Peter Păduraru Explained

Petru Păduraru
Birth Name:	Ion Chirilovici Păduraru
Birth Date:	24 October 1946
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Parents:	Ana Avram and Chiril Păduraru

Petru Păduraru (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈpetru pəduˈraru/; born Ion Chirilovici Păduraru in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /iˈon ciˈrilovit͡ʃʲ/; October 24, 1946) is a Moldovan Eastern Orthodox prelate and the current Metropolitan of Bessarabia within the Romanian Orthodox Church.

Biography

Păduraru was born on October 24, 1946, in Țiganca, Moldavian SSR.

He has been the Metropolitan of Bessarabia since October 3, 1995.

Awards

• The, Grand Officer rank (2008)
• Medal of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1993)
• Romanian Cultural Foundation Award for contributions to affirming the Romanian identity of Romanians in Bessarabia (1996)
• Honorary Citizen of the city of Galați (2000)

See also

• List of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
  • Metropolis of Bessarabia St. Teodora de la Sihla Church

Bibliography

• Jurnal Moskovskoi Patriarhii, nr. 9/1990, p. 33-35 - Numirea și hirotonirea arhimandritului Petru (Păduraru) întru episcop de Bălți;
• Alfa și Omega, nr. 17/1995, p. 1 and 3 - A fost ales Mitropolitul Basarabiei și Mitropolitul Petru, date biografice.

External links

• Biography on the Metropolis of Bessarabia site
• Ortho-rus.ru - Петр (Пэдурару)