Romanian Orthodox Church

The Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodox? Român? in Romanian) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. The majority of Romanians in Romania (about 20 million according to the 2002 census data) belong to it. Among all Orthodox Christians, the mere numbers of Romanians make the Romanian Orthodox Church second only to the Russian Orthodox Church in size.

Leaders of the Church

• Prea Fericitul (His Beatitude) Patriarch Teoctist, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia (Muntenia or Wallachia and Dobrogea or Dobrudja) and Patriarch of All of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Locum Tenens of Caesarea in Cappadocia
• Înalt Prea Sfin?itul (His Eminence) ? Petru, Metropolitan of Bessarabia
• Înalt Prea Sfin?itul (His Eminence) ? Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina
• Înalt Prea Sfin?itul (His Eminence) ? Iosif, Archbishop of Paris and Metropolitan of France, Western and Southern Europe
• Înalt Prea Sfin?itul (His Eminence) ? Serafim, Metropolitan of Germany and Central Europe
• Înalt Prea Sfin?itul (His Eminence) ? Nicolae, The Most Reverend Archbishop of America and Canada
• Prea Sfin?itul (His Grace) Lauren?iu, Locum Tenens Bishop/Vicar of Vâr?e?
• Ieromonahul Rafail Noica