{"id":530201,"date":"2025-06-11T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=530201"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:37:42","slug":"foundresses-of-varatec-monastery-remembered-as-canonization-proposed-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/foundresses-of-varatec-monastery-remembered-as-canonization-proposed-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundresses of V\u0103ratec Monastery remembered as canonization proposed for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Schema-nuns Olimpiada and Nazaria, the founding mothers of V\u0103ratec Monastery in Neam\u021b County, were <a href=\"https:\/\/doxologia.ro\/schimonahiile-olimpiada-nazaria-propuse-pentru-canonizare-au-fost-evocate-la-sinaxa-manastirii\">commemorated<\/a> on Monday during a monastic synaxis. The two venerable nuns are among several saintly Romanian women proposed for canonization in 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His Grace Bishop Nichifor of Boto\u0219ani, Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ia\u0219i, participated in the gathering and offered a brief historical account of the monastery.<\/p>\n<h2>A Spiritual Legacy<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe monastery was founded in 1785, a year marked by turmoil and upheaval in the world. By 1789, the French Revolution would erupt, shaking many values,\u201d said Assistant Bishop Nichifor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yet, in Romania, monasteries were being established under the guidance of spiritual fathers like Saint Paisius Velichkovsky and Saint Joseph the Hesychast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shows us that God has His faithful in every age\u2014just as in the time of Elijah, men who did not bow to Baal. And when I say \u2018men,\u2019 I mean both men and women with courageous souls, strong in faith, who know why they enter a monastery, why they live, and what they are prepared to die for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose we now remember and hold dear in our hearts become a starting point, an act of courage, and a legacy. And that legacy is also a charism, one we are called to rekindle within our souls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2>240 Years Since the First Church Was Built<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_530008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530008\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_09-foto-sinaxa-monahala-maici-varatec-mihail-vrajitoru-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-530008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_09-foto-sinaxa-monahala-maici-varatec-mihail-vrajitoru-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_09-foto-sinaxa-monahala-maici-varatec-mihail-vrajitoru-10.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_09-foto-sinaxa-monahala-maici-varatec-mihail-vrajitoru-10-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_06_09-foto-sinaxa-monahala-maici-varatec-mihail-vrajitoru-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-530008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stavrophore Iosefina Giosanu, abbess of V\u0103ratec Monastery, speaking about the two venerable figures that will soon be officially canonized. Photo: Doxologia.ro \/ Mihail Vr\u0103jitoru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lives and legacy of Schema-nuns Olimpiada and Nazaria were evoked by Mother Iosefina Giosanu, Abbess of V\u0103ratec Monastery, along with nuns Anatolia B\u0103l\u0103i\u021b\u0103 and Nectaria Prepeli\u021b\u0103, who conducted both spiritual and historical research on the monastery\u2019s founders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur meeting marks the 240th anniversary of the building of the first wooden church, and commemorates the first two abbesses\u2014Schema-nuns Nazaria and Olimpiada,\u201d Mother Iosefina said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir worthiness lies not only in the physical founding of the monastery but in the vessel of deep spiritual life they left behind, preserved with reverence by generations of devoted nuns\u2014each striving with greater faith, love, and zeal for their salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong them are many souls who are now recognized as saints or proposed for canonization, and others who, in the sight of the Lord, were sanctified in secret, without our knowledge,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 Commemorative Year of Holy Women<\/h2>\n<p>The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved during its session on March 27, 2025, the beginning of the canonization process for several Romanian holy women in the context of 2026 being declared the Commemorative Year of Holy Women (Myrrhbearers, Martyrs, Ascetics, Wives, and Mothers) and the Solemn Year for Christian Family Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Ia\u0219i submitted canonisation proposals for 2026, including Schema-nuns Olimpiada and Nazaria and Venerable Mavra of Ceahl\u0103u.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Doxologia.ro \/ Mihail Vr\u0103jitoru<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schema-nuns Olimpiada and Nazaria, the founding mothers of V\u0103ratec Monastery in Neam\u021b County, were commemorated on Monday during a monastic synaxis. 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