Romanian Orthodox Metropolis for Germany, Central and Northern Europe

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The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis for Germany, Central and Northern Europe is an ecclesiastical province of the Romanian Orthodox Church . It has been based in Nuremberg since 2001 and is a corporation under public law .

organization

In addition to Germany, the metropolitan area also includes Austria , Luxembourg , Denmark , Sweden , Norway and Finland .

Archbishop and Metropolitan Serafim Joantă is supported by Munich Auxiliary Bishop Sofian von Kronstadt ( Brașov ). The bishop Macarie Drăgoi of Suffraganbistums has for Northern Europe based in Stockholm .

history

The Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church gave in its session on 22./23. January 1993 "the blessing for the formation of a diocese with the title Romanian Orthodox Metropolis for Germany and Central Europe ". On January 12, 1994, the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church confirmed the election of Serafim Joantă as Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan for Germany and Central Europe . Until 2001 the metropolis had its seat in Regensburg as a guest at the Eastern Church Institute of the Roman Catholic Church . In this early period the metropolis did not have its own cathedral.

In April 2018 the foundation stone for a new church center was laid in Munich - Aubing ; a church with a bishopric, monastery and community center is to be built there.

Metropolitan Cathedral and Monastery in Nuremberg

Metropolitan Cathedral in Fürther Strasse in Nuremberg
Interior of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Nuremberg

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria sold the former Epiphany Church in Nuremberg to the metropolis for a new building. The church was redesigned in Byzantine style by Romanian icon artists. It was consecrated as a metropolitan cathedral in 2006. There is also the Monastery of St. Martyr Brâncoveanu , the only monastery in the metropolitan area, and the parish of St. Martyr Demetrios .

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '24.6 "  N , 11 ° 2' 22.8"  E

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  1. ↑ a b c Romanians in Germany celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for an Orthodox cathedral in Berlin and the consecration of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Nuremberg by Patriarch Teoctist ( memento of August 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved from www.cbrom.de, on 15. January 2010
  2. ^ Organization ( memento from June 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on mitropolia-ro.de, on January 17, 2010
  3. ↑ The emergence of the metropolis ( Memento from September 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Nuremberg, November 2000, accessed on mitropolia-ro.de, on January 15, 2010
  4. ↑ Ellen Draxel: New home for the believers. In: www.sueddeutsche.de. April 22, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .