Constitution of the new National Church Assembly: Patriarch Daniel emphasizes the importance of communion in the grace of the Holy Trinitytranslated

In Bucharest, on Wednesday, the constituent meeting of the National Church Assembly (ANB), which will function in the period 2026-2030 as the central deliberative body of the Romanian Orthodox Church, took place.

The meeting was preceded by a Te Deum service officiated in the Europa Christiana Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate by the Most Reverend Father Iachint de Pacific, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.

The Romanian hierarchs participated directly in the prayer, while the members of the National Church Assembly watched the service in the form of a video projection in the Aula Magna "Teoctist the Patriarch".

About the saints of the day On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, the Patriarch of Romania presided over the constitution meeting of the new National Church Assembly for the new mandate (2026-2030). Photo credit: BASILICA / Mircea Florescu The Patriarch of Romania then opened the constituent meeting of the National Church Assembly, which took place in the Aula Magna, in the presence of the Romanian hierarchs.

"We had a common Te Deum, today, as heard in the prayers read. It is very important that in this spirit of communion in the grace of the Most Holy Trinity we do any work in the Church", said Father Patriarch...