Anniversaries and commemorations

12 March 1678 – Metropolitan of Transylvania IOREST ILIE (baptized Ele) passed away

12 March 1678 – Metropolitan of Transylvania IOREST ILIE (baptized Ele) passed away as we learn from a note on a manuscript of a Book of Hours: “It should be known that vladika (hierarch) Iorist died in the year 7816 (1678), month of March 12”. Tonsured into monasticism at Putna, with the name of Iorest,…

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11 March 1898 – MIHAI BUXACU was born in Lăpușata, county of Vâlcea

11 March 1898 – MIHAI BUXACU was born in Lăpușata, county of Vâlcea. He was a priest and a pedagogue. Graduate of the Seminary of “Saint Nicholas” in Râmnicu Vâlcea city (1919) and of the Faculty of Theology of Bucharest (licentiate in 1924). He got the title of doctor in Theology (1928); specialization courses in…

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11/12 March 1803 – Metropolitan IACOB STAMATI of Moldova passed away

Metropolitan Iacob Stamati was born on 24 June 1749, in Transylvania, in the region of Bistrita. When 11 years old, the young Transylvanian crossed the mountains to the Monastery of Neamț. Young Iacob Stamati came to Moldova in 1760. Till he became a monk (3 April 1764), he spent a period of apprenticeship. On 3…

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11 March 1987 – Priest and theology professor IOAN COMAN passed away

11 March 1987 – Priest and theology professor IOAN COMAN passed away (born on 27 November 1902 in Dâmbroca, county of Buzău). He studied at the Seminary of “Bishop Chesarie” in Buzău, then at the Faculty of Theology of Bucharest (1922 – 1926), with the doctor degree in 1936, and the Faculty of Philology, section…

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10 March 2010 – Rev. Prof. of Theology Dumitru Popescu

10 March 2010 – Rev. Prof. of Theology Dumitru Popescu (born on 29 June 1929 in Călugăreni village, county of Giurgiu) passed away in Bucharest. He studied at the Seminary of “Metropolitan Nifon” (1940 – 1948), and continued his studies at the Theological Institute of Bucharest (1955 – 1959). In 1972, he was awarded the…

Mar 10, 2014basilica.ro

6 march 1939 – Passed away Patriarch Miron Cristea

6 march 1939 – Passed away Patriarch Miron Cristea

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5 march 1910 – was born the fourth patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Justin Moisescu

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4 march 2014 – 24 Years Since His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Was Ordained Hierarch

Sunday, 4 March 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 24 years since he was ordained hierarch. His Beatitude was ordained Bishop on 4 March 1990, on the Orthodoxy Sunday, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara by His Eminence Nestor, Metropolitan of Oltenia, His Eminence Nicolae, Metropolitan of Banat, and His…

Mar 4, 2014basilica.ro

28 February 1904 – Missionary priest Gheorghe Secaș was born in Răhău, county of Alba

28 February 1904 – Missionary priest Gheorghe Secaș was born in Răhau, county of Alba. High studies at the “Andreian” Theological Academy of Sibiu (1923 – 1927); specialized at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Strasbourg and at the Orthodox one in Athens (1927 – 1929); preacher and missionary within the “Lord’s Army” (1930 –…

Feb 28, 2014basilica.ro

28 February 1897 – Rev. theology professor Isidor Onciul passed away in Cernăuți

28 February 1897 – Rev. theology professor Isidor Onciul passed away in Cernăuți. He graduated the gymnasium (1845 – 1853) and the Theological Institute (1853 – 1857) in Cernăuți, and attended specialization courses at the University of Vienna (1857 – 1858). Supervisor of studies at the Seminary (boarding school) of Cernăuți (1858 – 1862), priest…

Feb 28, 2014basilica.ro

28 February 1983 – Priest and theology professor Ioan Petreuță passed away in Timișoara

28 February 1983 – Priest and theology professor Ioan Petreuță passed away in Timișoara. Secondary schools studies in Brad and Arad, Faculty of Theology in Cernăuți (1924 – 1928), doctorate in 1930; graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Cernăuți (1932), specialization both at the Faculties of Orthodox Theology in Athens (1928 –…

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