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Romanian Orthodox Church
(Patriarchate of Romania)
Patriarhia Romana.jpg
Coat of arms
Primate Daniel, Patriarch of All Romania
Bishops 53
Priests 15,068
Parishes 15,717
Monastics 2,810 men, and 4,795 women
Monasteries 359
Language Romanian
Headquarters Dealul Mitropoliei, Bucharest
Territory Romania
Moldova
Possessions Serbia
Hungary
Western and Southern Europe;
Germany, Central and Northern Europe;
Americas;
Australia and New Zealand
Founder (as Metropolis of Romania)
Nifon Rusailă, Carol I
(as Patriarchate of Romania)
Miron Cristea, Ferdinand I
Independence 1865
Recognition 25 April 1885
Separations Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church (1925)
Members 16,367,267 in Romania; 720,000 in Moldova 11,203 in United States

The Romanian Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Romania. More than 80 percent of Romanians belong to it.

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  • Ortodocsi Transilvania 1850

    Orthodox believers in Transylvania according to the 1850 census

  • Ortodocsi Romania (1930)

    Orthodox believers in Romania according to the 1930 census (data available only for Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș and Bucharest)

  • Ortodocsi Romania (2002)

    Orthodox believers in Romania according to the 2002 census

  • Patriarhul Miron Cristea

    Patriarch Miron Cristea as Prime-Minister in 1938

  • 420 Conducatorii de partid si de stat

    Nicolae Ceaușescu and other Party officials visit Neamț Monastery in 1966.

  • Catedrala Mare Targu Mures 03

    Ascension of the Lord Cathedral in Târgu Mureș

  • Iaşi ,Catedrala Metropolitană Ortodoxă

    Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, the largest historic Orthodox church in Romania

  • Catedrala ortodoxă "Sf. Ierarh Nicolae", Galati

    Orthodox cathedral in Galați

  • BisericaDinMioveni

    Orthodox cathedral in Mioveni

  • Sârbi Josani

    Orthodox church in Sârbi Josani

  • Voronet, Manastirea

    Orthodox church in Voroneț, Romania

  • Densus (Grigore Roibu)

    Romano-Gothic Orthodox church in Densuș

  • Lugojchurch

    Baroque Orthodox cathedral in Lugoj

  • Man Curtea de Arges.SV

    Orthodox church in Curtea de Argeș

  • Iglesia San Constantino y Santa Elena 2013 001

    Orthodox church (Church of St. Constantine and Helena) in Caracas, Venezuela

  • Romania - Neamt monastery 2

    Orthodox church in Vânători-Neamț

  • Aa005 Hurezi

    Orthodox church in Horezu, Romania

  • RO VL Cozia Holy Trinity church side

    Orthodox church in Călimănești-Căciulata

  • Capela Gimnaziului de Fete

    Neoclassic Byzantine Orthodox cathedral in Chișinău

  • Flickr - fusion-of-horizons - Catedrala Patriarhală (2)

    The Palace of the Romanian Patriarchate (the former Palace of the Assembly of Deputies

  • Holy Trinity Cathedral - Arad -3

    New Holy Trinity Cathedral of Arad, the first cathedral to be built after the Romanian Revolution

  • Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral Bukarest

    Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral, Bucharest (under construction)

  • La catedral ortodoxa

    Orthodox church in Gura Humorului, Romania

  • Căpriana monastery in Moldova

    Orthodox church in Căpriana, Republic of Moldova

  • Catedrala Episcopală Alba-Iulia

    Orthodox cathedral in Alba Iulia

  • Catedrala Arhiepiscopiei ortodoxe din Cluj-Napoca

    Orthodox cathedral in Cluj-Napoca

See also

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