Patriarch of Romania: The Romanian people have a vocation for hesychasm

The Romanian Orthodox Church held its inaugural National Church Assembly meeting in Bucharest on Wednesday, establishing the body that will serve as one of the Church’s central deliberative authorities for the 2026–2030 term.

Bishop Iachint of the Pacific, Assistant Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, led a Te Deum service in the Europa Christiana Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate.

Romanian Orthodox hierarchs attended the service in person, while members of the National Church Assembly followed the prayers via a video projection in the Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna.

Patriarch of Romania reflects on the day’s saints Patriarch Daniel then opened the inaugural meeting of the National Church Assembly in the Aula Magna, in the presence of Romanian Orthodox hierarchs.

“We have offered a common Te Deum today, as could be heard in the prayers that were read. It is very important that we carry out every work in the Church in this spirit of communion in the grace of the Most Holy Trinity,” Patriarch Daniel said.

His Beatitude went on to deliver a spiritual address about the saints commemorated that day and the historical period in which…