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[[Image:Romanian_hieromonk.jpg|350px|thumb|A Romanian [[hieromonk]]]]
{{church|
name= Patriarchate of Romania|founder= [[Apostle Andrew]]|
independence= 1865 |
recognition= 1885 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] |
primate=[[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Patriarch Teoctist]]''vacant''|
hq=Bucharest, Romania|
territory=Romania|
possessions= United States, Canada, Western Europe|
language=Romanian|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]] / , Choral|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=18,817,975 [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=19&IndexView=toc]|
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 current [[primate]] is until his death on [[July 30]], 2007, was His Beatitude [[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Teoctist (Arapaşu)]], Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, and Patriarch of All Romania, ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
==History==
