{"id":190963,"date":"2006-07-06T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2006\/07\/06\/patriarchs-alexy-ii-and-teoctist-discuss-problem-of-metropolitan-church-of-bessarabia-13903-eng\/"},"modified":"2006-07-06T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-06T16:48:00","slug":"patriarchs-alexy-ii-and-teoctist-discuss-problem-of-metropolitan-church-of-bessarabia-13903-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/patriarchs-alexy-ii-and-teoctist-discuss-problem-of-metropolitan-church-of-bessarabia-13903-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarchs Alexy II and Teoctist discuss problem of metropolitan church of Bessarabia"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The problem of the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia was discussed at a meeting with Russian Patriarch Alexy II, which is regarded as an important step forward settling disputes related to subordination of this church, Patriarch Teoctist said on Wednesday evening while coming back to Romania, according to Mediafax. <\/p>\n

"We apply the dialogue as regards the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia. We are holding a dialogue and we will continue it. We are in the same context of big problems raised at this gathering [the world meeting of religious leaders]," Patriarch Teoctist said. The head of the Romanian Orthodox Church noted that the appeals of the church could be also supported by initiatives of politicians. <\/p>\n

The Bessarabian Church was reactivated on September 14, 1992 by a diocesan assembly of Romanian-speaking clerks and lay persons, getting apart from the Autocephalous Metropolitan Church of Moldova and subordinating itself to the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate. The former bishop of Balti, Petru Paduraru, was ordained as archbishop of Chisinau and bishop of Bessarabia, becoming member of the Romanian Orthodox Synod this way. Thus, the Romanian language was reintroduced in religion in churches under its canonical jurisdiction after the existing model in the interwar period, Mediafax said. <\/p>\n

The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate, which controls the Autocephalous Church of Moldova, did not accept this separation and said that the existence of two metropolitan churches in Moldova is abnormal. The Supreme Court of Moldova blocked the creation of the Bessarabian Church in early 1998, invoking the existence of an autonomous metropolitan church in Moldova subordinated to the Russian Patriarchate. Commissions of metropolitans were created at the level of the two patriarchates and they held several rounds of meetings in a move to settle the conflict, but failed. The problem of the Bessarabian Church was also discussed in 2000 at a meeting between Patriarch Alexy, members of the Russian Orthodox Synod and Patriarch Teoctist, and they agreed to find an acceptable solution for all sides. \/\/ BASA-Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Patriarchs Alexy II and Teoctist discuss problem of metropolitan church of Bessarabia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The problem of the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia was discussed at a meeting with Russian Patriarch Alexy II, which is regarded as an important step forward settling disputes related to subordination of this church, Patriarch Teoctist said on Wednesday evening while coming back to Romania, according to Mediafax. <\/p>\n

"We apply the dialogue as regards the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia. We are holding a dialogue and we will continue it. We are in the same context of big problems raised at this gathering [the world meeting of religious leaders]," Patriarch Teoctist said. The head of the Romanian Orthodox Church noted that the appeals of the church could be also supported by initiatives of politicians. <\/p>\n

The Bessarabian Church was reactivated on September 14, 1992 by a diocesan assembly of Romanian-speaking clerks and lay persons, getting apart from the Autocephalous Metropolitan Church of Moldova and subordinating itself to the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate. The former bishop of Balti, Petru Paduraru, was ordained as archbishop of Chisinau and bishop of Bessarabia, becoming member of the Romanian Orthodox Synod this way. Thus, the Romanian language was reintroduced in religion in churches under its canonical jurisdiction after the existing model in the interwar period, Mediafax said. <\/p>\n

The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate, which controls the Autocephalous Church of Moldova, did not accept this separation and said that the existence of two metropolitan churches in Moldova is abnormal. The Supreme Court of Moldova blocked the creation of the Bessarabian Church in early 1998, invoking the existence of an autonomous metropolitan church in Moldova subordinated to the Russian Patriarchate. Commissions of metropolitans were created at the level of the two patriarchates and they held several rounds of meetings in a move to settle the conflict, but failed. The problem of the Bessarabian Church was also discussed in 2000 at a meeting between Patriarch Alexy, members of the Russian Orthodox Synod and Patriarch Teoctist, and they agreed to find an acceptable solution for all sides. \/\/ BASA-Press<\/p>\n

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