Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania

Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania Material from Wikipedia — free encyclopedia Should not be confused with True Orthodox Church of Romania. Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania room. Biserica Ortodoxă de Stil Vechi din România Holy Spiritual Cathedral in Slatjoara Holy Spiritual Cathedral in Slatjoara General information Founders Glycerium (Tanase) and David (Bidashku)[vd] Foundation 19 February 1924 Confession orthodoxy Guide Primate Eulogius (Nika) The Center Slatjoara Cathedral Holy Spiritual Cathedral Residence of the primate Slatjoar Monastery Territories Jurisdiction (territory) Romania Worship Rite byzantine rite Language (s) worship services romanian Calendar julian Statistics Bishops 11 Dioceses 11 Monasteries 13 Parishes 130 Priests 160 Deacons 26 Monks and nuns 800 Members about 3 million Website manastireaslatioara.ro Wikimedia Commons logo Media files on Wikimedia Commons Wikidata logo Information on Wikidata ? Orthodox Old Age Church of Romania (room. Biserica Ortodoxă de Stil Vechi din România) — orthodox church in the Romania, staying outside of communion with Ecumenical Orthodoxy, using in worship julian calendar, byzantine rite and romanian language.

It arose after the separation of a number of clergy and laity from Romanian Orthodox Church after the adoption of the latter in 1924 new Julian calendar. Has no eucharistic communion with any of local Orthodox churches.

The church has 130 parish churches, in which 160 priests and 26 deacons serve. Six male monasteries are inhabited by 290 monks, and 510 nuns live in 7 female monasteries. The number of parishioners is estimated at 2-3 million people. IN THE Slatjoar Monastery — spiritual and administrative center — about 100 monastics are obedient[1].

Contents 1 History 2 First Hierarchs 3 Episcopate 3.1 Current bishops 3.2 Former bishops 4 Notes 5 Literature 6 Links History In 1924, the Romanian Orthodox Church accepted new Julian calendar. Hieromonk Arseny (Kotya) (who arrived from Athos) (room. Arsenie Cotea) led the Old Calendarist movement, but was soon expelled from the country.

February 19, 1924 in the city court Suceava it was registered by the «Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania».

In 1930, hieromonk Glycerium (Tanase) he launched active work on the construction of old-age churches. With funds from the already established old-age parish communities, churches were built in villages in 1931—1932 Redashen (suceava County), Brusturi, Urechen (Namt County), Ryska, Bogdenesti, Dragushen (suceava County) and in the village Balsh (county of Iasi). The intensity of temple construction increased every year[2].

This led to the fact that in 1936 the followers of Hieromonk Glycerius had almost four dozen churches, located mainly in the region Moldova. In 1935, Athonite hieromonks Zosima, Baruch and Gymnasius joined Glycerius; the need for new clergy remained quite acute. In order to gain episcopal consecration, Hieromonk Glycerius went to Athens in 1936, where by this time the Old Calendar Synod had already been formed Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece chaired by Chrysostom (Kavouridis). However, the Greek hierarchs did not dare to take this step. After a two-month wait, Hieromonk Glycerius, along with his companions, went to Yugoslavia, where it was located at that time Synod of Bishops of the ROCOR. Upon his arrival in Belgrade, Hieromonk Glykerij met the archbishop Anastasia (Gribanovsky). Romanian Old Calendarists received a recommendation from him to contact the Bishop of Vienna to resolve the issue in Budapest Seraphim (Lyada), which could supply priests. The monks found Bishop Seraphim, who was absent in Budapest, in Vienna, but he refused to fulfill their request[3].

Immediately upon his return to Romania, Hieromonk Glycerius continued his active temple-building activities and in a short time temples were built in more than ten villages.

In September 1936, Patriarch of Romania Miron (Kristei), who also became Prime Minister of Romania in 1938, launched a campaign of persecution against followers of Romanian Old Calendarism. A mass arrest was made of both clergy and ordinary parishioners. By direct order of Patriarch Miron, all constructed churches and monasteries were taken away from the old-timers (c Kukov Monastery five laymen were thrown into the monastery well, where they drowned after being martyred[4]).

In 1937, Hieromonk Glycerius was sentenced to two years in prison. Upon his release, he was again arrested on a false denunciation, allegedly for connections with a terrorist organization «Iron Guard», but was soon released, after which, together with Hierodeacon David (Bidashku) (room. David Bidașcu) withdrew into impenetrable forests. Fearing re-conviction, both wanderers lived in dugouts for about two years and were in an illegal situation.

In 1941, they won over the villagers Slatjoara in Suceava County. According to the vision that Glycerius spoke about, terrible apocalyptic times were inevitably approaching, one of the signs of which was calendar reform in the Church. Moreover, 1982 was declared the year of coming antichrist. The eschatological fear that gripped the inhabitants of Slatioara firmly rallied them around the alien monks, subsequently turning this settlement into the center of Romanian Old Calendarism.

Some improvement in attitudes towards the Old Calendar Church has been taking place in Romania since the establishment of the communist regime in the late 1940s. Old-style parishes received state registration, but many lay believers and clergy were subjected to repression. In 1980, Eucharistic communion with the Greek Old Calendar was established Callist Synod. After the collapse of the Callistian Synod in 1984, the Romanian Old Calendar Church maintained relations with the «Synod of Opponents».

June 28, 1999 c Spaso-Preobrazhensky Slatjoar Monastery the canonization of the Metropolitan took place Glyceria (Tanase), which was attended by pilgrims from many countries of the world, jurisdictional belonging to the old-age churches and ROCOR[5].

