Metropolis of Bessarabia
The Metropolis of Bessarabia is one of the six metropolies of the Romanian Orthodox Church, forming by itself the autonoumus Orthodox Church of Bessarabia. The Metropolis of Bessarabia was created in 1927, when the Archbishopric of Chisinau was raised to the rank of metropoly. Inactive during Soviet occupation and Soviet rule, it was re-activated on September 14, 1992, on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. In 1995, the Metropolis of Bessarabia has been raised to the rank of exarchate, with jurisdiction over the Romanian Orthodox communities of the ex-Soviet space and the Moldovan diaspora worldwide.[1]
The current Metropolitan of Bessarabia is Petru[2].
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