On January 6th we celebrate the Epiphany, popularly known as the Lord’s Baptism. Saviour’s baptism in the Jordan is also known as “epiphany” or “Theophany”, a term derived from Greek and means “creature”, “breakthrough”. Why creature or discovery? Because when Christ was baptized, the heavens were opened, the Spirit of God descended like a dove …
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The Act of Sanctification of the Cathedral of Salvation of the Nation or the National Cathedral, read after the official service of November 25, 2018, by the Bishop Varlaam Ploiesteanu, signed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Daniel and all other serving hierarchs: “In the Centenary 2018, the altar of the Cathedral of Salvation of the …
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During the First World War, while politicians prevaricated, Romania’s British queen lobbied for entry on the side of the Allies and courted the international press, becoming the glamorous face of her adopted country’s war effort. Queen Marie of Romania, 20th century. Returning from a whirlwind visit to France and England during the first months of …
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We invite you to the Community Meal organized by the church of “St. John the Evangelist” on Sunday, December 9, 2018. After the Divine Liturgy, the priests and all the parishioners remain in the church hall to benefit from a new opportunity of communion and refreshment of the Romanian living resources. Faithful are asked to …
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It’s not easy to meet him and talk to Father Adrian Făgeţeanu. You must first get to the Lainici Monastery on the narrow and sloping valley of Jiu. Then, after a few hours of rest, you start from morning to sihastria, where the father suddenly withdrew, unexpectedly, without further explanation. Sick and almost blind, he …
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He was the outlaw in youth, a basic man of Tudor Vladimirescu, he founded the first Romanian newspaper and created the tricolor flag, invented the tank crate, a member of the Romanian Academy of 1870, the founder of the national colleges in Bucharest and Craiova, organized the Romanian national education and was the first Romanian …
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