Romanian Old Calendar Orthodox Church

The Romanian Old Calendar Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodoxă de Stil Vechi din România), or sometimes called the Romanian Traditionalist Orthodox Church or True Orthodox Church of Romania, is the Romanian True Orthodox Church which is Headquartered at Slătioara Monastery in the Village of Slătioara in the Suceava Region of Romania. It was first just the Old Calendar Movement and Bishopless Synod being ran under the unofficial leadership of Hieromonk Glicherie Tănase for almost 30 years before being joined by Bishop Galaktion Cordun in 1952 whom would formally collectivize the Synod and became the First Metropolitan and First Hierarch of the Synod which aims to continues the Romanian Orthodox Church in opposition to the Romanian Patriarchate (BOR) which adopted the New Calendar in Late 1924 and has dabbled in some Ecumenistic Activity in the past 100 years since then. It has Churches all across Romania, with a Concentration around the Carpathian Mountains, and has around 1.5 to 2.5 Million Laity and Membership in Romania.

Beginnings of the Romanian Old Calendar Movement

The Old Calendar Movement of Romania can be linked to the days of the Calendar Change itself back in November of 1924 when numerous Parishes decided to continue top operate and run on the Patristic Julian Calendar (Old Calendar) instead of adopting the Revised Julian Calendar (New Calendar) and this was met with tolerance at first until a few years later in 1926 where the Romanian Patriarchate started to push the New Calendar more on various Parishes which didn't adopt it in 1924 and put some pressure on some of them. Of the Old Calendar operating Parishes and Churches there was, among them was a Hieromonk named Glicherie Tănase (21st February/4th March1892 - June 15th/28th 1985) who was the most notable opponent of the New Calendar Change and the direction of the Romanian Patriarchate. After the 1926 Pascha Celebration, where Patriarch Miron Cristea unpopularly called for celebrating on the Gregorian Pascha which was a violation of the First Ecumenical Council, him and his good Spiritual Brother Hierodeacon David Bidașcu and 2 other Monks would decide to leave Neamț Monastery and Procrov Monastery and flee to the Forests of Romania around the Carpathians and then going out to build up New Churches and retain some other Old Calendar Operating Parishes.

Journey for Support and Ordination of New Bishops

In 1929, Hieromonk Glicherie would set out to Journey to Mount Athos and then to the Holy Land to see the Patriarchate of Jerusalem for support of the Old Calendar Movement in Romania.