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Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Bucharest
Saint Joseph Cathedral ( ro, Catedrala Sfântul Iosif) is a historical and architectural monument located in Bucharest, Romania, at 19 General Berthelot Street. It is the main place of worship which serves as cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest. History The cathedral was built between 1875 and 1883 by architect Friedrich Schmidt in Vienna and Carol Benesch. Its building style belongs to historicism and especially lends style with Romanesque architecture features, with some elements of the Gothic architecture. The building is long and wide. It is the most famous Catholic church in Bucharest. The cathedral was consecrated by Archbishop Ignatius Paoli, on February 15, 1884, and was attended by "all the priests of the archdiocese, all seminarians, the entire diplomatic corps accredited in Bucharest, President of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Senate, City Hall and many others. Mihail Kogălniceanu, impressed the greatness of the worship cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Plaza Bucharest
Cathedral Plaza is an illegal office building in Bucharest, Romania, close to the Saint Joseph Cathedral. It has 19 floors and a surface of 23,000 m2. At a height of 75 m (246 ft), the structure was finished in 2010, but the building was never opened because it lacks proper permits. The building was deemed to be illegal and ordered to be demolished in 2011 by the Suceava Court of Appeals A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of ....Judecătorii au decis: Cathedral Plaza trebuie pusÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Cathedrals In Romania
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Historic Monuments In Bucharest
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 of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churches In Bucharest
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Catholicism In Romania
The Roman Catholic Church in Romania ( ro, Biserica Romano-Catolică din România, hu, Romániai Római Katolikus Egyház, german: Römisch-katholische Kirche in Rumänien) is a Latin Rite Christianity, Christian church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman Curia, Curia in Rome. Its administration for the Latin Church is centered in Bucharest, and comprises two archdioceses and four other dioceses. It is the second largest Romanian denomination after the Romanian Orthodox Church, and one of the 18 state-recognized religions. Overall data for 2011 indicated that there were 870,774 Romanian citizens adhering to the Roman Catholic Church (4.3% of the population). Of these, the largest groups were Hungarian minority in Romania, Hungarians (approx. 500,000, including Székelys, Székely and Csángó), Romanians (approx. 300,000), Germans of Romania, Germans (approx. 20,000) and Slovaks of Romania, Slovaks (approx. 9,000). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cathedrals In Romania
This is the list of cathedrals in Romania sorted by denomination. Eastern Orthodox Romanian Orthodox Cathedrals of the Romanian Orthodox Church: * Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia * in Alexandria * in Arad * in Baia Mare (under construction) * Patriarchal Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen in Bucharest * Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest (under construction) * Ascension of the Lord Cathedral in Bacău * in Buzău * Cathedral of Saint George in Caransebeș * Dormition of the Theotokos Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca * Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Constanța * Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Craiova * Curtea de Argeș Cathedral * Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeș * Nativity of the Theotokos Cathedral in Drobeta-Turnu Severin * Resurrection of the Lord Cathedral in Fălticeni (under construction) * in Galați * Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Giurgiu * Hunedoara Cathedral in Hunedoara * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Todea
Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, MureÈ™ County–22 May 2002, Târgu MureÈ™) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, and PiteÈ™ti prisons. Born into a peasant family, Todea was the 13th of 16 children. After attending primary school in his native village, and high school in Reghin and Blaj, Metropolitan bishop Vasile Suciu send him to pursue his theological studies in Rome. He received his doctorate from the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide and returned to Romania in 1940. He was consecrated Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1991 and given the titular church of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina. Todea is buried at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Blaj Blaj (; archaically spelled as ''BlaÈ™''; hu, Balázsfalva; german: Blasendorf; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Blußendref'') is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in April 2005, and was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century and the second-longest-serving pope after Pius IX in modern history. John Paul II attempted to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He maintained the church's previous positions on such matters as abortion, artificia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Schubert (bishop)
Joseph Schubert (24 June 1890 – 4 April 1969) was a Romanian cleric and a titular bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Born to an ethnic German family in Bucharest, he studied theology at Innsbruck, becoming doctor of theology and being ordained a priest in 1916. After returning to Romania, he was assigned as parish priest in Caramurat, and in 1931 as a priest attached to the Bucharest cathedral. He also taught at the theological seminary in his native city. Following the 1949 arrest of Anton Durcovici by the authorities of the new Communist regime, he was made Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest, being consecrated titular bishop of Ceramus by Gerald Patrick O'Hara in June 1950. Arrested in February 1951, he was sentenced to hard labor for life and freed in August 1964. Sighet prison was among the places where he was incarcerated.Birtz and Kierein, p.12 Forced to reside at first in TimiÅŸu de Sus, he was under constant surveillan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Auner
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Sorin Oprescu
Sorin Mircea Oprescu (; born 7 November 1951) is a Romanian independent politician and medical doctor who previously served as Mayor of Bucharest between 2008 and 2015. Political activity Oprescu first ran for Mayor of Bucharest in 1998 backed by the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR), the precursor to the modern-day Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was eliminated in the first round with 19.3% of the vote, losing to incumbent Viorel Lis who was supported by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD). He ran again in 2000, achieving the highest first-round total (40.12%) but losing in the second round with 49.31% to winner Traian Băsescu's 50.69%. He was one of the independent candidates running for President of Romania in the presidential election which took place on 22 November 2009. He was eliminated in the first round, gaining only 3.18% of the total cast votes and thereby placing on the 5th position, and was involved in a notable Condorcet cycle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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