{"id":288860,"date":"2020-08-19T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=288860"},"modified":"2020-08-19T18:42:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:42:17","slug":"buildings-illuminated-in-red-to-honour-the-holy-brancoveanu-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/buildings-illuminated-in-red-to-honour-the-holy-brancoveanu-martyrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Buildings illuminated in red to honour the Holy Br\u00e2ncoveanu Martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romanian churches and landmark buildings were illluminated in red on the evening of August 16 to mark the first National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To show the Romanians&#8217; awareness regarding violence and persecution against Christians, which continues even today in the world, buildings from Romania&#8217;s capital city and throughout the country were illuminated in red.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288733\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/original_iluminare_palatul_cotroceni_16_august_2020_25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288733\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/original_iluminare_palatul_cotroceni_16_august_2020_25-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/original_iluminare_palatul_cotroceni_16_august_2020_25-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/original_iluminare_palatul_cotroceni_16_august_2020_25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/original_iluminare_palatul_cotroceni_16_august_2020_25.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cotroceni Palace illuminated in red. Romania&#8217;s Presidential Administration is located on this historical site. Photo: Presidency.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/cdep.ro\/pls\/proiecte\/docs\/2019\/pr605_19.pdf\">law<\/a> proclaiming August 16 as \u201cNational Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians\u201d was ratified by Romania&#8217;s President on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>The day of August 16 was chosen to coincide with the feast of the Holy Br\u00e2ncoveanu Martyrs, commemorated by the Romanian Orthodox Church on this day. They symbolize the Romanians fight for independence, affirmed through their cultural and religious Christian ethos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288737\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Guvernul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288737\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Guvernul-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Guvernul-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Guvernul.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romania&#8217;s Government headquarters on the evening of August 16, 2020. Photo: Facebook \/ C\u0103t\u0103lin Vasile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The aim of the national day is to inform the public, including young people, about the role of Christianity in the history of Romania and of the nature and extent of anti-Christian persecution, which continues to these days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288739\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arcul-de-Triumf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288739\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arcul-de-Triumf-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arcul-de-Triumf-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Arcul-de-Triumf.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest&#8217;s <em>Arc de Triomphe<\/em> was built to commemorate the heroes of the Romanian War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, which won the state sovereignty. Photo: Facebook \/ C\u0103t\u0103lin Vasile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Romanian Patriarchate <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/august-16-romanian-patriarchate-welcomes-declaration-of-the-national-day-of-awareness-of-violence-against-christians\/\">has welcomed<\/a> the proclaiming of this national day of remembrance and has advocated for \u201cthe memorial recovery of Christian martyrdom and for the protection and promotion of religious freedom as a fundamental right of every human person\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288743\" style=\"width: 737px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/turn-de-comunicatii-STS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-288743\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/turn-de-comunicatii-STS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The communications tower of the Special Telecommunications Service illuminated in red on Sunday. Photo: Facebook \/ STS &#8211; Serviciul de Telecomunica\u0163ii Speciale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Open Doors, a global Christian NGO network, <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/cat-de-persecutati-sunt-crestinii-astazi-in-lume-8-persoane-ucise-zilnic-pentru-credinta-lor\/\">eight Christians<\/a> are killed for their faith across the Globe daily.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288752\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Titu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288752\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Titu-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Titu-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Titu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Titu.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St John the Baptist Church in the town of Titu. Photo: Gazetadetitu.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Open Doors has also reported 260 million persecuted Christians between November 1st, 2018 and October 31st, 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288754\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Alba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288754\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Alba-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Alba-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Biserica-Alba.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the patronal feasts of the The \u201cNoetic Ark\u201d Orthodox Church from the city of Alba Iulia is the Holy Br\u00e2ncoveanu Martyrs. Photo: Facebook \/ Jan Nicolae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288939\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288939\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117394592_2876776182551667_5969926035841843807_o-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117394592_2876776182551667_5969926035841843807_o-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117394592_2876776182551667_5969926035841843807_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117394592_2876776182551667_5969926035841843807_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/117394592_2876776182551667_5969926035841843807_o.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Facebook \/ Mostenirea Culturala a Epocii Brancovenesti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Presidency.ro (article opening)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews and @BasilicaPhotos!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Thank you for reading Basilica.ro!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian churches and landmark buildings were illluminated in red on the evening of August 16 to mark the first National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians. 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