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Baptist witnesses did not enter Old Romania until the 20th century, and Orthodox opposition was strong. Nevertheless, a church was organized in Jegalia in 1909. An ethnic Romanian church was formed in Bucharest in 1912 by Constantin Adorian (1882–1954), a Romanian who had previously joined the German Baptist church in Bucharest.
According to the 2011 census, there are 870,774 Catholics belonging to the Latin Church in Romania, making up 4.33% of the population.The largest ethnic groups are Hungarians (500,444, including Székelys; 41% of the Hungarians), Romanians (297,246 or 1.8%), Germans (21,324 or 59%), and Roma (20,821 or 3.3%), as well as a majority of the country's Slovaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Italians, Czechs ...
In May 1999, Romania was the first majority-Orthodox country to be visited by Pope John Paul II, who was personally welcomed by Teoctist Arăpașu, the Patriarch of All Romania. [48] Problems continued to be faced in the relation with the Orthodox Church, in respect to the status of Greek-Catholic status and property.
During the existence of the Kingdom of Romania in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the government of Romania systematically favoured the Orthodox and Romanian Greek Catholic Churches. [2] Non-Christians were denied citizenship until the late 19th century, and even then they faced obstacles and limited rights. [ 3 ]
Patriarch Nicodim was quick to write a pastoral letter denouncing the previous dictatorship, blaming the Germans for the events that had taken place in Romania during the 30s and during the war and praising "the powerful neighbor from the East" with whom Romania had, supposedly, always had "the best political, cultural, and religious relations ...
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church [a] or Romanian Church United with Rome is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church, in full union with the Catholic Church. It has the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church and it uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language.
[2] The church runs the university-level Timotheus Theological Institute in Bucharest and five Bible schools. [2] Since 1949, it has edited Calea Credinţei ("The Path of Faith"), as well as the magazine Ecouri creştine ("Christian Echoes"), [2] expressing its pietistic orientation to life. [3] It has also published a number of theological works.
Lugoj Synagogue [2] 1843 stand Other name: Small Synagogue. Reșița: Reșița Synagogue: 1907–1910 ... Synagogues of Romania, Editura Hasefer, 1997, ISBN 9739235034;