Annunciation Church, Sibiu

picture info	Annunciation Church, Sibiu The Annunciation Church ( ro, Biserica Buna Vestire), also known as the ''Church in the Ditch'' (''Biserica din Groapă''), is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 5 Justiției Street in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu. Initially built between 1788 and 1789 using funds provided by the widow Stana Hagi Petru Luca, it was destroyed by an earthquake in October 1802 and completely rebuilt by her son-in-law Constantin Hagi Popp in 1802-1803. In 1805, the parish had forty families. The building is a small hall church. The spire, on the western edge, is divided into three stories and reaches a height of 40 m. The iconostasis was painted by Mișu Popp of Brașov. The rich interior mural painting was done after 1960. There are oil paintings of the three ''ktitor''s above the entrance door on the interior: Hagi Constantin Popp, Stana Petru Luca and Păuna Constantin Popp. The remains of the three were exhumed in March 1856 and buried under the altar upon the instructions of Bishop Andrei � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Iosif Hodoșiu Iosif Hodoș, (alternatively spelled ''Hodoșiu''; 20 October 1829, Bandu de Câmpie, Mureș – 28 November/9 December, 1880, Sibiu) was a Romanian historian, politician, lawyer, and publisher. He was a founding member of the Romanian Academy. He married Ana Balint, the daughter of Simion Balint (1810 – 1880), a descendant of one of the noble priest families of Vima Mică, prefect of the Arieș Legion and Romanian revolutionary alongside Avram Iancu. He had three children: Enea, Alexandru and Nerva. Study period Together with his brother Zaheu Hodoș, his cousin, Alexandru Papiu Ilarian and the brothers Radu and Nicolae Popea, the students at the Piarist Academic High School in Cluj, he participated in organizing a reading society which ''"by cultivating the Romanian language and other cultural instruments aimed at preparing the political emancipation of our nation."'' Iosif Hodoș studied Law in Italy, in Padua with Alexandru Papiu Ilarian and Simion Bărnuțiu. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Historic Monuments In Sibiu County History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Religious Buildings And Structures In Sibiu Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture. Religions have sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ministry Of Culture And Religious Affairs (Romania) The Ministry of Culture of Romania ( ro, Ministerul Culturii) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. The current position holder is Lucian Romașcanu from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). The ''Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments'', part of this ministry, maintains the list of historical monuments in Romania. The list, created in 2004–2005, contains historical monuments entered in the National Cultural Heritage of Romania. List of Culture Ministers See also * Culture of 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) Culture Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Monument Istoric ''Monument istoric'' (plural: ''Monumente istorice''), a "historic monument", is the Romanian term of designation for national heritage sites in Romania. Classifications A ''Monument istoric'' 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 Monuments in Romania. They may also include places that are not specifically listed in whole, but which contain listed entities, such as memorial statues and fountains in parks and cemeteries. ;Inventory There are 29,540 designated ''monumente istorice'' (historical monuments) entries listed individually in Romania, as of 2010. Of these, 2,621 are in Bucharest; 1,630 in Iaşi County; 1,381 in Cluj County; 1,239 in Dâmboviţa County; 1,069 in Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ioan Mețianu Ioan Mețianu (; May 9, 1828–February 3, 1916) was an Austro-Hungarian cleric of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born in Zărnești, in the Transylvania region, he attended high school in Brașov and Cluj, studying theology in Sibiu. He served as a priest in Râșnov (1853-1857) and in Zărnești (1857-1874), rising to archpriest in 1859. He belonged to various diocesan institutions in Sibiu, was a member of the national church council and an ally of Metropolitan Andrei Șaguna. After remaining a widower, he was elected vicar bishop for Oradea Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ..., a post he held from 1874 to 1875. Then, from 1875 to 1898, he was Bishop of Arad. In December 1898, he was elected Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania. Enthron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Zaharia Boiu Zaharia is an Albanian and Romanian variant form of the given name or surname Zechariah/Zacharias. Notable people with this surname Zaharia family, an Albanian noble family Koja Zaharia Lekë Zaharia Elia Zaharia Alexandru Zaharia, Romanian footballer * Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia, Romanian-Cuban athlete * Alin Zaharia, Romanian footballer Dorel Zaharia, Romanian footballer Dorin Liviu Zaharia, Romanian singer * Maria Zaharia, Romanian girl killed in World War I Matei Zaharia, Romanian-Canadian computer scientist Radu Zaharia, Romanian footballer Notable people with this given name Zaharia Bârsan, Romanian actor and playwright Zaharia Carcalechi, Romanian publisher Zaharia Stancu Zaharia Stancu (; October 7, 1902 – December 5, 1974) was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher. He was also the director of the National Theatre Bucharest, the President of the Writers' Union of Romania, and a titular memb ..., Romanian writer See also Zahari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Miron Romanul Miron Romanul (; born Moise Romanul (); –) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian cleric of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born into a peasant family in Mézes, Bihar County (now Drăgănești, Bihor, Mizieș, Bihor County), he attended the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, Romanian Greek-Catholic gymnasium in nearby Beiuș, followed by the Hungarian high school in Oradea.Păcurariu, p. 172 He then studied theology in Arad, Romania, Arad from 1846 to 1849. At Arad, he was secretary and, from 1863, diocesan adviser. He was tonsured a monk in 1857 at the Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery, being ordained a deacon and then a priest in 1863. From 1857 to 1869, he taught at the theological-pedagogical institute in Arad. From 1869 to 1870, he was school inspector for Krassó-Szörény County, from 1870 to 1873 he was vice president of the Orthodox consistory in Oradea, and in 1871 he attained the rank of archimandrite. In November 1873, he was elected Archdiocese of Arad, Bishop of Arad, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Ion Codru-Drăgușanu Ion Codru-Drăgușanu (November 9, 1818–October 26, 1884) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian prose writer. He was born in Drăguș, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region. His parents were Adam Plăiaș Codru or Adam al lui German (in his early years, the writer signed as Ioanne Germaniu Codru) and his wife Asinefta (''née'' Trîmbițaș). His family were soldiers in the Transylvanian Military Frontier, ennobled during the time of Zsuzsanna Lorántffy. He studied at the village school, at the German Military Frontier School in nearby Viștea de Jos and for one semester at Saint Sava College in the Wallachian capital Bucharest, but was largely self-taught. He left Transylvania in 1835 and between 1838 and 1846 made several journeys; his travels took him to Hungary, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, England, Russia and Switzerland. Mihai Zamfir"Rastignacul din Făgăraș, Ion Codru Drăgușanu" in ''România Literară'', nr. 17/2009 From 1846 to 1848, he worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Vasile Moga Vasile Moga (; 1774 – October 17, 1845) was an Imperial Austrian ethnic Romanian bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. A native of Sebeș, he was a parish priest for some years before being made bishop of Transylvania. The first Romanian to hold this office in over a century, he served for over three decades. Living in Sibiu during this period, he worked both to improve the spiritual and educational foundations of the diocese and to secure additional rights for the province's Romanians. Biography Origins and rise to bishop Born in to an old priestly family in Sebeș, in the Principality of Transylvania, he attended the local Lutheran gymnasium from 1786, followed by the Roman Catholic high schools in Alba Iulia and Cluj. He went to the latter institution for five years, including a study of philosophy during the final two. His father Ioan died in 1798, after which he went to Arad and was ordained a priest without having married. At Sebeș until 1810, he first served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]