The Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina, in Iași,

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, is a

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of the

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History

The Metropolis of

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

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.

Administration and structure

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

* Archdiocese of Iași: Teofan Savu (2008-) *Archdiocese of

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

and Rădăuți: Pimen Zainea (1991-) *Archdiocese of Roman and

Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of ...

: Eftimie Luca (1978-)

Dioceses and Bishops

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: Corneliu Onilă (2009-2017)

List of Metropolitans

* 1401 Iosif Mușat * 1436-1447

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* 1447-1452 Ioachim * 1452-1477 Teoctist I * 1477-1508 Gheorghe I de Neamțu * 1509-1528 Teoctist II * 1528-1530 Calistrat * 1530-1546 Teofan I * 1546-1551 Grigorie Roșca * 1551-1552 Gheorghe II de Bistrița * 1552-1564 Grigorie II de la Neamț * 1564-1572 Teofan II * 1572-1577 Atanasie * 1578-1579 Teofan II * .../... * 1582-1588 Teofan II * 1588-1591 Gheorghe III Movilă * 1591-1594 Nicanor * 1595-1600 Gheorghe III Movilă * 1600-1601 vacancy * 1601-1605 Gheorghe III Movilă * 1605-1608 Teodosie Barbovschi * 1608-1629 Anastasie Crimca * 1629-1632 Anastasie II * 1632-1653 Varlaam Moţoc * 1653-1659 Ghedeon * 1659-1666 Sava .../... * 1670-1671 Ghedeon * 1671-1674 Dosoftei Bărilă .../... * 1675-1686 Dosoftei Bărilă * 1686-1689 Calistrat Vartic * 1689-1701 Sava de la Roman .../... * 1708-1722 Ghedeon * 1722-1730 Gheorghe IV * 1730-1740 Antonie * 1740-1750 Nechifor * 1750-1760 Iacob Putneanul * 1761-1786

Gavriil Callimachi Gavriil Callimachi (; 1689—1786) was a monk at Putna Monastery who rose eventually to the position of Metropolitan of Moldavia. He was born Gheorghe Călmaşul, son of the Câmpulung headman, Teodor Călmaşul, and younger brother of Ioan Teodor ...

* 1786-1788 Leon Gheucă * 1788-1792 Ambrozie Serebrenicov * 1792-1803 Iacob Stamati Mitropolitul Iacob Stamati: fermitate duhovnicească și simț gospodăresc
24 iunie 2008, Pr. Bogdan Racu, ''Ziarul Lumina'', accesat la 7 iulie 2013 * 1803-1842

Veniamin Costache Veniamin is the Russian version of the name Benjamin, and may refer to: *Veniamin Alexandrov (1937–1991), Soviet professional ice hockey player *Veniamin Belkin (1884–1951), Russian artist and painter *Veniamin Fleishman, (1913–1941), Russia ...

.../... * 1851-1860 Sofronie Miclescu * 1865-1875 Calinic Miclescu * 1875-1902 Iosif Naniescu * 1902-1908 Partenie Clinceni * 1909-1934 Pimen Georgescu * 1934-1939 Nicodim Munteanu * 1939-1947 Irineu Mihălcescu * 1947-1948

Justinian Marina Justinian Marina (; born Ioan Marina ) (February 2, 1901, in Suiești, Vâlcea County – March 26, 1977, in Bucharest) was a Romanian Orthodox prelate. He was the third patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, serving between 1948 and 1977. ...

* 1948-1950 vacancy * 1950-1956 Sebastian Rusan * 1957-1977

Iustin Moisescu Iustin Moisescu (; March 5, 1910 – July 31, 1986) was Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1977 to 1986. Biography Theological preparation Moisescu was born in Cândești, Argeș County. He studied at the war orphans’ semina ...

* 1977-1986

Teoctist Arăpașu Teoctist (, born Toader Arăpașu, 7 February 1915 – 30 July 2007) was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007. Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by som ...

* 1986-1990 vacancy * 1990-2007 Daniel Ciobotea * from 2008 Teofan Savu

References

External links

Official website
Moldavia Bukovina Religious organizations established in the 1380s {{Romania-stub