Am 21. Oktober 2022 wurde in Oradea der neue Bischof des Westlichen Kirchendistrikts der Reformierten Kirche in Rumänien gewählt. Die Wahl wurde notwendig, weil Bischof István Csűry, der den Kirchendistrikt seit 2009 leitete, in den Ruhestand getreten ist. Zur Wahl standen der stellvertretende Bischof László Forró und Pfarrer János Szabolcs Bogdán, Dekan der Diözese Șimleu Silvaniei /Szilágysomlyó. Gewählt wurde Bogán mit 54 zu 49 Stimmen. Er wird sein neues Amt am 1. Dezember 2022 antreten. ...

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry of Health signed a Protocol regarding the conduct of Christian-Orthodox religious assistance activities in health units subject to the Ministry of Health. The two institutions were represented by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Prof. Dr Alexandru Rafila, Romania’s Minister of Health. This protocol, which revises and replaces those of 1995 and 2008, is intended to regulate the activity o...

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel marked 15 years since his enthronement as Patriarch of Romania on Friday, September 30. On this important event in the life of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. After a Te Deum service officiated by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, the Patriarch of Romania gave a speech in which he thanked God and those who have supported and continue to support the activities...

(Radio Free Europe, www.rferl.org, 26. Juni 2022) Romania is considering a bill that would ban minors from being exposed to so-called "gay propaganda" in schools and in public life, despite warnings from rights groups that it would "fuel Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns" and reinstate censorship in the former communist country. Seven lawmakers from the ethnic Hungarian UDMR, a junior ruling coalition party, initiated the bill under the guise of preventing child abuse and promot...

In a message on Monday, May 9, 2022, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged believers to participate in Romania’s Census of Population and Housing and to declare their religious affiliation. "This year's census is a proper time to confess our religious identity" - full text: The organisation of the Romanian Population and Housing Census in the first half of 2022 is not only a process of updating the administrative data and statistics of the population and housing in Romania (information that ...

Against the dramatic background of the outbreak of war in Ukraine and the humanitarian catastrophe it has caused, the Romanian Orthodox Church has been mobilized since the early days of this conflict unleashed by Russia against an independent and sovereign country, providing considerable aid to Ukrainian refugees who arrived on the territory of Romania, in the Republic of Moldova, as well as citizens remaining in Ukraine. Thus, the dioceses on Romania’s border with Ukraine, the Metropolis of ...

In Rumänien können die Steuerzahler bis zu 3,5 Prozent der Einkommenssteuer für gemeinnützige bzw. soziale Zwecke direkt widmen. Die Rumänische Orthodoxe Kirche wirbt deshalb aktuell massiv dafür, dies zugunsten der neuen Bukarester "Kathedrale zur Erlösung des Volkes" zu tun, wie der "Pro Oriente"-Informationsdienst am Freitag berichtete. Die Kathedrale ist eine der größten orthodoxen Kirchen der Welt und wurde im Herbst 2018 eingeweiht, ist aber noch nicht zur Gänze fertiggestellt. Papst Fr...

Through “Filantropia” Federation and “Diaconia” Social Mission, the Romanian Orthodox Church is carrying out a pilot project entitled “Eco-initiatives in the parishes of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.” The project is carried out in partnership with Caritas Ambrosiana, an NGO in Milan, Italy. The project is the first of its kind and aims to initiate an environmental education and identify solutions to increase environmental responsibility at the level...

Please find below the precise point of view of the Romanian Patriarchate on the EU digital COVID certificate, which was briefly expressed at the meeting of representatives of religious denominations with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health of the Romanian Government at the Coral Temple in Bucharest on December 2, 2021. On November 12, 2021, the Romanian Patriarchate requested the Chamber of Deputies not to introduce the obligation of the EU digital COVID certificate for clergy or be...