How to Pronounce Teoctist Arăpașu
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Feb 07, 1915 Tocileni, Botoșani County, Romania Died on 30 Jul 2007 (aged 92)
Romanian bishop
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About Teoctist Arpau
- Teoctist (Romanian pronunciation: [te.ok'tist], born Toader Arapa?u; February 7, 1915 – July 30, 2007) was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007. Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by some of collaboration.
- He offered his resignation after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, but was soon restored to office and served a further 17 years. A promoter of ecumenical dialogue, Patriarch Teoctist invited Pope John Paul II to visit Romania in 1999.
- It was the first visit of a Pope to a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the East-West Schism of 1054.
