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Colinde have had a role in preserving and defending the Orthodox faith when heterodox proselytizing tried to break the unity of the Orthodox faith, and to dismantle, at the same time, national unity. [ citation needed ] The Mother of God, who occupies a central place in piety and Orthodox worship, is present everywhere in Romanian colinde ...
The Church on the Hill (Romanian: Biserica din Deal) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 10 Bisericii Ortodoxe Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity . Origins and description
10 September 1906 2 January 1921 Nicodemus (Fedotov) 24 September 1924 15 October 1926 Paphnutius (Fedoseyev) 8 June 1928 8 April 1939 Silouan (Kravtsov) 25 June 1939 5 January 1941 The last metropolitan, who resided in Belaya Krinitsa. 22 July 1940 he transferred his headquarter to Brăila: Innocent (Usov) 10 May 1941 16 February 1942 Tikhon ...
Designed by the New York City-based Architect and Engineering team of Steven P. Papadatos and Lizardos Engineering Associates. The complex of the cathedral includes the following buildings: the cathedral, the chapel of the Nativity, the bell tower, the residence of the Holy Synod, the cultural center, a library, two other chapels and a small museum.
The church, built according to the plans of architects Victor Vlad and Adrian Suciu, was inaugurated on 10 October 1937 after a construction period of almost twelve years. [4] A Romanian architectural style with neo-Byzantine features similar to the churches of the Old Kingdom was used. [ 5 ]
Iron Guard leader Codreanu saluted the Synod's position and instructed that the Synod's proclamation should be read by Guard members in their respective nests (i.e. chapters). [ 9 ] In 1937, the Goga - Cuza government was the first to adopt and enact antisemitic legislation in the Kingdom of Romania, stripping over two hundred thousand Jews of ...
The church measures 19.9 by 25.7 meters, rising to a height of 26.3 meters. [6] It takes the form of a Greek cross. The Sibiu Orthodox Cathedral served as a model. [7] Ioan Zaicu [] led the mural painting of 18 frescoes depicting saints and biblical scenes, as well as 38 iconostasis icons. [8]
63 meters long and 32 meters wide, [9] the cathedral owes its monumentality to the height of its middle dome – the dome of the Pantocrator (the Almighty). 52 meters high on the inside and 83 meters high on the outside, the middle dome is surmounted by a 7-meter-high cross and sustained by 10 decorative chains and golden buckles. [9]