New Ecumenical Book on Christian Martyres during the Communiste Regime

On 3rd of April 2007 the Bible Missionary and Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate published the book „Martyrs for Christ in Romania”, a study with ecumenical approach concerning 240 Orthodox, Roman-Catholics and Evangelical, of diverse professions (bishops, priests, teachers, lawyers, engineers, peasants and students), who died during the Communist regime for the only reason they refuse to give up their faith and cease their Christian action.

Among Orthodox, Roman-Catholic and Evangelical CA representatives, historians and a delegation from St. Gerhard Foundation that supported the project participated in.

Orthodox Hierarchs ask for Political Peace

On 28 of March 2007 the Orthodox Hierarchs of Transylvania gather together and issued publicly a statement asking the political parties to make peace and let aside the personal interests. At the same time, they concluded that the last thing the politicians in Romania do is to think and act for those that mandated them during elections, namely the people.

The Romanian Patriarch expected to visit Republic of Moldova

In September 2007 Patriarch Teoctist is expected by all belivers of Bessarabia to visit the Metropolitanate having the seed in Balti, and being under the jurisdiction of Romanian Patriarchate since 1992. The Metropolitanate is lead by Metropolitan Petru who re-established the old Romanian Orthodox jurisdiction after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Until 1992 the Orthodox Church in Bessarabia, during the whole Communist rule, was subject to Moskow Jurristdiction, and even now the Russian Patriarchate is keeping a Metropolitanate, lead by Metropolitan Vladimir, for Russian speaking people in the Republic of Moldova.