==Organization=
There are six [[metropolis|metropolia]] and ten [[archdiocese]]s in Romania, containing 14,035[[priest]]s and [[deacon]]s. Almost 631 [[monasticism|monasteries]] exist inside the country for some 8,059 [[monk]]s and [[nun]]s. Three diasporan metropolia and two diasporan dioceses function outside Romania proper. As of 2004, there are, inside Romania, fifteen theological universities where more than 10,898 students (some of them from Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Serbia) currently study for a doctoral degree. More than 15,116 churches exist in Romania for the Orthodox faithful As of 2002, almost 1000 of these were either in the process of being built or rebuilt.
==Famous theologians==
[[Image:Dumitru_Staniloae.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Dumitru Staniloae|Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae]]]]
Father [[Dumitru Staniloae|Dumitru Stăniloae]] (1903-1993) was one of the greatest Orthodox theologians of the 20th century. His ''magnum opus'', aside from his ''Duhovnicesc'' ("deepest spiritual"), is the comprehensive collection, compiled over 45 years, known as the ''Romanian [[Philokalia]]''.
==List of Patriarchs==
* [[Miron (Cristea) of Romania|Miron]] (1925-1939)
* [[Nicodim (Munteanu) of Romania|Nicodim]] (1939-1948)
* [[Iustinian (Marina) of Romania|Iustinian]] (1948-1977)
* [[Iustin (Moisescu) of Romania|Iustin]] (1977-1986)
* [[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Teoctist]] (1986-2007)
* [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]] (2007-)
==Structure of the Patriarchate==
Metropolitan See of Muntenia and Dobrogea
* Archdiocese of Bucharest
* Archdiocese of Tomis
* Archdiocese of Târgovişte
* Diocese of Buzău
* Diocese of Argeş and Muscel
* Diocese of Dunărea de Jos
* Diocese of Slobozia and Călăraşi
* Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman
* Diocese of Giurgiu
Metropolitan See of Moldova and Bucovina
* Archdiocese of Iaşi
* Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuţi
* Diocese of Roman
* Diocese of Huşi
Metropolitan See of Transylvania (Ardeal)
* Archdiocese of Sibiu
* Diocese of Covasna and Harghita
Metropolitan See of Cluj, Alba, Crişana and Maramureş
* Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj
* Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
* Diocese of Oradea (including Bihor and Sălaj)
* Diocese of Maramureş and Sătmar
Metropolitan See of Oltenia
* Archdiocese of Craiova
* Diocese of Râmnic
* Diocese of Severin and Strehaia
Metropolitan See of Banat
* Archdiocese of Timişoara
* Diocese of Arad, Ienopole, and Hălmagiu
* Diocese of Caransebeş
* Romanian Orthodox Diocese in Hungary (Guila)
Autonomous Metropolitan See of Bessarabia
Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan See for Germany and Central Europe
[[Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe|Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan See for Western and Southern Europe]]
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada
Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Dacia Felix (Serbia)
==Romanian Saints==
* [[Daniel the Hermit]]
* [[Evangelicus of Tomis]]
* [[Gherman of Dobrogea]]
* [[John Cassian]]
* [[John the New of Suceava]]
* [[Sansala]]
* [[Sava the Goth]]
* [[Stephen the Great]]
* [[List of Romanian Saints]]
==Churches and Monasteries==
*[[Humor Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Humor Monastery]]
*[[Moldovita Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Moldoviţa Monastery]]
*[[Putna Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Putna Monastery]]
*[[Sucevita Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Suceviţa Monastery]]
*[[Voronet Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Voroneţ Monastery]]
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==Source==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Church&oldid=9743171 Wikipedia:Romanian Orthodox Church] (as of Jan. 22, 2005) provided the initial form, but article has been significantly revised and expanded in the interim.
==External links==
*[http://www.patriarhia.ro/ The Romanian Patriarchate] (official site)
*[http://www.crestinism-ortodox.ro/html_en/index.html Biserica Ortodoxa Romana] (in Romanian and English)
*[http://www.biserica.org/Publicatii/2003/NoX/13_index.html Portal Ortodox Romanesc] (in Romanian)
*[http://www.geocities.com/pr_razvan_ionescu/index_i.htm On Science and Faith: Romanian Orthodox Reflections] (in Romanian, French, and English)
*[http://www.ortho-logia.com/ OrthoLogia]: Jurnal de apologetica Ortodoxa
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=19&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Orthodox Church of Romania] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
*[[:Wikipedia:Romanian Orthodox Church|"Romanian Orthodox Church" at Wikipedia]]
===Churches and Monasteries===
*[http://www.golia.ro/ The Golia Monastery]
===History===
*[http://www.geocities.com/amadgearu/crestinism.html The Role played by the Christianity in the Genesis of the Romanian People]
*[http://www.crestinism-ortodox.ro/html_en/01/1a_the_romanian_orthodox_church.html Romanian Orthodox Church - History]
===Romanian Orthodoxy outside Romania===
*[http://www.mitropolia-paris.ro/ Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română a Europei Occidentale şi Meridionale] Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe (in French, Spanish, and Romanian)
*[http://www.mitropolia-ro.de/ Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română pentru Germania şi Europa Centrală]: Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Germany and Central Europe (in German and Romanian)
*[http://www.egliseroumaine.com/noi-dvs/primire/primire.htm Romanian Church of Paris] (in Romanian and French)
*[http://www.radur.homechoice.co.uk/roc.html Romanian Orthodox Church in London] (in Romanian and English)
*[http://www.romarch.org/ Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada] (Church of Romania; in Romanian and English)
*[http://www.roea.org/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.starlightsite.co.uk/keston/kns/2002/020410MO-01.htm MOLDOVA: Government Fails in Bessarabian Church Appeal]
*[http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/hof.nsf/0/75f3ea9f6eb9d125c1256b22002f59fb?OpenDocument Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and Others v. Moldova]
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