The Church National Assembly is the central deliberative body of the Romanian Orthodox Church, for the administrative, social, cultural, economical and patrimonial fields.

The Church National Assembly is made up of three representatives of every eparchy, one clergy and 2 lay persons, delegated by the Eparchial Assemblies, for four years time. They can be delegated for two mandates at last.

The hierarchs of the Holy Synod participate in the sessions of the Church National Assembly.

The President of the Church National Assembly is the Patriarch.

The decrees of the Church National Assembly become executory after ratified by the Holy Synod.

The Church National Assembly meets once a year in a working session, and every time in case of need. The Church National Assembly meets in solemn meetings, too.

 

The attributions of the Church National Assembly are the following:

a. It supports the rights and activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church;

b. It approves the regulations for applying the present Statutes concerning the fields of activity the Holy Synod entrusts to its competence;

c. It elects the members of the Church National Council, following the proposal of the Patriarch;

d. It adopts general steps for supporting the cultural, social-charitable, economical and foundational centres of the Church;

e. It establishes the means of assistance of the church central bodies and institutions;

f. It examines and approves the annual general Report of the Church National Council concerning the activity within the Romanian Orthodox Church and decides the steps to be taken for the good development of the church life;

g. It approves the budgetary execution budget and the financial balance sheet of the Patriarchal Administration, of the Bible Mission Institute of the Romanian Orthodox Church and of the church central institutions;

h. It approves the general budget of the Patriarchal Administration, of the Bible Mission Institute of the Romanian Orthodox Church and of the church central institutions;

i. It approves unitary steps for the administration of the real estate and movable goods, owned or only used by the religious units of the entire Romanian Orthodox Church, as well as of the foundational ones;

j. It approves the social, cultural, educational and communication projects;

k. It establishes the means of assistance for the Romanians living abroad;

l. It exerts any other attributions entrusted by the Statutes, through the church regulations or by the Holy Synod.

 

In order to study the issues and formulate the proposals to be submitted to deliberation, the Assembly elects, at the beginning of every four-year mandate, out of its members, both clergy and lay, four Standing Working Commissions, with one president, one vicepresident and reporter assigned in plenary, following the proposal of the President.

 

The Commissions of the Church National Assembly are the following:

a. The administrative-juridical and validation Commission;

b. The social and media communications Commission;

c. The Cultural Educational Commission;

d. The Economical, Budgetary, and Real Estate (church property) Commission;

e. The Commission for the Orthodox Romanians abroad.

 

Clerical and lay representatives of the Romanian eparchies from abroad can be invited too, to the working sessions of the Commission for the Orthodox Romanians abroad, when the agenda imposes that.

Following the convocation of the President, the Commissions of the Church National Assembly can meet between its sessions, according to necessity… [+] more information