Archimandrite Iachint Vardianu was elected Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealandtranslated

Archimandrite Iachint Vardianu was elected on Thursday to the dignity of Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.

The election took place during the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, held at the Palace of the Patriarchate.

His Eminence will join the ministry of Bishop Mihail, who has been shepherding the Romanians in Australia and New Zealand since 2008.

Biographical data The elected vicar bishop is an archimandrite at the Radu Vodă Monastery in the Capital and an inspector within the Chancellery of the Holy Synod.

In 2012, he graduated from the "Justinian Patriarch" Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, Pastoral Theology section. He defended his bachelor's thesis with the title: "Care for the soul and the struggle with the passions in the work of the scholar Nicolae Paulescu".

At the same faculty, he completed his master's studies with the work "Church musical education in Bucharest in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century".

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