Teoctist Arăpașu
Deceased Person
1915 – 2007
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Who was Teoctist Arăpașu?
Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.
Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by some of collaboration. He offered his resignation after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, but was soon restored to office and served a further 17 years.
A promoter of ecumenical dialogue, Patriarch Teoctist invited Pope John Paul II to visit Romania in 1999. It was the first visit of a Pope to a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the East-West Schism of 1054.
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- Born
- Feb 7, 1915
- Also known as
- Teoctist Arapasu
- Education
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
- University of Bucharest
- Lived in
- Botoșani County
- Died
- Jul 30, 2007
Bucharest
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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