The military priests prayed in Iasi together with Metropolitan Teofan and Patriarchal Vicar Bishop Varlaam Ploieșteanultranslated

The military priests from the General Staff of the Defense, gathered for the annual convocation, prayed on Thursday, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi, together with Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bucovina, the host of the meeting, and with the Patriarchal Vicar Bishop Varlaam Ploieșteanul, their ecclesiastical coordinator.

The hierarchs officiated the Holy Liturgy, during which the theologian Claudiu George Dulgheru was ordained a deacon, and he was to be ordained a priest on behalf of the Parish of Satu Nou in the commune of Fântânele, Iași.

Necessary work of the Church Military priests fulfill a necessary work of the Church, said Thursday, September 17, 2026, Metropolitan Teofan. Photo: Doxologia.ro / Mihail Vrăjitoru At the end, Father Metropolitan Teofan expressed his joy for the resumption of the tradition regarding the presence of priests in the Romanian Army, as it was before the establishment of communism.

"All the spiritual blessing for the work that the priests carry out in the country and outside it, accompanying the soldiers of the country where its leadership sends them," said His Eminence.

"All the spiritual blessing for their work there, in the holy and divine Liturgies, sometimes performed...