Constitutive meeting of the National Church Assembly for the 2026-2030 mandatetranslated

His Eminence Father Dr. Irineu, Archbishop of Craiova and Metropolitan of Oltenia, participated today, October 28, at the Palace of the Patriarchate, in the meeting to establish the National Church Assembly (ANB) for the mandate 2026-2030. Blessed Father Patriarch Daniel presided over the works in which the mandates of the clerical and lay representatives from the dioceses of our Church were validated.

In the "Europa Christiana" Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate, a Te Deum service was celebrated by the Most Reverend Father Iachint de Pacific, Archbishop-Vicar of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand, in the presence of the hierarchs members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

In the Aula Magna "Teoctist the Patriarch" of the Palace of the Patriarchate, His Beatitude Father Daniel, the Patriarch of Romania and the president of the National Church Assembly, opened the constitution meeting of this body. After examining and validating the mandates of the members of the seven metropolitan sections, approved by open vote, the Patriarch of Romania declared the National Church Assembly legally established for the 2026-2030 mandate.

The following were validated by the Archdiocese of Craiova...