{"id":527830,"date":"2025-05-22T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=527830"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:27:30","slug":"metropolitan-synod-bucharest-new-saints-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/metropolitan-synod-bucharest-new-saints-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Synod in Bucharest: New saints could be added to the Romanian Church&#8217;s calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja met on Tuesday at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who also serves as Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The agenda included several decisions and discussion topics. Among them were proposals to include two new feast days in the Romanian Orthodox Church calendar: the Sunday of the Athonite Saints and a feast dedicated to the holy members of Saint Basil the Great\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the family of Saint Basil the Great, eight members have been canonized in some Churches, especially in the Church of Greece, and it is good for us to adopt this celebration as well. We intend to include it in the calendar next year when we celebrate the Solemn Year of Pastoral Care for the Christian Family, offering this family as a model of Christian life,\u201d said Patriarch Daniel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527520\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-527520 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Luigi Ivanciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Other Topics on the Agenda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The meeting also included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finalizing the theme and bibliography for the clerical first-degree exam;<\/li>\n<li>A proposal to reactivate a historical monastery in Bucharest;<\/li>\n<li>The granting of the archimandrite rank to several hieromonks;<\/li>\n<li>Review of financial reports and heritage inventories from the eparchies within the Metropolis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>New Saints to Be Added to the Calendar<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe also hope that in addition to the 16 saints canonized earlier this year \u2014 officially proclaimed on February 4 \u2014 we will add in the autumn four more Romanian Athonite saints: Dionysius of Colciu, Petroniu T\u0103nase of Prodromos skete, Nectarios the Vlach, also called The Nightingale of Mount Athos, and Nephon, the first abbot of the Romanian Prodromos skete,\u201d the Patriarch announced.<\/p>\n<p>While this year\u2019s canonizations have only included men, \u201cnext year there will be proclamations of holy women,\u201d His Beatitude added. The names of these future saints could be revealed by the end of this year. Eight eparchies are currently preparing the necessary canonisation documentation, including hymns and iconography proposals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527522\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-527522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sinod-mitropolitan-mai-2025-16-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Luigi Ivanciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Structure of the Metropolis<\/h2>\n<p>The Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja includes ten eparchies: Archdioceses of Bucharest, Tomis, T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te, Arge\u0219 and Muscel, Buz\u0103u and Vrancea, and Lower Danube; Dioceses of Slobozia and C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219i, Alexandria and Teleorman, Giurgiu, and Tulcea.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian Orthodox Bishops of Dacia Felix, Hungary, Australia, and New Zealand, who depend directly on the Romanian Patriarchate, are also attending the Synod as invited guests.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Luigi Ivanciu<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja met on Tuesday at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who also serves as Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja. 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