Patriarch Nicodim

Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu’s legacy as Bible translator and Orthodox scholar

Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu was responsible for almost the entire translation of the Romanian Bible published in 1944, in addition to producing dozens of translations and original theological works. Working directly from the Greek text of the Septuagint, Patriarch Nicodim translated fifty-one books of Holy Scripture into Romanian—twenty-four Old Testament books and the entire New Testament.…

Jun 30, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

On This Day: Metropolitan Nicodim Munteanu elected Patriarch of Romania in 1939

Eighty-seven years ago today, Metropolitan Nicodim Munteanu was elected Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, succeeding Patriarch Miron Cristea. Nicodim Munteanu was born Nicolae on 6 December 1864 in the village of Pipirig, Neamț County, into a devout farming family. At the age of fourteen, he entered the monastic community of Pocrov Skete near Neamț…

Jun 30, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

5 inspiring quotes from Patriarch Nicodim’s first Christmas encyclical (1939)

In his first pastoral letter on the Nativity of the Lord in 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, Romania’s second Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu urged the faithful to remember the cave in Bethlehem in times of unrest and insecurity, because only through the One born in it they would find escape, tranquillity, and…

Dec 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate sets solemn and commemorative themes for the year 2019

The Standing National Church Council decided on Thursday, 16 March 2017, the solemn and commemorative themes for the year 2019. Thus, at the initiative and with the blessing of Patriarch Daniel, in 2019 the Romanian Patriarchate will pay homage to the church singers and will commemorate the second Patriarch of Romania, Nicodim Munteanu. The same…

Mar 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu