Editing Old Calendarists (section)

==== Romania ====
Also in 1924, the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]] adopted the revised calendar; at this moment the Old Calendarist movement began in [[Romania]].<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":122" /> The [[abbot]] of Prokof, {{Interlanguage link|Glycerius Tănase|ro|Glicherie Tănase}}, became the head of the Old Calendarist movement in Romania. [[Hierarchs]] in Greece, supporting the Old Calendarists, did not manage to consecrate Tanase a bishop due to interventions of the Greek State.<ref name=":122" />

By 1936, many parishes had left the Romanian Orthodox Church to become Old Calendarist, and more than forty new churches had been built for the use of Romanian Old Calendarist communities.<ref name=":122" />

From 1935 and onwards, the Romanian government enacted "drastic measures" aimed to "eradicate organized opposition" to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Due to this, Romanian Old Calendarist churches and monasteries "were razed", and Romanian Old Calendarists activists were incarcerated. "Many, like Abbot Pambo, were killed and Glicherie Tănase was repeatedly imprisoned." Those persecutions went on "until the collapse of the [Romanian] regime at the end of the [[Second World War]]."<ref name=":122" />

In 1955, one bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan {{Interlanguage link|Galaction Cordun|ro|Galaction Cordun}}, joined the Old Calendarist movement in Romania.<ref name=":122" /> Before they were joined by a bishops, the Old Calendarist movement in Romania was only composed of priests and laypeople, of which "several hundreds monks from [[Monastic community of Mount Athos|Athos]]"<!--This part is present twice in the article: it is on purpose, see the source.-->.<ref name=":12" />

Metropolitan Galaction, while under [[house arrest]], consecrated other Old Calendarist bishops:<ref name=":122" /> {{Interlanguage link|Eulogius Oța|ro|Evloghie Oța}}, {{Interlanguage link|Methodius Marinache|ro|Meftodie Marinache}}, and Glycerius Tănase.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=20 June 1999|title=Mitropolitul Glicherie Tanase va fi canonizat saptamina viitoare|url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/mitropolitul-glicherie-tanase-va-fi-canonizat-saptamina-viitoare-568675.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705212612/http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/mitropolitul-glicherie-tanase-va-fi-canonizat-saptamina-viitoare-568675.html|archive-date=2013-07-05|access-date=2021-12-13|website=[[Evenimentul Zilei]]}}</ref> Later, [[Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania|a Holy Synod of the Romanian Old Calendarists]] was "formally established".<ref name=":122" />

Since the [[Nicolae Ceaușescu|Ceaușescu]] period, the Romania Old Calendarist Church "has flourished, establishing a vigorous [[Parish|parochial]] and monastic life."<ref name=":122" /> Since the [[Romanian Revolution|fall of Ceaușescu]], the Romanian Old Calendarist movement "has grown notably."<ref name=":2" />

The Romanian Old Calendarist movement remained united, unlike the Greek Old Calendarist movement.<ref name=":2" />

Metropolitan Galaction was the first head of the Romanian Old Calendarist, until his death in 1959. Galaction was succeeded as head by Tănase, who became the second leader of the Romania Old Calendarist Church, from 1960 until his death in 1985.<ref name=":1" /> Tanase was [[canonized]] by the Romania Old Calendarist Church in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 June 1999|title=Alte stiri|url=https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/national-extern/alte-stiri~nitj9|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Ziarul de Iași}}</ref>