On 9th of September, Elections for a New Patriarch

According to Orthodox Canons new elections are possible to be held right after the mourning 40 days period. It was offically said that on 9 of September the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church will organize elections for the new Patriarch of Romania. The procedures of elections are as following. The Synod will come with make proposals for candidates and the National Electoral Collegium (NEC) will elect one candidate. The National Electoral Collegium is formed 1/3 Clergy and 2/3 Lay people. The media already begun to speculate that in the NEC there are to meny people connected with political parties and there is possible that te politicians might influence the election of the new Patriarch of Romania.