Romanian saints

ABOUT THE HOLY MARTYRS EPICTETUS AND ASTION OF HALMYRIS (according to the “Martyrdom Account”) During the Roman era, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea (today’s Dobruja) was organized as a province called Scythia Minor (Lesser Scythia). Near the Saint George branch of the Danube and the present-day village of Dunavăţu de Jos …

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It is the celebration of the oldest holy martyrs known as the territory of Dobrogea, Epictetus and Astion, the Orthodox Church commemorates on 8 July. Description of life and their passion was kept in the Acts of the Martyrs with large details. They are known as saints Halmyris, the ancient Christian city located on the …

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One month after the feast of the Holy Martyrs of Niculiţel—Zotic, Atal, Camasie, and Filip—a feast that brought holy joy to the hearts of the faithful in Dobruja and beyond, the Diocese of Tulcea is once again celebrating. This celebration honors the oldest saints known as martyrs in Dobruja, the Holy Martyrs Epictetus and Astion—whom …

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Holy Virgin Filofteia was born in the city of Tarnovo in Bulgaria, and remaining orphaned following the death of his mother, wise by the Holy Spirit, he began to work with zeal works best. Soon after the death of his mother, father Holy Filofteia took another woman saw them mercy, made his incessant troubles, beating …

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Sfântul Cuvios Mărturisitor Arsenie de la Prislop a fost stareț la Mănăstirea Brâncoveanu de la Sâmbăta de Sus și, apoi, la Mănăstirea Prislop. Datorită personalității sale, mii de credincioși veneau să-l asculte. Sfântul Cuvios Mărturisitor Arsenie s-a născut la data de 29 septembrie 1910, la Vața de Sus, în Hunedoara. A urmat Liceul Național Ortodox …

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Saint Demetrius, the Venerable from Basarabi, whose Holy Relics are in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, is celebrated on the 27th of October. Although not known when Pious Dimitrie lived, we know it was born in the village of Basarabi, south of the Danube, during Vlach-Bulgarian Empire, founded by brothers Peter and Asan (XIII century). Finding …

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Noble branch Martyr Constantine was born in 1654 in the old manorial nation of Brâncoveni of Oltenia. His grandfather, great magistrate Preda Brancoveanu, he built the famous monasteries as One Wood Monastery, built in 1634-1635 by him to the ground, Brancoveanu Monastery, settlement of the sixteenth century, painted and endowed in 1633 teach with his …

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