27<\/p>\n
February 1948 \u2013 Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu of the Romanian Orthodox<\/p>\n
Church (baptized Nicolae) passed away. Studies at “Veniamin\u201d Seminary of<\/p>\n
Ia\u0219i (1882 \u2013 1890). Then at the Spiritual Academy in Kiev (1890 \u2013 1895;<\/p>\n
with graduation in 1895). Tonsured into monasticism at Neam\u021b Monastery,<\/p>\n
with the name Nicodim (1894), ordained hierodeacon (1894) and hieromonk<\/p>\n
(1896); preacher at the metropolitan cathedral in Ia\u0219i (1895),<\/p>\n
archimandrite and appointed vicar of the Metropolitan See of Moldova<\/p>\n
(1898 \u2013 1902), then vicar to the Diocese of Lower Danube (1902 \u2013 1909)<\/p>\n
and director of the Seminary of “Saint Andrew\u201d in Gala\u021bi (1908 \u2013 1909)<\/p>\n
and assistant hierarch to the Metropolitan See of Moldova with the title<\/p>\n
“B\u0103c\u0103uanul\u201d (1909). On 18 February 1912, elected bishop of Hu\u0219i<\/p>\n
(enthroned on 3 March 1912); then archbishop locum tenens of Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/p>\n
and Hotin (June 1918 \u2013 December 1919). Retired from the chair in Hu\u0219i,<\/p>\n
on 31 December 1923, he was then abbot of Neam\u021b Monastery (1924 \u2013 1935).<\/p>\n
As abbot he set up a monastic Seminary at Neam\u021b (1925 \u2013 1928) \u2013 moved<\/p>\n
then to Cernica \u2013 and a school for the monastery brethren (1928 \u2013 1937),<\/p>\n
and later on a Seminary of religious music (1937); over one hundred<\/p>\n
books have been printed at the printing house re-equipped at Neam\u021b. On<\/p>\n
23 January 1935 he is elected Metropolitan of Moldova (enthroned on 4<\/p>\n
February 1935). On 30 June 1939, he was elected Patriarch of the<\/p>\n
Romanian Orthodox Church (enthroned on 5 June), serving till his death.<\/p>\n
Honorable member of the Romanian Academy (5 October 1918), doctor<\/p>\n
“honoris causa\u201d of the Faculty of Theology of Cern\u0103u\u021bi (1920) in 1917,<\/p>\n
delegated by the Holy Synod to the Great Council in Moscow, which<\/p>\n
decided the re-establishment of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate; in<\/p>\n
the autumn of 1946 he headed a Romanian synodal delegation to Moscow. He<\/p>\n
is one of the translators of the Romanian Bible; he has translated and<\/p>\n
adapted in Russian over one hundred theological works, books of sermons<\/p>\n
or religious brochures; he has written a few original theological works,<\/p>\n
especially of spiritual edification for faithful, speeches, pastoral<\/p>\n
letters, books of prayers, etc.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
27 February 1948 \u2013 Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu of the Romanian Orthodox Church (baptized Nicolae) passed away. Studies at “Veniamin\u201d Seminary of Ia\u0219i (1882 \u2013 1890). Then at the Spiritual Academy in Kiev (1890 \u2013 1895; with graduation in 1895). Tonsured into monasticism at Neam\u021b Monastery, with the name Nicodim (1894), ordained hierodeacon (1894) and hieromonk…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries-and-commemorations"],"yoast_head":"\n