The Metropolis of Wallachia and Dobruja, headquartered in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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, is a
metropolis
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A big city b ...
of the
Romanian Orthodox Church
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.
History
The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia was established in 1359 by
Callistus I, the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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, encompassing the territory of
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
.
In 1872, the
Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia united with the
Metropolis of Moldavia to form the
Romanian Orthodox Church
The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the East ...
. The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia, who received the title of Primate Metropolitan in 1865, became the head of the General Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In 1990, it became Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja.
List of metropolitans
*
Maxim
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*Maxim ...
(1508–1512)
* Macarie II (1512–1521)
* Ilarion II (1521–1523)
** ''vacancy'' (1523–1525)
* Teodor II (1525–1533)
* Mitrofan I (1533–1535)
* Varlaam I (1535–1544)
* Anania (1544–1558)
* Efrem (1558–1566)
* Danil I (1566)
** ''vacancy'' (1566–1568)
* Eftimie I (1568–1576)
* Serafim (1576–1586)
* Mihail I (1586–1590)
* Nichifore (1590)
* Mihail II (1590–1594)
* Eftimie II (1594–1602)
* Luca (1602–1629)
* Grigore I (1629–1636)
* Teofil (1636–1648)
* Stefan (1648–1653)
* Ignațiu I (1653–1662)
* Stefan I (1662–1668), restored
* Teodosie (1668–1672)
* Dionisie (1672)
* Varlaam II (1672–1679)
** Teodosie (1679–1708), restored
*
Antim (1708–1716)
* Mitrofan II (1716–1719)
* Danil II (1719–1731)
* Ștefan II (1731–1738)
* Neofit I (1738–1753)
* Filaret I (1753–1760)
* Grigorie II (1760–1787)
* Cosma (1787–1792)
* Filaret II (1792–1793)
*
Dositei (1793–1810)
*
Ignațiu II (1810–1812)
* Nectarie (1812–1819)
** ''vacancy'' (1819–1821)
* Dionisie II (1821–1823)
* Grigorie III (1823–1834)
** ''vacancy'' (1834–1840)
*
Neofit II
Neophyte II (, secular name Neofit Gianoglu, ; 1 January 1787 – 14 January 1850) was the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia (1840–1849), and a participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.
Biography
He was born in Bucha ...
(1840–1849)
;As Metropolitans of All Romania
*
Nifon (1850–1875)
*
Calinic (1875–1886)
*
Iosif (1886–1893)
*
Ghenadie (1893–1896)
**
Iosif (1896–1909), restored
*
Atanasie Atanasie is one Romanian form of Athanasios, used mainly as a male given name. It may refer to:
* Atanasie Anghel Popa (d. 1713), Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop in Transylvania
*Archimandrite Averchie (Atanasie Iaciu Buda; 1806/1818–?), Aromanian ...
(1909–1911)
*
Conon
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(1912–1919)
*
Miron (1919–1925)
;As Patriarchs of All Romania
*
Miron (1925–1939)
*
Nicodim (1939–1948)
*
Iustinian (1948–1977)
*
Iustin (1977–1986)
*
Teoctist (1986–2007)
*
Daniel
Daniel commonly refers to:
* Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname
* List of people named Daniel
* List of people with surname Daniel
* Daniel (biblical figure)
* Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the acti ...
(since 2007)
See also
*
History of Christianity in Romania
The history of Christianity in Romania began within the Roman province of Lower Moesia, where many Christians were martyred at the end of the 3rd century. Evidence of Christian communities has been found in the territory of modern Romania at over ...
References
External links
Official website* Maksym Mayorov.
'. Likbez. 16 December 2018
1359 establishments in Europe
14th-century establishments in Romania
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