Romanian Orthodox Church

Members of the Standing Synod

The Standing Synod is made up of the Patriarch of Romania and all the acting metropolitans of the dioceses in the country and abroad. The Standing Synod also includes 3 other eparchial hierarchs (an archbishop and 2 bishops) appointed annually by the Holy Synod.
Biserica Ortodoxă Română
Crucea Patriarhală Centenară
Preafericitul Părinte Patriarh Daniel
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Daniel

President of the Holy Synod

Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudja, Locum Tenens of the Throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church

IPS Teofan
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Teofan

Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina

IPS Laurențiu
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Laurențiu

Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania

IPS Andrei
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Andrei

Archbishop of Vad, Feleac and Cluj and Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj

IPS Irineu
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Irineu

Archbishop of Craiova and Metropolitan of Oltenia

IPS Ioan
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Ioan

Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat

IPS Petru
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Petru

Archbishop of Chișinău, Metropolitan of Basarabia and Exarch of the Territories

IPS Iosif
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Iosif

Archbishop of Western Europe, Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe

IPS Serafim
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Serafim

Archbishop of Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Germany, Central and North Europe

IPS Nicolae
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Nicolae

Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America, Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas

IPS Casian
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Casian

Archbishop of Lower Danube

PS Sebastian
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Sebastian

Bishop of Slatina and Romanați