On March 5, 2003, the official recording of the new name was made «Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania».

December 9-12, 2013 delegation «Chrysostomian» Synod of the Greek CPI led by the Archbishop of Athens Kallinikos (Sarandopoulos) she visited Romania, where she held negotiations with the Metropolitan Vlasiy (Mogyrzan) and the hierarchs of the Romanian Old Calendar Church[6][7], which ended with the establishment of Eucharistic communion on March 18, 2014.

On October 6, 2019, the consecration of the Cathedral in honor of the Holy Spirit took place in Slatjoara — the main cathedral of the PSCR, which began construction in the early 1990s[8].

On 14 August 2022, the Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania broke communion with Chrysostom Synod (primate — Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Kallinikos (Sarandopoulos)), Bulgarian Old Calendar Church (primate — Metropolitan of Triadice Photius (Siromakhov)) and ROCOR (A) (primate — metropolitan Agafangel (Pashkovsky)), justifying this by their confession of heresy «cyprianism»[9][10].

On August 29, the Synodal Assembly elected a bishop as the new first hierarch Eulogius (Nika). September 1, 2024 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles c Slatjoare his enthronement took place[11].

First Hierarchs Galaktion (Kordun) (5 April 1955 — 8 July 1959) Glycerium (Tanase) (July 18, 1959 — June 28, 1985) Sylvester (Onofreya) (29 July 1985 — 18 March 1992) Vlasiy (Mogyrzan) (18 May 1992 — 7 February 2022) Demosthenes (Yonita) (7 February 2022 — 20 July 2024[12]) Eulogius (Nika) (since August 29, 2024) Residence of the First Hierarch of the Orthodox Old Calendar Church of Romania — Spaso-Preobrazhensky Slatjoar Monastery; in Slatjoara the Holy Spirit Cathedral is also located.

Episcopate Current bishops

Bishops of Iasi Glycerium (Elijah), Suceavsky Sophronius (Ocelus), Nyametsky Demosthenes (Yonita) and Botoshansky Joseph (Mogyrzan) Bishop of Suceava Sophronius (Ocelus) (since 1995) Bishop of Brasov Theodosius (Skutaru) (since June 26, 1995) Bishop of Ploiesti Anthony (Tetaru) (since October 1, 2004) Bishop of Botosani Joseph (Mogyrzan) (since October 29, 2004) Bishop of Ilfov Flavian (Birgeoanu) (since October 31, 2004) Bishop of Iasi Glycerium (Elijah) (since November 17, 2007) Bishop of Galatia Dionysius (Konstandake) (since November 18, 2007) Bishop of Nämecki David (Macovey) (since April 7, 2022) Former bishops Eulogius (Otsa)[room], Bishop (5 August 1956 — 28 February 1979) Methodius (Marinake), Bishop of Nyametsky (August 1956 — July 25, 1977) Cosmas (Lostun)[room], Bishop of Suceava (14 November 1978 — 18 May 1992) Gennady (George), Auxiliary Bishop of Bacau (August 12, 1985 — June 24, 2018) Pachomius (Morarius), Auxiliary Bishop of Vrenchansky (1992 — May 24, 2006) Notes

A. IN. Slesarev. Non-canonical Orthodoxy: Romanian Old Calendar Orthodox Church. Retrieved: March 20, 2008. Archived from the original May 4, 2009.
The spread of the old-age split in Romania in the late 1920s — early 1930s. Retrieved: April 16, 2014. Archived March 1, 2014.
The emerging Romanian Old Calendar Schism and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Retrieved: April 16, 2014. Archived March 1, 2014.
Shkarovsky M.V.. The Orthodox Church of Romania and church life in the territories occupied by Romanian troops from 1918 to the 1940s.bogoslov.ru. Bogoslov.ru (March 8, 2010). Retrieved: April 5, 2020. Archived May 2, 2020.
Article «Metropolitan Glycerius, Confessor of Romania» on the RIPC website. Retrieved: July 28, 2010. Archived October 28, 2007.
Archbishop Kallinikos Heads Delegation to Romania Archived copy from December 17, 2013 to Wayback Machine (english)
Ἐπίσκεψη στὴ Ρουμανία Archived copy from December 17, 2013 to Wayback Machine (greek)
Romanian PSC: Consecration of the Cathedral (PHOTO, VIDEO) - Internet Sobor. Retrieved: October 17, 2019. Archived October 17, 2019.
Romanian True Orthodox Church: Metropolitan Vlasie Deposited, Does Not Recognize Deposition as Canonical (english). NFTU (9 November 2022). Retrieved December 29, 2022. Archived 29 December 2022.
Sfântul Ierarh Glicherie Mãrturisitorul (rum.) (14 August 2022). Retrieved December 29, 2022. Archived 29 December 2022.
PS. Evloghie Nica, noul mitropolit al Bisericii Ortodoxe de Stil Vechi, întronizat astăzi, 1 septembrie 2024, la Catedrala Mitropolitană „Pogorârea Sfântului Duh” din Slătioara PS. Evloghie Nica, noul mitropolit al Bisericii Ortodoxe de Stil Vechi, întronizat astăzi, 1 septembrie 2024, la Catedrala Mitropolitană „Pogorârea Sfântului Duh” din Slătioara (rum.). suceava-smartpress.ro. SmartPress Suceava (September 1, 2024).
Inalt Prea Sfintitul Arhiepiscop și Mitropolit Demosten (rum.). www.manastireaslatioara.ro. Retrieved June 11, 2023. Archived 11 June 2023.

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