The Trinitas Cross is a

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-shaped antenna with a height of located on a hill near the Păun village in

Bârnova Bârnova is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, part of the Iași Metropolitan Area. It is composed of six villages: Bârnova, Cercu, Păun, Pietrăria, Todirel and Vișan. See also *Bârnova Monastery The Bârnova Monastery ( ...

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. It is taller than the

Heroes' Cross on Caraiman Peak The Commemorative Cross to the Romanian Heroes of the First World War (), also called the Heroes' Cross on Mount Cairaman (''Crucea Eroilor de pe Muntele Caraiman'') is a monument built between 1926 and 1928 on Caraiman Peak at an altitude of 2,2 ...

, which has a height of , and is considered the tallest cross in

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. Due to its height and because it is lit at night, the cross is visible from almost any point of Iași and tens of kilometers away, even in places to the left of the

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History

At the initiative of

Patriarch Daniel of Romania Daniel (), born Dan Ilie Ciobotea (; born 22 July 1951), is the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The elections took place on 12 September 2007. Daniel won with a majority of 95 votes out of 161 against Bartolomeu Anania. He was offic ...

in July 2006, on the hill near the Păun village, the work began on the raising of a metal cross which would have at its top a broadcast antenna of Radio Trinitas (a radio station founded in 1998 by the then-Metropolitan Daniel). The monument was erected in accordance with regulations, and taking into consideration the fact that all aircraft landing at

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pass over the hill. The cross has a metallic frame of , equivalent to a block of 10 floors and weighs about 6 tons and is illuminated at night by 100 lights. It was raised by a large-capacity crane specially brought from

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. At midnight on 21 to 22 August 2006, a synod of 30 priests led by the Patriarch Daniel of Romania consecrated the cross-shaped antenna that would allow some more remote localities of the

to receive the Trinitas radio on a radius of 100 km. In the years after the inauguration, two pilgrimages were organized to the Trinitas Cross on the Păun Hill, on September 14, 2006 and on July 29, 2007.

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures completed in 2006 Buildings and structures in Iași County Monuments and memorials in Romania Towers in Romania Transmitter sites in Romania Monumental crosses 2006 establishments in Romania