Die Rumänische Orthodoxe Kirche (RumOK) und das rumänische Außenministerium (Abteilung für Beziehungen zur Republik Moldau) haben ein Kooperationsabkommen unterzeichnet. Das teilte das Patriarchat in Bukarest laut dem Pro Oriente-Informationsdienst vom 18. Juli mit. Ziel ist es, die RumOK in der Republik Moldau auf vielfältige Weise zu unterstützen. Die Vereinbarung wurde von Patriarch Daniel und Außenminister Adrian Dupu unterzeichnet. Anwesend war bei der Unterzeichnung auch Metropolit Petru…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met for its working session at “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula of the Patriarchal Palace on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The session was chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Holy Synod elected by secret ballot the Very Reverend Archimandrite Paisie Teodorescu, patriarchal vicar, in the dignity of patriarchal auxiliary bishop. The new patriarchal auxiliary bishop will bear the title of His Grace Bishop Paisie of Sinaia. Also, the Holy Synod elected by…

Religion als wahlweises Prüfungsfach bei der Matura: Das wird nach einer Entscheidung des Parlaments in Bukarest künftig für Schülerinnen und Schüler in Rumänien möglich sein. „Es ist eine Entscheidung, die den Religionen noch mehr Verantwortung überträgt“, sagte Vasile Bănescu, Sprecher des Bukarester Patriarchats der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche, laut Berichten der Nachrichtenagentur SIR und des Portals Vatican News. Bănescu betonte den kulturellen Charakter der Religion. Die Schule vermitt…

Am 2. März 2023 haben Pfarrer und Pfarrerinnen der beiden lutherischen Kirchen aus Rumänien in Sighișoara/Schässburg zum ersten Mal eine gemeinsame Tagung durchgeführt. Die beiden Kirchen, die ungarischsprachige Lutherisch-Evangelische Kirche in Rumänien (ELKR) und die deutschsprachige Evangelische Kirche A. B. in Rumänien (EKR), sind zwar im Nationalkomitee des Lutherischen Weltbundes zusammengeschlossen und arbeiten auch z.B. im Rahmen des GAW Rumänien zusammen. Ihre Kontakte beschränkten sic…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on 27. March attended a solemn session held at the Romanian Parliament to mark the Centennial of the Constitution of Unified Romania (1923–2023). His Beatitude addressed the participants after the President of Romania and recalled the importance of the fundamental law adopted in 1923 for church life: “The great changes in a country’s history also generate changes to the Fundamental Law, which arise from the new realities and create the premises for important furth…

In an address initiated by the Romanian Patriarchate, thirteen representatives of religious denominations in Romania requested the inclusion of Religion in the list of subjects for which the Baccalaureate exam can be taken. The signatories also demand the removal from the new draft Law on pre-university education of some provisions related to the new ideologies. Religion as a school subject is “one of the few that is studied throughout pre-university education and the only one that has been val…

Der rumänisch-orthodoxe Patriarch Daniel hat Justin Welby, Erzbischof von Canterbury und Primas der Anglikanischen Kirche, empfangen, wie der "Pro Oriente"-Informationsdienst mitteilte. Der Patriarch dankte bei der Begegnung am Amtssitz des Patriarchats in Bukarest dem Erzbischof u.a. für die guten ökumenischen Beziehungen zwischen beiden Kirchen in Großbritannien. Insgesamt 38 Kirchen bzw. Gottesdienststätten würden der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche von der Anglikanischen Kirche zur Verfügung…

Die Rumänische Orthodoxe Kirche (RumOK) ist weiter im Wachsen, zumindest in der Diaspora. Das geht aus statistischen Daten hervor, die das Patriarchat in Bukarest laut Pro Oriente-Informationsdienst dieser Tage veröffentlichte. Die RumOK verfügt außerhalb Rumäniens über vier Erzdiözesen und neun Diözesen mit insgesamt 1483 Pfarren oder pfarrähnlichen Einrichtungen (2021: 1472). Die Zahl der Klöster hat sich von 67 (2021) auf 71 erhöht, jene der Kleriker von 1311 (2021) auf 1379. Im Jahr 2…

The Solemn and Commemorative Year 2023 was officially proclaimed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest after the Divine Liturgy celebrated on New Year’s Day. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church declared 2023 as a Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the elderly and a Commemorative Year of hymnographers and church chanters. The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti read the Proclamation Decree signed by the members of the Holy Synod. The text remembered that the Holy Syn…

According to survey results presented at the Romanian Academy in Bucharest on December 15, the Orthodox Church remains the most trusted institution in Romania. Overall, according to the survey carried out under the auspices of the State Secretariat for Cults, 66.3% of Romanians says they place a lot of trust in the Church, reports Ziarul Lumina. This is slightly higher than in a survey conducted in January 2021. Moreover, more than 83% of the population confesses their religiosity through concr…

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. J…

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 of…

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 o…

(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 promotin…

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 th…

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 Be…

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 Fran…

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 o…

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 beli…

In response to being presented on 2 December, on behalf of President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, with the ‘Greater Union Centennial’ medal for the involvement of the Church in promoting national memory and values, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said that the distinction is a sign of the esteem in which the head of the state holds the Romanian Orthodox Church. “It is a joy that the contribution of the Romanian Orthodox Church over the centuries to the preservation and cultivatio…