The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week received the US ambassador to the Romania, Adrian Zuckerman, at the Patriarchal seat in Bucharest.
Amb. Zuckerman referred to a great honor, on his part, to serve as the US envoy to Romania, the country of his birth. He also expressed a desire to cultivate close relations with the Romanian Church, lauding the social, charitable and cultural role exercised by the Orthodox Church in Romanian society.
Finally, Amb. Zuckerman expressed a hope that ongoing efforts will produce results in Romania to reduce the phenomena of emigration, corruption and a high secondary school dropout rate in the southeast European country.
