{"id":225709,"date":"2019-01-25T11:20:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T09:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=225709"},"modified":"2019-01-25T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T09:20:03","slug":"romania-president-commemorates-ruler-prince-alexandru-ioan-cuza-in-iasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romania-president-commemorates-ruler-prince-alexandru-ioan-cuza-in-iasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania President commemorates Ruler Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iasi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday, January 23, attended a memorial service for Alexandru Ioan Cuza, one of the founders of the 1859 Union of the Romanian Principalities who contributed to the modernization of Romanian society and of state structures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The service was officiated by the local Metropolitan Teofan at the Three Holy Hierarchs Monastery in Iasi, where Cuza is entombed.<\/p>\n

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President Klaus Iohannis laying flowers at the tomb of Ruler Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the Three Holy Hierarchs Monastery in Iasi, on January 23, 2019. Photo: Doxologia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the commemoration, President Iohannis laid a wreath at Alexandru Ioan Cuza\u2019s tomb marking the 160th<\/sup> anniversary of the Union of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which took place under Cuza\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

On January 24, 1859, as a result of the wish of the Romanian people, and in a favourable international context, the political unification of the then two Romanian principalities \u2014 Wallachia, today a southern region, and Moldavia, today\u2019s eastern region, was achieved under the ruler elect Alexandru Ioan Cuza.<\/p>\n

Every year, Romanians celebrate the Principalities\u2019 Union Day as a highly important event in the country\u2019s history, which opened the way to the modernization of the Romanian state and society.<\/p>\n