Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași

The Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina, in Iași, Romania, is a metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

History

See also: History of Christianity in Romania
The history of the Orthodox church in the Romanian lands, 10-18th centuries

The Metropolis of Moldavia was set up in 1386, and recognized in 1401, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. It then united, in 1872, with the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia to form the Romanian Orthodox Church.[1]

Administration and structure

See also: List of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

The church is headed by the Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina, Teofan Savu. It is divided into three archdioceses and one diocese.

Archdioceses and Archbishops

Dioceses and Bishops

List of Metropolitans

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See also

References

  1. ^ "The Position of the Romanian Patriarchate concerning the Reactivation of the Three Dioceses in the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  2. ^ Mitropolitul Iacob Stamati: fermitate duhovnicească și simț gospodăresc, 24 iunie 2008, Pr. Bogdan Racu, Ziarul Lumina, accesat la 7 iulie 2013

External links


Romanian Orthodox Church
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