15 May 1858 – Bishop IOSIF BĂDESCU (baptised Traian) was born in Șopotul vechi, county of Caraș-Severin. Gymnasium studies at Caransebeș, Lugoj and Seghedin, juridical studies at the University of Budapest (graduated in 1884) and theological ones at the University of Cernăuți, where he was awarded the doctor’s degree in 1889. Secretary (1888-1903), eparchial assessor…
15 May 1879 – MOISE BALEA, missionary priest in the United States was born in Cărpiniș, county of Alba. Secondary school studies, then at the Theological Institute of Sibiu (1902 – 1905). Ordained in Sibiu, on 18 October 1905 and sent by the Archdiocese of Sibiu as missionary priest in the U.S.A., first to Cleveland-Ohio…
15 May 1922 – Priest and historian ION SRBU passed away in his native village Rudăria. Secondary studies at Caransebel, Debrețin, Bratislava and Brașov; higher studies – theology, history and philosophy (doctor’s degree in 1899) – at the Universities in Jena, Vienna and Cernăuți, with equivalent exams at the Theological Institute in Arad (1909). Professor…
15 May 1778 – Metropolitan IACOB PUTNEANUL, of Moldova, passed away at Putna Monastery. Monk ever since a young man at Putna, where he had studied, abbot of the monastery (1744), then Bishop of Rădăuți (August 1745) and Metropolitan of Moldova (13 November 1750); retired in February 1769 and returned to Putna, where he lived…
14 May 1887 – Priest and pedagogue SIMION POPESCU-LILIACOVEANU was born in Floru, county of Olt. Studies at the “Central” Seminary (1900 – 1908). Faculty of Theology of Bucharest (1908 – 1912) and specialised courses at the National Capodistrian University of Athens (1918 – 1921), where he graduates Theology (1920) and Philology-Philosophy (1919), doctor in…
14 May 2002 – Priest and journalist VASILE ȚEPORDEI passed away. Studies at the Theological Seminary (1929) and at the Faculty of Theology in Chișinău (graduated in 1933). He was Religion professor at various secondary schools in Chișinău (1935-1940; 1941-1944) and in Bucharest (1940-1941; 1944-1948). Ever since a student he collaborated with several church publications,…
14 May 1742 – Archpriest and historian RADU TEMPEA II, son of priest Radu Tempea I passed away. He studied at the school near the church of “Saint Nicholas” in Șcheii Brașovului, then he became a teacher too, and in parallel deacon (1713); priest at the same church (ordained on 19 February 1718 in Bucharest,…
Today, 11 May 2014, the Orthodox Christians are on the 4th Sunday after Easter. According to the order of our Church, the evangelical pericope of Saint John the Evangelist, 5:1-15, was read at the Divine Liturgy, a fragment that presents the healing of the sick man at Bethzatha pool by Jesus Christ, our Saviour. In…
11 May 1999 – priest ILARION ARGATU (baptised Ioan), hieromonk and very appreciated father confessor passed away in Bucharest (buried at Boroaia, county of Suceava). Studies at the Theological Seminary of Dorohoi, continued at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți; he attended, in parallel, the courses of the Military School of Bacău, getting the sub-lieutenant…
Today, 5 May 2014, the second edition of the National Conference on the theme Dogmatic unity and national specific in the religious painting is held at the Patriarchate Palace. The event convenes historians of art, painters and specialists in church art. The manifestation dedicated to the commemorative year of the Brancovean Martyr Saints was opened…
5 May 1854 – Priest CONSTANTIN MORARIU, poet and translator, was born at Mitocu Dragomirnei. Studies at the Secondary School in Sucevița (1866 – 1874) and at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1874 – 1878). Priest in Toporăuți (1878 – 1886), Cernăuți (1866-1896) and Pătrăuți (1896 – 1917), metropolitan counsellor in Cernăuți (1918 –…
5 May 1875 – Metropolitan NIFON (baptised Nicolae Rusailă) passed away in Bucharest (buried at Cernica). Monk at Cernica in 1809 and ordained hierodeacon for the Metropolitan See, later on hieromonk (1826), iconom at the Diocese of Râmnic (1827), archimandrite (1826), abbot at Cozia (1839), vicar of the Metropolitan See of Ungro-Wallachia (1841), ordained hierarch…
This Sunday, the 3rd after the Holy Easter, the Church remembers the Myrrh Bearing Women. While visiting the community of Tiganesti Monastery of Ilfov county, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the courage of the myrrh bearing women and about the importance of their example for every one of us. “The Gospel shows us that…
Today, 30 April 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the Patriarchal Residence the participants in the Consultation for the estimation of the dialogue between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church of Germany which is taking place in Bucharest from 29 April – 2 May 2014. The results…
Today, 29 April 2014, nine Romanian Orthodox hierarchs were decorated by the President of Romania, Mr. Traian Basescu. The ceremony took place at Cotroceni Palace, in the presence of the Patriarch of Romania, His Beatitude Daniel. “The event is a symbol of the gratitude I feel for you and for the other five high hierarchs…
Today the collection for aiding the Christians of Syria and of other areas of Middle East, many of them victims of the persecution and violence, began in all the churches and monasteries of the Romanian Patriarchate. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed in the sermon delivered within the Divine Liturgy the hope that peace and good…