rite	Byzantine
Language (s) liturgical (s)	Romanian , Ukrainian , Serbian , sporadically Hungarian , English and French
Musical tradition	Byzantine
Calendar	Gregorian (Julian date for Easter)
Estimated population	20 million (18.8 million in Romania, 700,000 in the Republic of Moldova.
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Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest

Map of the dioceses in Romania and Moldova

The Romanian Orthodox or Orthodox Church of Romania (Romanian: is a court autocephalous of the Orthodox Church. The primate of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Mountnie and Doubrodja, Locum Tenens of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Patriarch of any Romania and President of the Holy Synod, with residence in Bucharest (current owner: Daniel since 12 September 2007 ).

Second Orthodox Church by the number of his followers after that of Russia , it has most of his followers in Romania , but it has also Republic of Moldova , in Ukraine , in Serbia in the European Union , the United States and Canada. Romanians of Serbia located south of the Danube , and only them, do not yet enjoy a freedom of religious opinion total (they are forbidden to practice in Romanian).

Territorial organization

• Romania

• In Montene and Doubrodja:
  • Archdiocese of Bucharest
  • Archdiocese of Tomis (headquarters in Constanta )
  • Archdiocese of Targoviste
  • Bishopric of Buzu
  • Bishopric of Arges and Muscel
  • Diocese of Dunarea de Jos
  • Bishopric of Slobozia and Clrai
  • Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman

• In Moldova and Bucovina :
  • Archdiocese of Iai
  • Archbishopric of Suceava and Rdui
  • Bishopric of Roman
  • Diocese of Hui

• In Transylvania (Transylvania):
  • Archbishopric of Sibiu
  • Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba , Crisana and Maramures ( Cluj-Napoca )
  • Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj
  • Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
  • Diocese of Covasna and Harghita
  • Bishopric of Maramures and Satu Mare
  • Bishopric of Oradea
  • Diocese of Zalau

• In Oltenia :
  • Archdiocese of Craiova
  • Diocese of Rmnic

• In the Banat :
  • Archdiocese of Timioara
  • Bishopric of Arad , and Ienopole Halmagiu
  • Diocese of Caransebe
• Ukrainian Vicariate in Romania

• Outside Romania:
• Metropolis of Bessarabia ( Moldova )
  • Archdiocese of Chisinau
  • Bishop of Balti
  • Diocese of Bessarabia , South (Cantemir)
  • Diocese of Dubsari and Transnistria
  • Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Germany and Central Europe and North
  • Diocese of Scandinavia (Stockholm)
  • Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe
  • Bishopric of Italy
  • Diocese of Spain and Portugal
• Archdiocese of America and Canada
• Diocese of Hungary
• Diocese of Serbia
• Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (Melbourne)

Cathedral for the salvation of the Romanian people

One project seeks to build in Bucharest in the near future, the largest church in Romania. Its official name is "Catedral Mntuirii Neamului Romanesc. This project is justified by the destruction of the eighties. The churches in Bucharest today are indeed too small to accommodate the crowds that press them. The project has been voted by parliament October 12, 2004 published as law October 29, 2004. ^History

The tomb of the four martyrs Niculiel in 304-305. Two other martyrs in 249 to 251 lie side.

Placed in the Tomb of the four martyrs Zoticos, Attalos, and Kamasis Filippos

• Coming of the Apostle Andrew in Scytia Minor , current Dobrogea , where, according to the Romanian tradition, he was martyred on an X-frame (can be close to this region);
• 249-251: alongside two martyrs of which were later buried the four martyrs of Niculiel;
• March 26, 304 : other martyrs Dacian : Montanus and his wife Maxima were drowned because of their faith, it follows a wave of martyrs;
• 304-305: the four martyrs lying in the tomb of Niculiel: Zoticos, Attalos, and Kamasis Filippos;
• 311 - when the Emperor Dacian origin, Galerius decreed freedom of religion for the first time in 311, the Bishopric of Tomis (Constanta) is elevated to a metropolis, itself comprising at least 14 dioceses;
• 1429 - Capriana monastery in Bessarabia (in the jurisdiction of the metropolis of Moldova at the time);
• 1812 - Bessarabia came under Russian control. There were then 749 churches and many Romanian monasteries;
• 15 December 1864 unilateral declaration of autocephaly;
• May 7 1885 autocephaly recognized by Constantinople ;
• 4 February 1925 the headquarters in Bucharest is elevated to Patriarchate by Constantinople. The first is His Beatitude Patriarch Miron Cristea

In comparison with Wallachia and Transylvania, found the largest number of medieval monasteries in Moldova.

Etymology of the words Romanian Orthodox Doctrine

For the Sacraments

In Romanian, the sacrament is said taina, the Slavonic, close to secrecy (in Romanian: secret), discrete (discrete), hidden (from the Latin ASCUN abscondere). The word taina or similar means secret in Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Croatian.

For Hi

For the speaker of the Christian concept of salvation, Romanian uses: mntuire Hungarian Menten izbvire of Slavonic izbaviti, cereasc salutare from Latin caelum salutare, hello sky, from the Latin liberare liberare, or rarely in a religious context, from the Latin salvare salvare, or the Latin purificare purificare, from Latin limpezire limpidus, or finally from Latin scpare excappare, escape.

