8,921
edits
Changes
m
cat.
His Holiness '''Daniel (Ciobotea)''' is the [[Archbishop]] of Bucharest, [[Metropolitan]] of Muntenia and Dobrodgea, ''[[locum tenens]]'' of the throne of [[Caesarea ]] of Cappadocia, [[Patriarch]] of the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]], was elected the sixth Patriarch of Romania and enthroned in the patriarchal [[Cathedral]] on the [[September 30]], 2007.
==Life==
On [[June 15]], 1979, he presented his doctoral thesis at the Protestant Theology Faculty in Strasbourg, entitled: "Réflexion et vie chrétiennes aujourd'hui. Essai sur le rapport entre la théologie et la spiritualité, VII ^ 424 p." (''Christian reflection and life today. Essay on the report between theology and spirituality, VII ^ 424 pgs.'') The thesis had been prepared under the supervision of two well-known French professors: Gerard Ziegwald and André Benoit, and it received the maximum qualification. Thus he became a doctor of the Strasbourg University.
A more developed form of this thesis was prepared under the guidance of his mentor, Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae, and it was presented on [[October 31]], 1980 , at the University Theological Institute in Bucharest under the title: ''Teologie şi spiritualitate creştină. Raportul dintre ele şi situaţia actuală'' (''Theology and Christian spirituality. The report relation between them and the current situation'').
By passing the oral exam and by supporting his thesis, Dan-Ilie Ciobotea was declared a doctor of Orthodox Theology, obtaining maximum pointagepoints.
In 1987 he entered the [[monastic]] life in the [[Sihastria Monastery (Bucovina, Romania)|Sihăstria Monastery]] under the name ''Daniel'', having as his monastic [[godfather]] the famous Fr. [[Cleopa Ilie]].
*Vice-President of the ''Second General Meeting of the European Churches Conference'' (Graz, 1997);
*Full-rights Member of the ''International Academy of Religious Sciences'' in Brussels (2000).
+Elected sixth Patriarch of the Church of Romania on [[September12]] 12, 2007. {{start box}}{{succession|before=?|title=Vicar Bishop of the Archbishopric of Timişоаra|years=1990|after=?}}{{succession|before=?|title=Archbishop of Iaşi and Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina|years=1990-2007|after=?}} {{succession|before=[[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Teoctist (Arăpaşu)]]|title=Patriarch of Romania|years=2007-present|after=—}}{{end box}}
==Source==
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Patriarchs of Romania]]
[[es:Daniel (Ciobotea) de Rumania]]
[[fr:Daniel (Ciobotea) de Roumanie]]
[[ro:Daniel (Ciobotea) al României]]
