Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Romanian Orthodox eparchial unification

You may remember an earlier post on the Romanian Orthodox under the OCA opting to join the smaller Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America and form a metropolitanate. Here is an article (that seems to have been pulled from the website - maybe a premature posting?):

(BNA) The Romanian Patriarchate has learned with joy about the decisions taken by the congresses of the two Romanian Orthodox eparchies of America and Canada, which, over the last days, after more than six decades of division, have decided to unite under the canonical and spiritual protection of their mother-Church, the Romanian Orthodox Church. The union is the result of dialog between the hierarchs, priests and faithful of the two structures, a dialog which was encouraged by the Romanian Patriarchate. Earlier this year, in February, a delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, led by Most Rev. Nathanael, discussed in Bucharest with representatives of the Romanian Patriarchate, as well as personally with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was informed by these discussions and encouraged the unification of the two Romanian Orthodox ecclesiastical structures. Giving thanks to the Good God for this historical act, the Romanian Patriarchate congratulates all those who contributed to the unification process, which is beneficial for both Orthodox Romanians and the presence of Orthodoxy in the Americas.

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