Anniversaries and commemorations

6 May 1992 – OREST BUCEVSCHI, professor of theology and deacon, passed away

6 May 1992 – OREST BUCEVSCHI, professor of theology and deacon, passed away. Studies at the Secondary School of Câmpulung Moldovenesc (1908 – 1916). He studied at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1918 – 1922), which awarded him the doctor’s degree, and at the Faculty of Philology, branch of Classic Languages, and graduated in…

May 6, 2013basilica.ro

30 March 1989 – Writer, philosopher, jurist, monk NICOLAE STEINHARDT passed away at Rohia Monastery, county of Maramureș

30 March 1989 – Writer, philosopher, jurist, monk NICOLAE STEINHARDT passed away at Rohia Monastery, county of Maramureș. Studies at “Spiru Haret” Secondary School of Bucharest (1922 – 1929), at the Faculties of Philology and Law of the University of Bucharest (1929 – 1934), with a doctor’s degree in law (1936), specialisation in France (Paris)…

Apr 30, 2013basilica.ro

30 March 1995 – Priest and theology professor SIMION RADU passed away

30 March 1995 – Priest and theology professor SIMION RADU passed away. Studies at the “Andrei Șaguna” normal school of Sibiu, with equivalent examination at the secondary school and school leaving examination; higher studies at the “Andreian” Theological Academy of Sibiu (1927 – 1931), graduated at Cernăuți (1935); a doctor’s degree at the University Theological…

Apr 30, 2013basilica.ro

16 April 1822 – Metropolitan Calinic Miclescu was born

16 April 1822 – Metropolitan Calinic Miclescu was born in Suceava, to an old family of boyars. On 18 June 1842, his uncle Sofronie, the future Metropolitan of Moldova, tonsured him into monasticism. On 23 April 1843, he was ordained hierodeacon, hieromonk on 31 November, then protosingel and archmandrite on 2 February 1855. From 1851…

Apr 16, 2013basilica.ro

15 April 1967 – Metropolitan Colan Nicolae passed away

15 April 1967 – Metropolitan COLAN NICOLAE passed away (buried at Sâmbăta Monastery). He was born on 28 November 1893, in Araci, county of Covasna. Studies at “Andrei Șaguna” high school in Brașov, at the Theological Institute of Sibiu, Faculty of Philology of Bucharest, specialisation at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of…

Apr 15, 2013basilica.ro

3/15 April 1895 – Metropolitan Morariu Andreievici Silvestru (baptised Samuil) passed away

3/15 April 1895 – Metropolitan MORARIU-ANDREIEVICI SILVESTRU (baptised Samuil) passed away, in Cernăuți (photo). He was born on 14 November 1818, in Mitocu Dragmirnei village, near Suceava. Studies: Gymnasium and the Theological Institute in Cernăuți, doctor “Honoris causa” of the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1875). Parish priest in Ceahor (1843 – 1862), then consistorial…

Apr 3, 2013basilica.ro

22 March 1921 – Art historian and scientific researcher CORNELIA PILLAT was born in Bucharest

22 March 1921 – Art historian and scientific researcher CORNELIA PILLAT was born in Bucharest. After the secondary school studies at “Queen Maria” Secondary School, she attended the courses of the Faculty of Art History and of the Faculty of Philology of Bucharest. She studied documents at the Institute of Art History (1955 – 1958),…

Mar 22, 2013basilica.ro

20 March 1874 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, was born in Sânnicolaul Mare, county of Timiș

20 March 1874 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, was born in Sânnicolaul Mare, county of Timiș. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes of Toracul Mic (1892 – 1894), Comloșul Bănățean (1894 – 1896) and Sânnicolaul Mare (1910 –…

Mar 20, 2013basilica.ro

19 March 1827 – The religious painter and pedagogue MIȘU POPP was born in Brașov

19 March 1827 – The religious painter and pedagogue MIȘU POPP was born in Brașov. Studies at Brașov and Târgu Secuiesc, then at the Academy of Arts in Vienna. In 1849, he settled in Bucharest, where he painted several churches together with Constantin Lecca and Barbu Stănescu (“Old Court”, “Saint George the New”, “Răzvan Vodă”,…

Mar 19, 2013basilica.ro

19 March 1992 – Priest Jechiu Igor passed away in Galați city

19 March 1992 – Priest JECHIU IGOR passed away in Galați city (born on 19 October 1918, in Mârzești, county of Orhei). He studied at the Theological Seminary of Chișinău (1931 – 1939) and at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1939 – 1943); courses for a doctor’s degree at the same Faculty (1947 –…

Mar 19, 2013basilica.ro

17 March 2008 – Bishop Mihălțan Ioan passed away

17 March 2008 – Bishop MIHĂLȚAN IOAN passed away. Secondary studies at the Secondary School of “Saint Basil the Great” in Blaj (1939 – 1947); higher studies at the University Theological Institute of Sibiu (1947 – 1951): courses for a doctor’s degree – with special stress on Dogmatic Theology, Symbolics and Missionary Guidance – at…

Mar 17, 2013basilica.ro