Orthodoxism   The Orthodox Church had and has an very importance matter in the history and the culture of the city, in spite of the fact that Oradea had been dominated for centuries. The archeological avowal and the old documents prove the existence of the Greek Orthodox Church beggined since the 18th century. The beggining of the Christianity in our county coincide with the beggining of the Romainian people and the Romanian Language. Since then untill the Romanian Great Union from 1st December 1998 the Orthodox Church had to pass very difficult steps. The Orthodox Church have had the freedom to organize all it's activities since that date. Many spiritual establishments were made by the town's bishops: Roman Ciorogariu, Nicolae Popovici, Valerian Zaharia, Vasile Coman and the actual bishop dr. Ioan Mihaltan. The Theologic University have been acredited since 1st of Octomber 1991. At this time the Orthodox Church in Oradea has aprox. 16 parishes excluding The Romanian Orthodox Bishopric.    

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