patriarch of Romania

The Patriarch of Romania wears a white epanokamelavkion.

Locum tenens Patriarch of Romania (from February 1948)

Justinian, the Patriarch of Romania, declared open the new building on 7 January 1969, during his visit to the Malankara Orthodox Church.

Justinian Marina was the Patriarch of Romania starting with 1948, about the time that the Communist Party consolidated its power in Romania.

Nicodim Munteanu was buried at the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, next to the first Patriarch of Romania Miron Cristea.

As such, his official title is "Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudgea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Patriarch of Romania"

The pope, who dreams of reconciling the two Christian churches, came to Georgia to build on the momentum he started in Romania last May, where he held breakthrough joint services with the Orthodox patriarch of Romania.

Historian Stejărel Olaru claimed in a TV interview in July 2006 that he has uncovered some documents that imply that the (now late) Patriarch of Romania Teoctist was an agent of the Securitate.

It was already used by the Romanian Orthodox community in Rome before November 2002 when, to mark the visit to Rome of Teoctist, Patriarch of Romania, Pope John Paul II officially granted it to them.

Michael was crowned with the Steel Crown and anointed King of Romania by the Orthodox Patriarch of Romania, Nicodim Munteanu, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, on the day of his accession, 6 September 1940.

In 1948, Justinian became Patriarch of Romania and in 1950, Arăpaşu became patriarchal bishop-vicar, being the secretary of the Holy Synod and the rector of the Theological Institute of Bucharest between 1950 and 1954.

Orthodox doctrine bans prayers with Roman Catholics and while it has happened - most notably, when John Paul II made his breakthrough visit to the Patriarch of Romania and the two leaders attended each other's Masses - some branches of the Orthodox Church are stricter than others.