Military Clergy Day: A strong army is defined by well-trained commanders and soldiers, but also morally strengthenedtranslated

The Romanian Patriarchate annually celebrates Military Clergy Day on October 26. The decision was approved in the meeting of the Holy Synod of July 1-2, 2025.  The date is chosen one day away from the Romanian Army Day, marked annually on October 25.

"A strong army is defined by commanders and soldiers well trained in military sciences, but also strengthened morally and spiritually by the spiritual work of military priests", said the Patriarch of Romania on Monday, on Military Clergy Day, when the official proclamation of the celebration of the Council of the Holy Military Martyrs took place at the Patriarchal Cathedral.

Marked for the first time in the Centenary Year of the Romanian Patriarchate Military Clergy Day was marked for the first time on October 30, 2025 - both through a festive event hosted by the Palace of the National Military Circle in the Capital, and through a Te Deum officiated at the National Cathedral by a council led by the Most Reverend Father Varlaam Ploieșteanul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop.

The moment of the institution and the first marking of the day was occasioned by the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the institution of military clergy in the Romanian Army. Also then, St. M. Mc. Demetrius, the Fountain of Myrrh, a...