The Diocese of Slobozia and Călărași ( ro, Episcopia Sloboziei și Călărașilor) is a diocese of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...

. Its see is the Ascension Cathedral in

Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,241 in 2011. Etymology Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word its ...

and its ecclesiastical territory covers Ialomița and

Călărași Călărași (), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest. The city is an industrial centre f ...

counties. The diocese forms part of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja. It was established in 1993, making it the church's first new diocese since before the onset of the

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...

. There are six archpriests' districts and around 400 priests assigned to 350 churches, of which eleven are historic monuments. The diocese includes nine monasteries and four sketes with around a hundred monks in total, seven almshouses, a high-school level theological seminary in Slobozia and a school for church singers in

.History
at the Diocese of Slobozia and Călărași site

Bishops

*Nifon Mihăiță (1994-1999) *Damaschin Coravu (2000-2009) *Vincențiu Grifoni (2009-)

Notes

External links

Official site
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1993 establishments in Romania

Ialomița County Călărași County