The source of pastoral power is Christ: the Bishop elected by Balti thanks and asks to be remembered in prayerstranslated

"The source of pastoral power is Christ," Archim said. Nicodim Petre on Thursday evening, at the end of the working session of the Holy Synod during which the Bishop of Balti was elected.

"I receive this decision, this vote of confidence with the hope that I will honor it, with humility and with the thought that it is a very high office in the Church," said the bishop-elect. "I also know my limits and weaknesses, and I ask God to fill people's weaknesses, to make them strong."

The newly elected hierarch thanked the members of the Holy Synod for their votes, His Beatitude Father Patriarch Daniel for the trust given, Father Metropolitan Antonie for proposing him in this ministry, as well as Father Metropolitan Teofan for his advice, patience and parental care.

A diocese in which many sacrifices have been made Bishop-elect Nicodim de Bălți thanked and asked to be remembered in prayers on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Photo credit: BASILICA / Mircea Florescu Bishop-elect Nicodim emphasized that His Holiness Father Antonie made a lot of sacrifice and patience during the period when he led the Diocese of Balti.

"I have been there very often and I know how much work has been done, how much work has been done and I wish...