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Holy Forty Martyrs Church, Iași
The Holy Forty Martyrs Church () is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 12 General Henri M. Berthelot Street in Iași, Romania. It is dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. Located in the Copou neighborhood, which in the mid-18th century was sparsely populated and had no place of worship, Andi Emanuel MihalacheHistoryat the Iași County Cultural Office site the church was built in 1760 by ''hetman'' Vasile Roset and his wife Safta. It was located on a plot of land granted that year by List of rulers of Moldavia, Prince Ioan Teodor Callimachi. Completed quickly, it was blessed by the prince's brother, Metropolitan Gavriil Callimachi. Initially, Roset placed the church under the protection of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1767, he transferred it to the Metropolis of Proilavia. Within twenty years, the church was in a state of degradation, prompting the high ''vistiernic'' Lascarache Roset to try and reclaim the church founded by his parents. Thus, he obtaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandros Soutzos
Alexandros Soutzos (, , '';'' 1758 – 18/19 January 1821) was a Phanariote Greek who ruled as Prince of Moldavia (July 10, 1801 – October 1, 1802 and Prince of Wallachia (July 2, 1802 – August 30, 1802; August 24, 1806 – October 15, 1806; December 1806; November 17, 1818 – January 19, 1821). Born in Constantinople, he had earlier been Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr .... References 1758 births 1821 deaths 19th-century princes of Wallachia Monarchs of Moldavia Greek people of the Greek War of Independence Wallachian people of the Greek War of Independence Alexandros Dragomans of the Porte Dragomans of the Fleet Constantinopolitan Greeks 19th-century Moldavian people {{Greece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Monuments In Iași County
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to develop a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture And Religious Affairs (Romania)
The Ministry of Culture of Romania () is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. The current position holder is Natalia-Elena Intotero from the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD). The Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments, part of this ministry, maintains the List of monumente istorice in Romania, list of historical monuments in Romania. The list, created in 2004–2005, contains Monument istoric, historical monuments entered in the National Cultural Heritage of Romania. List of Culture Ministers See also * Culture of Romania * List of monumente istorice in Romania, List of historical monuments in Romania References External links MCC.ro* GUV.roRomanian National Institute of Historical MonumentsList of Historical Monumentsat Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony (in Romanian) at Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments (in Romanian) Government ministries of Romania, Culture Cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Istoric
The National Register of Historic Monuments () is the official English name of the Romania government's list of national heritage sites known as Monumente istorice. In Romania, these include sites, buildings, structures, and objects considered worthy of preservation due to the importance of their Romanian cultural heritage. The list, created in 2004, contains places that have been designated by the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony of Romania and are maintained by the Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments, as being of national historic significance. Criteria A ''Monument istoric'' ("Historic monument") is defined as: * An architectural or sculptural work, or archaeological site. * Having significant cultural heritage value, and of immovable scale. * Perpetuating the memory of an event, place, or historical personality. ''Monumente istorice'' cultural properties include listed Romanian historical monuments from the National Register of Historic Monume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Creangă (writer)
Ion Creangă (; also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei, Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu; March 1, 1837 – December 31, 1889) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th-century Romanian literature, he is best known for his '' Childhood Memories'' volume, his novellas and short stories, and his many anecdotes. Creangă's main contribution to fantasy and children's literature includes narratives structured around eponymous protagonists (" Harap Alb", " Ivan Turbincă", " Dănilă Prepeleac", " Stan Pățitul"), as well as fairy tales indebted to conventional forms (" The Story of the Pig", " The Goat and Her Three Kids", " The Mother with Three Daughters-in-Law", " The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughter"). Widely seen as masterpieces of the Romanian language and local humor, his writings occupy the middle ground between a collection of folkloric sources and an original contribution to a literary realism of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiru Haret
Spiru C. Haret (; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the ''n''-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of ''secular perturbations'' in relation to this. As a politician, during his three terms as Minister of Education, Haret ran deep reforms, building the modern Romanian education system. He was made a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1892. He also founded the Bucharest Astronomical Observatory, appointing as its first director. The crater Haret on the Moon is named after him. Life Haret was born in Iași, Moldavia, to Constantin and Smaranda Haret, who were of Armenian origin. His baptismal record listed his name as Spiridon Haret. He started his studies in Dorohoi Iași, and in 1862 moved to Saint Sava High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Hrisoverghi
Alexandru Hrisoverghi (February 27, 1811 – March 9, 1837) was a Moldavian Romanian-language poet and translator, whose work was influenced by Romanticism. The author of few lyrical works, he was foremost noted for his association with political and intellectual figures such as Mihail Kogălniceanu, Costache Negruzzi, Vasile Cârlova, and Grigore Crupenschi. Biography Born in Iași, Hrisoverghi was a member of the boyar category: the second of ''Vornic'' Neculai Hrisoverghi's four sons, he traced his origin to Greek Phanariotes who were present in Moldavia during the rule of Prince Dimitrie Cantemir.Faifer; Kogălniceanu His mother was Elena Ruset, a member of the Rosetti family.Faifer According to his friend and biographer Mihail Kogălniceanu, "Hrisoverghi took absolutely no pride in this vain noble origin; he had sufficient personal merit, without needing any more from his parents".Kogălniceanu Neculai Hrisoverghi died in 1818. Alexandru Hrisoverghi's childhood and yout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veniamin Costache
Veniamin () is the Russian, Ukrainian and Greek version of the name Benjamin, and may refer to: *Veniamin Alexandrov (1937–1991), Soviet professional ice hockey player * Veniamin Belkin (1884–1951), Russian artist and painter * Veniamin Fleishman, (1913–1941), Russian composer * Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician and expert in geometry *Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Soviet writer associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers * Veniamin (Kazansky) (1873–1922), bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Petrograd 1917–1922 *Veniamin Kondratyev (born 1970), Russian politician and governor of Krasnodar Krai * Veniamin Levich (1917–1987), physicist, an expert in the field of electrochemical hydrodynamics * Veniamin Mandrykin (born 1981), Russian professional football goalkeeper *Veniamin of Petersburg (1874–1922), Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov 1917–1922 *Veniamin Smekhov (born 1940), Russian actor and stage director *Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustație Altini
Eustație Altini (Greek: Ευστάθιος Αλτίνης; c.1772, Zagora1815, Iași) was a Moldavian painter of Greek ancestry; specializing in decorative art and iconostases. He studied in Austria with famous painters Heinrich Friedrich Füger, Johann Baptist Lampi and Hubert Maurer. He was one of few Greek painters to migrate outside of Greece, others included El Greco and Belisario Corenzio. His work completely escaped the typical Greek mannerisms prevalent within the work of his contemporaries. He adapted a unique style mainly influenced by German Austrian art. He influenced 19th-century Romanian art.* Life and work He was born in Zagora, when it was still part of the Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). In 1780, following the Orlov Revolt and continued Russian involvement in Greece, supporters of Greek independence were persecuted, so his family fled to Iași, the capital of Moldavia, which, at that time, was under control of the Phanariots. There, he first studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Asachi
Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian, prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, border maker, and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and polyglot, he was one of the most influential people of his generation. Asachi was a respected journalist and political figure, as well as active in technical fields such as civil engineering and pedagogy, and, for long, the civil servant charged with overseeing all Moldavian schools. Among his leading achievements were the issuing of '' Albina Românească'', a highly influential magazine, and the creation of '' Academia Mihăileană'', which replaced Greek-language education with teaching in Romanian. His literary works combined a taste for Classicism with Romantic tenets, while his version of the literary language relied on archaisms and borrowings from the Moldavian dialect. A controversial political figure, Asachi endorsed the Imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
