​The Orthodox chapel will be located in the Chamber of Deputies and will be consecrated on March 25 with the support of the Romanian Patriarchate, the leadership of the Chamber decided on Monday at the request of PSD deputy Alfred Simonis. And PNL leader Nicolae Chuke said in October last year that he supports the idea of ​​creating a chapel in the parliament building.

The request to allocate space for an Orthodox chapel in the Chamber of Deputies was made on Monday, March 11, 2024, by PSD MP Alfred Simonis, interim president of the Chamber of Deputies.

What motivates the creation of an Orthodox chapel in the Chamber of Deputies

In his request, the deputy reports that next year the Romanian Orthodox Church will celebrate the 140th anniversary of the recognition of its autocephaly and the 100th anniversary of its elevation to the rank of Patriarchate, and last month the parliament adopted a bill to declare 2025 as the “Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate.”

• “Given the good cooperation between the Chamber of Deputies and the Romanian Orthodox Church, taking into account the fact that places of worship are important symbols of spiritual expression and involvement of the community, with a primary role, I suggest you agree to the allocation of a room in the Chamber of Deputies that will serve as an Orthodox chapel and a meeting place and celebration of religious events for parliamentarians, staff and guests.
• Therefore, I ask you to authorize the General Secretariat to determine such a space and to take the necessary steps so that on March 25, with the support of the Romanian Patriarchate, the chapel of the Chamber of Deputies will be consecrated, which will be defined as a sacred space and a closer connection of parliamentarians with the Romanian Orthodox Church,” the statement reads. to the request of MP Alfred Simonis.

And Chuke promised to support the creation of a chapel in the parliament

And the leader of the PNL and the president of the Senate, Nikolae Chuke, last fall at a meeting of the Prayer Group promised that he would support the idea of ​​creating a chapel in the building of the legislative body.

“Today, at the Political Leadership in Christian Identity conference organized by the Parliament’s prayer group, I pledged my support for the idea of ​​creating a chapel in the Legislature building,” Nicolae Chuke wrote on Facebook at the time.

He congratulated the members of the parliamentary prayer group for their work. “I hope that this partnership with cults in Romania will develop even more, because together we can achieve great changes that society needs,” said the President of the Senate.