Today, Sunday, July 6 2008, in the Episcopal Cathedral or the Serbian Orthodox Church in Stockholm, took place the enthronement ceremony of the first bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Northern Europe, Right Rev. Macarie Dragoi. The Holy Liturgy was celebrated by Most Rev. Nifon, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Targoviste and Patriarchal Exarch, who is the delegate of His Beatitude Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church; Most Rev. Serafim, Metropolitan of Germany, Central and Northern Europe; Most Rev. Iosif, Metropolitan of Occidental and Southern Europe; and by other hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church or from sister Orthodox Churches, surrounded by a numerous synaxis of priests and deacons.

The event was also attended by representatives of Romanian and Scandinavian authorities, representatives of the Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Syrian Churches, monastics and faithful from Romania or the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as a numerous delegation of youths dressed in the traditional clothes of the native village of Right Rev. Macarie, Spermezeu in the Bistrita Nasaud county, who also sang during the Holy Liturgy.

After reading the Metropolitan Gramata, the Most Revs. Metropolitans Nifon and Serafim handed Right Rev. Macarie the regalia of his new episcopal dignity, then seated him onto the hierarchical throne. Most Rev. Nifon read the message of His Beatitude Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Her Excellency Victoria Popescu, Romanian ambassador in Sweden, presented the message of the Romanian President Traian Basescu and counselor Adrian Lemeni that of Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu.

After the speech by Most Rev. Serafim, Metropolitan of Germany, Central and Northern Europe, the first bishop of Romanians in Northern Europe presented in his address the pastoral priorities in his new ministry bestowed onto him and thanked those in attendance at the event, as well as those who contributed to his spiritual and intellectual development.

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in its working session on October 22, 2007, analyzing the requests filed by Romanian Orthodox parishes in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, has approved the foundation and organization of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Northern Europe, headquartered in Stockholm.
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, acknowledging the decision of the Eparchial Gathering of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Northern Europe taken on February 23, 2008, has elected, on March 5, 2008, with 42 out of 45 votes, Very Rev. Macarie Dragoi, the Ecclesiarch of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Cluj-Napoca, as the first bishop of this diocese.

Right Rev. Macarie Dragoi was ordained bishop in the metropolitan cathedral of Cluj-Napoca on the feast of Theotokos of the Lifegiving Font (May 2).