25 February 1769 – The future metropolitan Lupu Dionisie was born in Blăjani, county of Buzău
25 February 1769 – The future metropolitan Lupu Dionisie was born in Blăjani, county of Buzău. Monk in 1785, maybe at the Metropolitan See of Bucharest, he remained in its service; abbot at Dealu Monastery (1795 – 1807), which he restores, then at Tismana (1807 – 1810), titular hierarch (since 1801). In May 1819, he is elected and enthroned Metropolitan of Wallachia, serving till the time of the revolution of Tudor Vladimirescu (April – May 1821) when he left Bucharest, taking refuge in Braşov; back in Bucharest only in 1827. As Metropolitan, he paid all the debts of the Metropolitan See, took measures in favour of the priests, removing many of the abuses of the “Phanariot epoch”; he supervised the schools in the eparchy, sent four young men to study at the University of Pisa.
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Today, 15 May 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in Saint John Casian room of the Patriarchate Palace the foreign lecturers present at the International Symposium dedicated to the Sacrament of the Holy Unction and ...
The Patriarchate Palace has hosted for two days an international symposium dedicated to the Sacrament of the Holy Unction and Looking after the Sick. The event held from 15 -16 May 2012 reunites Orthodox hierarchs, theology professors from the country ...
Monday, 14 May 2012, seven hundred clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest participated in the Spring semestral pastoral-missionary conference. The Conference was held under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchate Palace, ...
Today, 13 May 2012, the 5th Sunday after the Holy Easter, named of the Samarinean woman, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church re-consecrated the church of Saint Basil the Great and of Saint Pious Parascheva situated in ...
Today, 8 May 2012, the Orthodox faithful celebrate Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist. He was one of the 12 Apostles of the Saviour and wrote the Gospel of his name, three canonical epistles and the book of the Revelation. ...
These days, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church is at Caraiman Monastery, Bucegi locality, county of Prahova. Today, 6 May 2012, after the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude delivered a sermon in which he explained the significance of ...
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On 3 May 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the Patriarchate Palace, His Excellency Mr. Nicolae Timofti, President of the Republic of Moldova, who was ...
The church of One Day Saint Nicholas of Bucharest dressed festive vestments on the Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women. On 29 April 2012, after the re-consecration service of this place of worship dating as far back as 1702, the ...
