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Chesarie Căpățână
Chesarie Căpățână (born Constantin Căpățână; 1784 – November 30, 1846) was a Wallachian bishop. Biography Origins and ascension Born in Bucharest to a poor couple, Efrem Cavafu and his wife Dragna, he attended the Greek school at Domnița Bălașa Church, then studied psaltic music under Dionisie Fotino, with Anton Pann as a classmate. After finishing school and encouraged by his protector, Iosif Sevastos, the first Bishop of Argeș, he entered Antim Monastery, taking the name ''Chesarie''. In 1823, his honesty and dedication led Grigorie Miculescu, the Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia, to take on Chesarie as supervisor at the cathedral. In 1824, the Diocese of Buzău fell vacant. Two candidates emerged, but Grigorie rejected them both in favor of Chesarie, recommending the proposal to Prince Grigore IV Ghica. As a result, he was elected in April 1825. In his enthronement speech, Chesarie struck a patriotic note, in tune with the nascent national awakening of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Tattarescu - Episcopul Chesarie Al Buzaului
Gheorghe is a Romanian language, Romanian and Aromanian language, Aromanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George (name), George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), Romanian literary historian and bibliographer * Gheorghe Albu (1909–1974), Romanian footballer * Gheorghe Alexandrescu * Gheorghe Andriev (born 1968), Romanian sprint canoeist * Gheorghe Apostol (1913–2010), Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party * Gheorghe Apostoleanu (1832–1895), Romanian politician * Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883–1940), Romanian general * Gheorghe Arsenescu (1907–1962), Romanian Army officer * Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), Moldavian polymath * Gheorghe Băgulescu (1886–1963), Romanian general * Gheorghe Balș (1868–1934), Romanian engineer, architect and art historian * Gheorghe Bănciulescu (1898–1935), Romanian aviator * Gheorghe Banu (1889–1957), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neamț Monastery
The Neamț Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval Moldavian architecture. A jewel of 15th-century architecture, the church was built during the reign of Stephen III of Moldavia (1457–1504) and finished in the year when the Moldavian army won the battle against King John I Albert of Poland (1497). Location The monastery is located in the north-eastern part of Romania, in Neamț County, 10 km west of Târgu Neamț. It is accessible by car (DN 15B road) and train (Târgu Neamț railway station); the nearest airport is Suceava Airport, Suceava, located about 60 km to the north. Architecture Sumptuous, with delicate colour effects, the monastery shows the maturity of the Moldavian architectonic style, which matured during Ștefan cel Mare's period. The façade of the church is covered with decorations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into nine faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021. The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the university was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Cyrillic
The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is the Cyrillic alphabet that was used to write the Romanian language and Church Slavonic until the 1830s, when it began to be gradually replaced by a Latin-based Romanian alphabet.Cyrillic remained in occasional use until the 1920s, mostly in Russian-ruled Bessarabia. From the 1830s until the full adoption of the Latin alphabet, the Romanian transitional alphabet was in place, combining Cyrillic and Latin letters, and including some of the Latin letters with diacritics that remain in the modern Romanian alphabet. The Romanian Orthodox Church continued using the alphabet in its publications until 1881. The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is not the same as the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet (which is based on the modern Russian alphabet) that was used in the Moldavian SSR for most of the Soviet era and that is still used in Transnistria. Rules The orthographic rules for the Romanian Cyrilic script were relatively inconsistent, especially differing fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Angels Church (Buzău)
Holy Angels Church may refer to: * Holy Angels Church (Globe, Arizona), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Cathedral of the Holy Angels (Gary, Indiana) *Holy Angels Church (Buffalo, New York) Holy Angels Church is located in the lower west side of Buffalo, New York, adjacent to D'Youville College. The parish has been served by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate from 1851-2020. In October 2020, D'Youville College purchased the Holy Angels Ch ... * Holy Angels Catholic Church (Sandusky, Ohio), NRHP-listed {{Disambiguation, church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheia Monastery
Cheia Monastery () — a Romanian Orthodox complex located on the right bank of Tâmpa Creek, southeast of Cheia village (itself part of Măneciu commune), in Prahova County, Wallachia region, southeastern Romania. The monastery of monks was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. History Cheia Monastery was originally built out of wood, in 1770. It was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1777. A new wooden church was built in the early 1800s, but it was ravaged by fire 30 years later. The current monastery church was built of stone between 1835 and 1839. The murals were painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu in 1837. The monastery suffered during World War I, when German troops occupied the grounds and destroyed some of the buildings. In 1950, the Communist authorities forced the bishop of Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciolanu Monastery
Ciolanu Monastery is a monastery of Eastern Orthodox monks, located in Tisău commune, Buzău County, Romania. It was erected around 1570 by Dumitru Ciolanu, a boyar from Buzău, whose name it bears, together with the Sorescu boyar family from the nearby Vernești commune. The compound contains a museum with icons painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu Gheorghe Tattarescu (; October 1818 – October 24, 1894) was a Moldavian, later Romanian painter and a pioneer of neoclassicism in his country's modern painting. Biography Early life and studies Tattarescu was born in Focşani in 1818. ..., as well as religious artifacts. References Historic monuments in Buzău County Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Wallachia Christian monasteries established in the 16th century Museums in Buzău County Religious museums in Romania 16th-century Romanian Orthodox monasteries {{Romania-Orthodox-monastery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rătești Monastery
Rătești Monastery is a monastery of Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox nuns located in Berca Commune, Buzău County, Romania, on the left bank of the Buzău River. History The monastery was erected by the boyar family of Dragomir, an army captain. The oldest known document relating to it is a donation deed, dated 6 May 1634. At the time, it was a monastery of Monk, monks. Because of the lack of monks, the monastery went deserted in 1752, and in 1760 was revived as community of nuns. As of 2006, about 75 nuns live there. It is deserted since 2014 following a landslide. A smaller monastery has been built across the road. Architecture The monastery church was built in a mixed neoclassicism, neoclassical and local ecclesiastical style. It was painted in 1843–1844 by Nicolae Teodorescu and his nephew Gheorghe Tattarescu. The bell tower, erected by Dionisie Romano in 1854, was re-designed and reduced in height to 18 meters in 1894, when it was rebuilt after an earthquake. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Râmnicu Sărat Monastery , a river in Vrancea, Buzău, and Galați Counties
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Râmnicu may refer to several places in Romania: * Râmnicu Vâlcea, the capital city of Vâlcea County * Râmnicu Sărat, a city in Buzău County * Râmnicu de Jos and Râmnicu de Sus, villages in Cogealac Commune, Constanța County and to: * Râmnic, a river in Tulcea and Constanța Counties * Râmnicul Sărat The Râmnicul Sărat or Râmnicu Sărat is a right tributary of the river Siret (river), Siret in Romania. It discharges into the Siret in Belciugele. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzău Cathedral
Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain. Buzău is a railway hub in south-eastern Romania, where railways that link Bucharest to Moldavia and Transylvania to the Black Sea coast meet. DN2, a segment of European route E85 crosses the city. Buzău's proximity to trade routes helped it develop its role as a commerce hub in older days, and as an industrial centre during the 20th century. During the Middle Ages, Buzău was a market town and Eastern Orthodox episcopal see in Wallachia. It faced a period of repeated destruction during the 17th and 18th centuries, nowadays symbolized on the city seal by the Phoenix bird. In the 19th century, after the end of that era, the city began to recover. The economy underwent industrializatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
