On 22 May 2014, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and took the following decisions:
- Listing in the Calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church of Saint Great Martyr Efrem the New, canonised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, to be celebrated on 5 May;
- Following the proposal of His Eminence Petru, Metropolitan of Bessarabia and Exarch of the Territories, the Holy Synod elected Rt Rev Archimandrite Antonie Telembici for the vacancy of Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chisinau with the title Antonie of Orhei.
Born in 1963, in Harbovat locality, district of Anenii Noi of the Republic of Moldova, rev archimandrite Antonie Telembici graduated the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Chisinau and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Dumitru Staniloae of Iasi (1994). From 1995 till present rev Antonie Telembici has accomplished administrative, missionary, cultural and media tasks in the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia.
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