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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nOn 28 October 2-17, after the prayer service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Ss Constantine and Helen Equal-to-the-Apostles in Bucharest, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took part in the grand meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n
The meeting held at the Patriarchal Palace was dedicated to the memory of Patriarch Justinian of Romania (1901-1977), the new martyrs, confessors and defenders of Orthodoxy in the years of persecution against the Church.<\/p>\n
Sitting in the presidium were His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, and Bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti, assistant bishop to the Patriarch of Romania and secretary of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n
Taking part in the meeting were members of the Hoy Synod, bishops, clerics, monastics and laypeople of the Romanian Orthodox Church; members of the delegations of the Bulgarian, Georgian, Polish, Albanian, the Czech Lands and Slovakia Local Orthodox Churches, representatives of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches of Romania.<\/p>\n
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel opened the meeting and addressed the participants.<\/p>\n
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia presented a report on \u201cConfessing the Orthodox Faith under the Theomachist System and the Meaning of Our Freedom Today\u201d. The presentation was interrupted by prolonged applause.<\/p>\n
His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios; His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav; Metropolitan Naum of Ruse; Bishop Vakhtang of Nikortsminda; and Bishop Jakub of Bia\u0142ystok and Gda\u0144sk also delivered reports. Bishop Varlaam presented report on Patriarch Justinian of Romania.<\/p>\n
As the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was completing his visit to the Romanian Orthodox Church, participants in the meeting sang \u2018Many Years\u2019 to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and members of his delegation<\/p>\n
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, saying:\u201cI would like to cordially thank You, our Beatitude, for the initiative to hold this remarkable meeting and for the invitation to come to Bucharest.<\/p>\n
My visit to the Romanian Orthodox Church has become a wonderful event to me. I had an opportunity to pray with you, to look at the faces of the Romanian believers and see the strength of the Orthodox Church in Romania. The power of the Church is the power of the spirit, and a spiritually strong person can surmount any difficulty. I believe in the bright, good and happy future of Romania.\u201dMay the Lord keep you and your beautiful country!\u201d Patriarch Kirill concluded his address by proclaiming \u2018Many Years!\u2019 in the Romanian language.<\/p>\n
His Holiness signed the distinguished visitors\u2019 book. The entry reads: \u201cMany talents of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel multiplied by his sacrificial labours for the good of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the people of Romania are crowned with the impressive achievements in all spheres of church life. I brotherly wish His Beatitude many years of life and God\u2019s aid in his lofty ministry. With love in Christ, +Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Metropolitan Daniel continued to officiate at the meeting; the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church proceeded to the Henri Coand\u0103 International airport and was seen off by Metropolitan Nifon of T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, head of the Romanian Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations, and H.E. Valery I. Kuzmin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Romania.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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