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15 May 1778 – Metropolitan IACOB PUTNEANUL, of Moldova, passed away at Putna Monastery

15 May 1778 – Metropolitan IACOB PUTNEANUL, of Moldova, passed away at Putna Monastery. Monk ever since a young man at Putna, where he had studied, abbot of the monastery (1744), then Bishop of Rădăuți (August 1745) and Metropolitan of Moldova (13 November 1750); retired in February 1769 and returned to Putna, where he lived…

May 15, 2014basilica.ro

14 May 1887 – Priest and pedagogue SIMION POPESCU-LILIACOVEANU was born in Floru, county of Olt

14 May 1887 – Priest and pedagogue SIMION POPESCU-LILIACOVEANU was born in Floru, county of Olt. Studies at the “Central” Seminary (1900 – 1908). Faculty of Theology of Bucharest (1908 – 1912) and specialised courses at the National Capodistrian University of Athens (1918 – 1921), where he graduates Theology (1920) and Philology-Philosophy (1919), doctor in…

May 14, 2014basilica.ro

14 May 2002 – Priest and journalist VASILE ȚEPORDEI passed away

14 May 2002 – Priest and journalist VASILE ȚEPORDEI passed away. Studies at the Theological Seminary (1929) and at the Faculty of Theology in Chișinău (graduated in 1933). He was Religion professor at various secondary schools in Chișinău (1935-1940; 1941-1944) and in Bucharest (1940-1941; 1944-1948). Ever since a student he collaborated with several church publications,…

May 14, 2014basilica.ro

14 May 1742 – Archpriest and historian RADU TEMPEA II, son of priest Radu Tempea I passed away

14 May 1742 – Archpriest and historian RADU TEMPEA II, son of priest Radu Tempea I passed away. He studied at the school near the church of “Saint Nicholas” in Șcheii Brașovului, then he became a teacher too, and in parallel deacon (1713); priest at the same church (ordained on 19 February 1718 in Bucharest,…

May 14, 2014basilica.ro

The Church is the New Bethzatha – the Space of Healing

Today, 11 May 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the 4th Sunday after Easter. According to the order of our Church, the evangelical pericope of Saint John the Evangelist, 5:1-15, was read at the Divine Liturgy, a fragment that presents the healing of the sick man at Bethzatha pool by Jesus Christ, our Saviour. In…

May 11, 2014basilica.ro

11 May 1999 – priest ILARION ARGATU (baptised Ioan), hieromonk and very appreciated father confessor passed away in Bucharest (buried at Boroaia, county of Suceava)

11 May 1999 – priest ILARION ARGATU (baptised Ioan), hieromonk and very appreciated father confessor passed away in Bucharest (buried at Boroaia, county of Suceava). Studies at the Theological Seminary of Dorohoi, continued at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți; he attended, in parallel, the courses of the Military School of Bacău, getting the sub-lieutenant…

May 11, 2014basilica.ro

The National Conference on the theme Dogmatic unity and national specific in the religious painting at the Patriarchate Palace

Today, 5 May 2014, the second edition of the National Conference on the theme Dogmatic unity and national specific in the religious painting is held at the Patriarchate Palace. The event convenes historians of art, painters and specialists in church art. The manifestation dedicated to the commemorative year of the Brancovean Martyr Saints was opened…

May 5, 2014basilica.ro

5 May 1854 – Priest CONSTANTIN MORARIU, poet and translator, was born at Mitocu Dragomirnei

5 May 1854 – Priest CONSTANTIN MORARIU, poet and translator, was born at Mitocu Dragomirnei. Studies at the Secondary School in Sucevița (1866 – 1874) and at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1874 – 1878). Priest in Toporăuți (1878 – 1886), Cernăuți (1866-1896) and Pătrăuți (1896 – 1917), metropolitan counsellor in Cernăuți (1918 –…

May 5, 2014basilica.ro

5 May 1875 – Metropolitan NIFON (baptised Nicolae Rusailă) passed away in Bucharest (buried at Cernica)

5 May 1875 – Metropolitan NIFON (baptised Nicolae Rusailă) passed away in Bucharest (buried at Cernica). Monk at Cernica in 1809 and ordained hierodeacon for the Metropolitan See, later on hieromonk (1826), iconom at the Diocese of Râmnic (1827), archimandrite (1826), abbot at Cozia (1839), vicar of the Metropolitan See of Ungro-Wallachia (1841), ordained hierarch…

May 5, 2014basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania at Tiganesti Monastery

This Sunday, the 3rd after the Holy Easter, the Church remembers the Myrrh Bearing Women. While visiting the community of Tiganesti Monastery of Ilfov county, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the courage of the myrrh bearing women and about the importance of their example for every one of us. “The Gospel shows us that…

May 4, 2014basilica.ro

2 may 1881 – Bishop Grigorie Leu was born in Țuțcani, Vaslui county

May 2, 2014basilica.ro