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Romania is one of the most religious of European countries [2] and the majority of the country's citizens are Orthodox Christians. Romania is a secular state, and it has no state religion . The Romanian state officially recognizes 18 religions and denominations.
Romanian Orthodox Church. The Romanian Orthodox Church ( ROC; Romanian: Biserica Ortodoxă Română, BOR ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
In 1700, with Jesuit assistance, the Romanian Greek Catholic Church was established for formerly Eastern Orthodox Romanians within the Catholic Church. Its leadership was supervised by Jesuit theologians, whose office ensured doctrinal conformity.
It was an important event on the long journey in the quest for understanding between the Catholics and the Orthodox of Romania. Elected Patriarch of Romanian Orthodox Church in 1986 Its repercussions extend beyond the boundaries of Romania and help foster the spirit of rapprochement among Christians in general.
By the year 2000 1,628 parishes administered to Romania's Catholic faithful, while between the Byzantine and Latin Catholic Churches 1,590 priests, 180 brothers and 1,196 sisters served their faith. Another result of the fall of Communism was the reactivation of banned Orthodox lay movements.
May 10, 2017 · 1. Religious affiliation. Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Central and Eastern Europe, and the majority religion in 10 of the 18 countries surveyed. Overall, nearly six-in-ten people in the region (57%) identify with this Christian tradition.
Latin-rite Catholics in Romania are members of an ethnic Hungarian minority, a small community surrounded by Orthodox Christians in one of Europe’s most religiously observant societies. Catholics live mostly in homogenous enclaves in the eastern part of the Transylvania region.
