On February 15, 2018, the members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church gathered together for its first annual meeting. The event took place at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. In his opening speech, the Romanian Patriarch presented the agenda of the meeting: the election of an Assistant Bishop for the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, the election of an Assistant Bishop for the Romanian Orthodox D