Orthodox Church in America
Fr. Ionut Maerean serves as Dean (Protopop) of the Romanian Orthodox Deanery of Central Canada since February 2018 and holds multiple roles within the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America as an Episcopate Council member and Clergy since 2005. Fr. Ionut has been the Parish Priest at St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Church since September 2013 and also acts as Spiritual Advisor for the Orthodox Brotherhood of Canada. Previous positions include Parish Priest at St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church from December 2005 to August 2013 and Priest for the Romanian Patriarchate from August 2003 to November 2005. Teaching experience includes a position at "Dimitrie Leonida" High School in Constanta in 2002-2003. Fr. Ionut holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Theology/Theological Studies from Ovidius University, completed in 2004 and 2002 respectively.
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Orthodox Church in America
The Mission of the Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all [things that He has] commanded” so that all people may be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth: To preach, in accordance with God’s will, the fullness of the gospel of the Kingdom to the peoples of North America and to invite them to become members of the Orthodox Church. To utilize for her mission the various languages of the peoples of this continent. To be the body of Christ in North America and to be faithful to the tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church. To witness to the truth, and by God’s grace and in the power of the Holy Spirit, to reveal Christ’s way of sanctification and eternal salvation to all.