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The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church (Romanian: Biserica Nașterea Sf. Ioan Botezătorul), located at 2 Piața Libertății, Piatra Neamț, Romania, is a Romanian Orthodox church. Established by Prince Stephen the Great of Moldavia, it was built in 1497-1498 as part of his royal court in the town. The bell tower dates to the year after ...
The Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest (Romanian Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de București) is an eparchy (equivalent to a diocese in the Latin Church) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church which is an Eastern Catholic particular church of the Catholic Church that is in full communion with the Holy See.
Saint John the New Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Sfântul Ioan cel Nou) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Suceava, Romania. Built between 1514 and 1522, the monastery church is one of eight buildings that make up the churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site , [ 1 ] and is also listed as a historic monument by the country's Ministry ...
Before the publication of the Biblia de la București, other partial translations were published, such as the Slavic-Romanian Tetraevangelion (Gospel) (Sibiu, 1551), Coresi's Tetraevangelion (Brașov, 1561), The Book of Psalms from Brașov (1570), the Palia de la Orăștie (Saxopolitan Old Testament) from 1581/1582 (the translators were Calvinist pastors from Transylvania), The New Testament ...
Io (Church Slavonic: Ιω, Їѡ and Иѡ, also Iωан and Iωнь; Romanian Cyrillic: Iѡ; Greek: Ίω) is the contraction of a title used mainly by the royalty (hospodars or voivodes) in Moldavia and Wallachia, preceding their names and the complete list of titles.
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]
[7] [8] One church diptych records that he had five siblings: brothers Ioachim, Ioan, Christea; and sisters Sorea and Maria. [ 2 ] [ 9 ] Some of Stephen's biographers hypothesize that Cârstea Arbore, father of the statesman Luca Arbore , was the prince's fourth brother, or that Cârstea was the same as Ioachim. [ 10 ]
Șomcuta Mare belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area.It is located in the southwestern part of Maramureș County, 25 km (16 mi) from the county seat, Baia Mare.The town is crossed by national road DN1C [] (part of European route E58), which runs from Cluj-Napoca north towards Baia Mare and the border crossing at Halmeu, where it connects with the Ukrainian highway M26.