To: repentance, modesty, humility and wisdom in voluntary worship

Also used to speak the word repentance ((ro) pocina) is a process of becoming full and also having a level where it is ready to receive salvation after death. The hello ((ro) mntuire) is that toward which it is, nobody said so before the death of the physical body.

To be received by Jesus in heaven ((ro) rarely spoke or paradise) and receive salvation, we must have the humility ((ro) or smerenie umilin) belongs to God and that represents the opposite of hypocrisy / pride (frnicie, Mandra, orgoliu, Trufa, ngmfare, vanitatis, suficiente, prefcatorie, ipocrizie or falsitate) suitable for Lucifer.

The word derives from the Slavonic smerenie smriti. A synonym is smerenie piosenie meaning piety. Another is synonymous smerenie modesty (modesty). The simple modesty did not have much to do with smerenie. Similarly for humility (umilina), avoided the word because of the connotation of inferiority. However, the same passages in the Bible are translated into French by humility. 'Wisdom in voluntary worship "(from Latin cucernicie conquerire) is another similar concept.

The word for pride frnicie (traditional folk form) is derived from fata which itself derived from Latin meaning front fascia. Another word for pride, Mandra drift Slavonic mondru wise. Orgoliu means pride. Trufa derives from the Latin Trufa. ngmfare (popular form-traditional) In + drift gmfn meaning "swell" in Latin. Vanitatis drift the Latin vanitas. suficiente derives from the Latin sufficientia. Another word for hypocrisy, prefcatorie (traditional-popular form) is derived from pre-faca-Tory derived tense face that derives from the Latin facere. Prefcatorie means "pretending." As for ipocrizie, it derives from the Latin hypocrisy. Finally, falsitate, hypocrisy derives from the Latin falsitas.

To: Catholicism / universality of the Church and Heresies

The word for church (ro) Biserica, is unique in Europe. It comes from the word Latin basilica (Greek - which means "communication received from the king" and "the place where the Emperor administers justice").

To: grace / mercy, Holy Spirit, love, tolerance

In Romanian, Duh means the spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, by contradiction with spirit means spirit rather bad.

The harmonic means of God's grace / mercy of God. It has the same meaning as the word free (in Romanian: free). It is an undeserved gift.

Love (Romanian: iubire which is the active love of the Slavonic ljubiti, Dragoste which is a permanent feeling of Slavonic Dragostea or amor with a sense of non-serious, sexual) is a command (of Slavonic porunca poroniti or comanda if it is something automatic, or computer if it is an order) from Jesus who proclaims salvation (ISUS mntuitorul).

Relations with other Churches

Relations with other member churches of the Orthodox Church

Relations with other Orthodox jurisdictions

Relations with the Roman Catholic Church

• 1439, Damian Metropolitan of Moldova signed the decree of union of the Council of Ferrara -Florence
• union with the Church of Rome between 1698 and the ^twentieth century
• the Concordat between the Wars: Designed from the Romanian state and the Vatican, May 10, 1927, and denounced by the Communist government of Romania July 17, 1948
• presence of a papal nuncio
• In 1999 , John Paul II 's visit to Romania with local dignitaries of the Orthodox Church. It is also the first pope to visit predominantly Orthodox countries since the schism of 1054.

See also

Internal Links

• Christianity in Dacia - before the church to its foundation
• Colinde
• List of Orthodox Churches
• List of primates of the Romanian Orthodox Church
• List of Metropolitans of Moldavia and Bucovina
• Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia
• Old-calendar Orthodox Church of Romania
• Moldovan Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
• Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (Orthodox Church in America)
• Romanian Greek Catholic Church

External Links

• (En) The Romanian Orthodox Church - short presentation on the (ro) Romanian Patriarchate's official website
• (En) Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe
• (In) OrthodoxWiki - Church of Romania

Bibliography

• Olivier Gillet, Religion and Nationalism: the ideology of the Romanian Orthodox Church under communism, Publishing University of Brussels, Brussels , 1997 ( ISBN 2800411570 )
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania," in Quo Vadis Eastern Europe? Religion, State, Society and Inter-religious Dialogue after Communism, ed. by Ines A. Murzaku (Bologna, Italy: University of Bologna Press, 2009), pp. 221-235.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Politics, National Symbols & the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral," Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 58, no. 7 (November 2006), pp. 1119-1139.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu "pulpitis, Ballots and Party Cards: Religion and Elections in Romania," Religion, State and Society, Vol. 33, No. 4 (December 2005), pp. 347-366.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "The Devil's Confessor: Priests, Communists, Spies and Informers," East European Politics and Societies, Vol. 19, no. 4 (November 2005), pp. 655-685.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Religious Education in Romania," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 38, no. 3 (September 2005), pp. 381-401.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Religion, Politics and Sexuality in Romania," Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 57, no. 2 (March 2005), pp. 291-310.
• Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "The Romanian Orthodox Church and Post-Communist Democratization," Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 52, no. 8 (December 2000), pp. 1467-1488.

References

• Christians of the East Portal
• Romania portal

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