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independence= 1865 |
recognition= 1885 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] |
primate=''vacant''Patriarch Daniel|
hq=Bucharest, Romania|
territory=Romania|
In the Romanian language it is most often known as '''Ortodoxie''', but is also sometimes known as '''Dreapta credinţă''' ("right/correct belief"—compare to Greek ''ορθοδοξια'', "straight/correct belief"). Orthodox believers are also known as '''ortodocşi''', '''dreptcredincioşi''' or '''dreptmăritori creştini'''.
The [[primate]] until his death on [[July 30]], 2007, was is His Beatitude [[Teoctist Daniel (ArapasuCiobotea) of Romania|Teoctist (Arapaşu)]], Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, and Patriarch of All Romania, ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of Caesarea in Cappadocia. The locum tenens until the election of a new patriarch is Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Voukovina. [http://www.ec-patr.org/docdisplay.php?lang=gr&id=808&tla=gr]
==History==
* [[Iustin (Moisescu) of Romania|Iustin]] (1977-1986)
* [[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Teoctist]] (1986-2007)
* see currently vacantDaniel (Ciobotea) of Romania (2007 - )
==Structure of the Patriarchate==