Hurezi Monastery has been showcased in Beijing in an exhibition dedicated to the Brâncovenesque heritage. The exhibition opened on Wednesday at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Beijing. According to a press release, the exhibition forms part of a cultural programme highlighting one of Romania’s most representative UNESCO World Heritage monuments. Entitled Hurezi Monastery: Romania in…
Two previously unknown sermons by Blessed Augustine have been identified in a twelfth-century Latin manuscript preserved at a monastery in Poland, according to the University of Würzburg in Germany. The discovery was made during research conducted by Professor Christian Tornau of the German university. His study began in 2024 when he was asked to examine…
Elena Alistar, the first of seven children born to Fr Vasile Balan and Presbytera Elizaveta Balan in the village of Vaisal, Ismail County, was born on 1 June 1873. She married Fr Dimitrie Alistar, who served in Răzeni, Chișinău County. During that period, she worked as a teacher for children in several villages. Sadly, her…
Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna officiated Vespers on Monday at the Church of the Presentation of the Lord (“Vovidenia”) in Botoșani, where he reflected on the role of church music. The liturgical service formed part of the programme of the Iași International Byzantine Music Festival. The bishop highlighted the authentic meaning of church music and…
Wednesday, May 13, marked 139 years since the birth of Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu, the first Romanian woman to obtain an aeroplane pilot’s licence. She was also a modern explorer and the first journalist to report from an aircraft. She was born in Tecuci into the family of a well-known Aromanian physician. In 1913, she became one…
The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in Beijing is hosting the exhibition “Resurrection – Creation and Restoration”, featuring 44 works by artist Elena Murariu, including 24 icons created using graphic and watercolour techniques. Alongside the iconographer’s works, the exhibition also includes documentary images depicting the stages of restoration projects at national heritage conservation sites in Romania.…
A possible biblical mystery may have been solved, with archaeologists claiming to have identified the village of Bethsaida in Israel. The locality is mentioned in the New Testament and associated with several miracles performed by Jesus Christ. Researchers began excavations a decade ago at the archaeological site of El-Araj, located on the north-eastern shore of…
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, the first Romanian to fly into space, received on Thursday the Metropolitan Order of “Saint Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest” on behalf of Patriarch Daniel. The distinction was presented to the astronaut by Protosyncellus Simeon Cuțui, Cultural Exarch of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, during a festive session of the Romanian Academy marking…
A memorial cross was blessed on Tuesday near the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest on the site of the former “Spirea Veche” Church, which was demolished during the communist regime. The blessing service was officiated by Archimandrite Nectarie Șofelea, Exarch of the Monasteries of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. According to a press release, the monument…
Professor Antonia Moropoulou of the National Technical University of Athens recently delivered two lectures on the historic restoration of the Holy Sepulchre located inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. “When we opened the Holy Sepulchre, my colleagues and I felt an energy being released. The findings within the masonry fully preserved their historical authenticity,”…
Romania’s Ministry of Culture has recently submitted a proposal to include the Vânători-Neamț Monastic Cultural Landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the “Land of the Bison” ecodestination. The Vânători-Neamț Monastic Landscape overlaps with Vânători-Neamț Natural Park, a protected area of approximately 30,000 hectares designated in 1999 and including two Natura 2000…
