Anniversaries and commemorations

27 April 1947 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, passed away in Timișoara. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes…

23 April 1738 – Metropolitan of Wallachia STEFAN II passed away (buried at the Metropolitan See, in Bucharest). He was born in 1630. Ecclesiarch of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Bucharest, Bishop of Buzau (1719 –…

23 April 2009 – Bishop and theology professor DAMASCHIN CORAVU (baptized Dimitrie) passed away in Bucharest. He was born on 14 September 1940, in Craiova. He studies at the Theological Seminary of Craiova (1956-1961), at…

23 April 1875 – Historian priest GHEORGHE CIUHANDU was born in Rosia, county of Bihor. Gymnasium studies in Beius, theological studies in Arad, then at the Faculty of Theology of Cernauti, where he was awarded…

22 April 1965 – PETRE ANTONESCU – Romanian architect, professor, restorer of monuments – passed away in Bucharest. He was bon on 29 June 1873, in Ramnicu Sarat. Remarkable personality of the Romanian modern architecture,…

20 April 1828 – GHEORGHE UCENESCU – composer, professor, religious singer, copiyst, calligrapher and editor, was born in Sibiu. He begins his studies at the Capital School (primary school) in Scheii Brasovului (graduates in 1843)…

19 April 1825 – Archimandrite SCRIBAN THEOCTIST (baptised Hristofor) was born in Adâncata village, county of Suceava. Studies at “Vasilian” Gymnasium and Mihailean Academy of Iași, theological studies at Socola Seminary (graduated in 1874), then…

18 April 1937 – Bishop STROIA IOAN passed away in Alba Iulia. He was born on 20 January 1865, in Fântânele (Cacova), county of Sibiu. Secondary studies (1879 – 1887): at the German Evangelical Gymnasium…