Archim. Nicodim Petre was elected Bishop of Balti: Biography of the new hierarchtranslated

Archim. Nicodim Petre, Diocesan Councilor at the Sector of Mission, Statistics and Pastoral Forecast of the Archdiocese of Iași and abbot of the Bucium Monastery, was elected Bishop of Bălți in Thursday's working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The enthronement will take place on a date to be announced later by the diocese.

The new hierarch is 58 years old and has been a monk for 26 years, receiving the monastic haircut and ordination at the end of 2000, at the Putna Monastery.

He graduated from the "St. Dumitru Stăniloae" Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the "Al.I. Cuza" University in Iasi in 1998, a master's program at the "Andrei Șaguna" Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the "Lucian Blaga" University in Sibiu, in 2009, and pursued doctoral studies at the "St. Serge" Institute in Paris (2011-2013).

For young people During the student period, he was vice president of the Association of Romanian Orthodox Christian Students - Iași branch, continuing to do missions among young people even after completing his studies.

Thus, in the period 2013-2016 he was diocesan inspector at the Youth Mission Department of the Archdiocese of Iași, and after 2016 he was entrusted, as an adviser...