Teodosie Petrescu

Born in Vatra Dornei, Suceava County, Teodosie was the 17th child of the family of Procopie and Elisabeta Petrescu.[1] He followed the Neamț Monastery's Theological Seminary between 1970-1975, after which he became, in 1976, a student of theology at the University of Bucharest, which he graduated in 1980.[1]

After graduation, Petrescu became a teaching assistant at the Theological Institute of Bucharest. On September 29, 1987, Petrescu signed a commitment with the Securitate which he later recalled as "a patriotic gesture" and denied he collaborated with the political police.[1]

He was tonsured a monk in December 1990 at the Crasna Monastery, Prahova County, receiving the name Teodosie.[1] On March 22, 1994, the Holy Synod raised him to become a bishop and he became the vicar of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, receiving the name of Snagoveanul ("of Snagov"), being ordinated on April 3, 1994 at the Saint Spyridon the New Church of Bucharest.[1]

On February 21, 2001, the Church Electoral College summoned by Patriarch Teoctist in Bucharest voted bishop Teodosie Petrescu to become the Archbishop of Tomis, being enthroned at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul of Constanța on April 8, 2001, the Palm Sunday.[1]

Teodosie became a Doctor of Theology in July 1999 and has been a professor since April 2002.[1] On September 17, 2002, he was elected Dean of the Orthodox Theology Faculty of the Ovidius University, Constanța, being also reelected in 2004 and 2008.[1]