{"id":15720,"date":"2026-08-25T18:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/romania\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:27","slug":"romania","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>: 19,120,000 (World Bank, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official language<\/strong>: Romanian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Form of government<\/strong>: semi-presidential republic (current president: Klaus Iohannis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">Romania and Eastern Christians<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Christianity is the predominant religion in Romania. The Romanian Orthodox Church, which represents the vast majority, accounts for 81% of Romanians. It is followed by the Protestant churches, which account for 6% of the population. The Catholic Church, for its part, accounts for 5% of the population, with 4% belonging to the Latin Rite and 1% to the Greek Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite. The Catholic presence in Romania is concentrated primarily in Transylvania. Muslim and Jewish minorities are also present in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church is His Beatitude Lucian Mure\u0219an, Major Archbishop of Alba Iulia and F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219. He was created a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contenu__titre\">The Romanian Greek Catholic Church in Recent History<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>During the communist era, the Romanian Greek Catholic Church was banned by the government, and the Christian denominations that were tolerated were placed under the regime\u2019s control. With the fall of communism and the democratization of Romania, the Greek Catholic Church was once again authorized. It was granted restitution of some of the property that had been confiscated by the communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>In Romania, state-recognized religions receive funding from a public fund that pays the salaries of clergy.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contenu__titre\">L&#x27;\u0152uvre d&#x27;Orient and Romania<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Since the fall of the Romanian communist regime, many Greek Catholic churches have been built. L&#x27;\u0152uvre d&#x27;Orient supports these construction and reconstruction projects, as well as the expansion of existing churches.<\/p>\n<p>It also supports numerous schools and shelters for underprivileged youth.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Romanian Greek Catholic Church:<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"video\" data-component=\"07-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WKo5bsDA7R0&#038;t=\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"video__title\">The Ordeal of Romanian Catholics &#8211; Voices from the East<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-dark video__cta\" data-video-trigger>\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch the video\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"video__cta-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M5 3.5v9l8-4.5z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"video__poster\" data-video-trigger aria-label=\"Watch the video: The Ordeal of Romanian Catholics - Voices from the East\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"video__poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roumanie-video-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"video__play\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 28\" fill=\"currentColor\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M22 12.268c1.3333.7698 1.3333 2.6943 0 3.4641L3.5 26.4093c-1.33333.7698-3-.1925-3-1.7321V3.32289c0-1.53961 1.66667-2.50186 3-1.73205L22 12.268Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"video video--inverse\" data-component=\"07-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WxnSgzewKI4&#038;t=\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"video__title\">Romania: How Is the Greek Catholic Church Rebuilding Itself? 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