The Patriarch of Antioch pays an official visit to Romania from September 23 to October 1, 2016

From September 23 to October 1, 2016, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All East, will pay an official visit to Romania. His Beatitude will participate in the events dedicated to the 300th anniversary since the martyrical death of Hieromartyr Anthimos the Ivirite, and the manifestations on the 550th anniversary since the laying of the foundation stone of Putna Monastery, Suceava County. The Georgian Orthodox Church will also be represented at these events.

The program includes the local proclamation of the canonization of the Venerable Fathers Saints Neophyte and Meletios of Stânişoara  and Daniel and Misael of Turnu, which will take place Wednesday, 28 September 2016, in Râmnicu-Vâlcea.

There is a spiritual tie between the Patriarchate of Antioch and St Anthimos the Ivirite, since in 1701 he published at Snagov Monastery the first Greek-Arabic Liturgikon for the use of the Patriarchate of Antioch. In 1702, he also published the Greek-Arabic Horologion. In 1706, St Anthimos the Ivirite offered a printing press with Arabic characters to Patriarch Athanasius III Dabbas of Antioch, who installed it in Aleppo, Syria.

The year 2016 was declared Solemn Year of the Religious Education of the Orthodox Christian Youth and a Commemorative Year of Saint Hieromartyr Anthimos the Ivirite and of the Church Typographers in the Romanian Patriarchate.

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