Prime Minister Marcel Çolaku and PSD leader Alfred Simonis have submitted a bill to the parliament, according to which this year the Bessarabian Metropolitanate, which operates under the Bucharest Orthodox Patriarchate, will be given the sum of 2 million euros. The assistance comes in the context that the faithful in the Republic of Moldova are connected to two competing metropolitans, one of which is connected to the Moscow Patriarchate, which is similar to the situation in Ukraine.

Metropolitan Peter of Bessarabia and Prime Minister Marcel CholakuPhoto: fanatik.ro

“Every year, an amount in lei equivalent to 2 million euros is allocated from the state budget through the budget of the State Secretariat for Cult Affairs for the Bessarabian Metropolis of the Republic of Moldova, a constituent part of the Romanian Orthodox Church. “, says the first article of the draft law initiated by the Prime Minister.

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