{"id":225155,"date":"2019-01-21T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=225155"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T09:46:33","slug":"teacher-by-vocation-ioan-octavian-visan-ciobotea-lauded-at-funeral-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/teacher-by-vocation-ioan-octavian-visan-ciobotea-lauded-at-funeral-service\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Teacher by vocation\u2019 Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea lauded at funeral service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teacher Ioan Octavian Visan Ciobotea was remembered as a \u2018teacher by vocation,\u2019 who dedicated his life to the \u2018Romanian school\u2019 with \u2018patience, much love and diligence\u2019 during his funeral service on Friday, Jan. 18, at St Nicholas Church of Cernica Monastery near Bucharest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the funeral service of his brother-in-law teacher Ioan Octavian who died on January 15, 2019, when Romania celebrates the National Culture Day.<\/p>\n

The service was led by His Grace the Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, Timotei of Prahova, and assisted by the patriarchal auxiliary bishops, clergy, patriarchal advisers, friends and relatives of His Beatitude.<\/p>\n

At the funeral service, the 70-year-old was remembered as a teacher who \u2018has greatly laboured teaching his disciples to appreciate the genuine values of the Romanian culture.\u2019<\/p>\n

Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova, gave the homily, describing teacher Ioan Octavian as a \u2018teacher by vocation,\u2019 who dedicated his life to the \u2018Romanian school\u2019 with \u2018patience, much love and diligence.\u2019<\/p>\n

His Grace recalled that the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church dedicated the year 2019 to the diligent priests, teachers, and mayors \u2018who were involved in the life of the Romanian village.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018He was a loving, industrious and very modest man,\u2019 who was also very hospitable since many hierarchs, priests, and monastics were often welcomed at Visan-Ciobotea\u2019s house in Bucharest.<\/p>\n

In the face of illness, he showed \u2018a great strength and hope in God, being happy with his family, children, grandchildren, and friends, and perhaps nostalgically longing after his native places where he first saw daylight.\u2019<\/p>\n

Ioan Octavian Visan-Ciobotea was the spouse of Prof. Floarea Visan-Ciobotea, the sister of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.<\/p>\n

He reposed in the Lord on January 15, 2019, two weeks before reaching the age of 70.<\/p>\n

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