Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate, Army of the Lord and Diocese of Gyula
Parishes
15,717[1]
Monastics
2,810 men, and 4,795 women[1]
Monasteries
359[1]
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Language
Romanian
Liturgy
Byzantine Rite
Headquarters
Dealul Mitropoliei, Bucharest
Territory
Romania Moldova[a]
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 (Autocephalous metropolis) 1925 (Autocephalous Patriarchate)
Absorbed
Romanian Greek Catholic Church (1948)
Separations
Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church (1925) Evangelical Church of Romania (1927) Romanian Greek Catholic Church (1990)
Members
16,367,267 in Romania;[2] 720,000 in Moldova[3] 11,203 in United States[4]
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Ziarul Lumina
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patriarhia.ro
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The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; Romanian: Biserica Ortodoxă Română, BOR), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 1925, the church's Primate has borne the title of Patriarch. Its jurisdiction covers the territories of Romania and Moldova, with additional dioceses for Romanians living in nearby Serbia and Hungary, as well as for diaspora communities in Central and Western Europe, North America and Oceania. It is the only autocephalous church within Eastern Orthodoxy to have a Romance language for liturgical use.
The majority of Romania's population (16,367,267, or 85.9% of those for whom data were available, according to the 2011 census data[5]), as well as some 720,000 Moldovans,[3] belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church sometimes refer to Orthodox Christian doctrine as Dreapta credință ("right/correct belief" or "true faith"; compare to Greek ὀρθὴ δόξα, "straight/correct belief").[citation needed]
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