Romanian saints

Sfântul Cuvios Dionisie Exiguul (Smeritul) este una dintre marile personalităţi ale teologiei străromâne din sec.V-VI, cel care a marcat cultura universală prin aşezarea numărării anilor începând cu Hristos, Mântuitorul lumii. Prin opera sa (Patrologia latină, vol. 67) şi prin contactele dintre romanitatea răsăriteană şi cea apuseană, Sfântul Cuvios Dionisie Exiguul (Smeritul) a realizat o „osmoză …

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The graves of Saints Zoticus, Atallus, Camisius and Philip were discovered in 1971. Lesser Scythia (modern Romania), between the Danube and the Black Sea in the northeastern territory of the Roman Empire, was a place of exile or death for Christians who refused to worship the pagan gods. During the persecutions of Decius (249-251), Diocletian …

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Saint John Cassian the Roman was born around 360, probably in Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica). His pious Christian parents gave him an excellent classical education, and also instructed him in the Holy Scriptures and in the spiritual life. Saint John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative Saint …

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St. Peter Movilă was the Metropolitan of Kiev (Ukraine) from 1632 until his death in 1646. He is known as a leading Orthodox theologian of the e18th century and as a reformer of the orthodox theological education. His feast day is the Romanian Orthodox Church on December 22. The first years Peter Movilă was born …

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