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Cuprins

Mitropolia Munteniei ¿i Dobrogei/The Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrogea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Arhiepiscopia Bucure¿tilor/The Archbishoprics of Bucharest . . . . . . . 5Bucure¿ti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Ilfov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Prahova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Arhiepiscopia Tomisului/The Archbishoprics of Tomis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Constan¡a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Tulcea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Arhiepiscopia Târgovi¿tei/The Archbishoprics of Târgovi¿te . . . . . . . . 23Dâmboi¡a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Episcopia Buzåului/The Bishoprics of Buzåu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Buzãu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Vrancea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Episcopia Arge¿ului ¿i Muscelului/The Bishoprics of Arge¿ and Muscel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Arge¿ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Episcopia Dunårii de Jos/The Bishoprics of Dunårea de Jos . . . . . . . . 37Brãila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Gala¡i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Episcopia Sloboziei ¿i Cålåra¿ilor/The Bishoprics of Slobozia and Cålåra¿i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Cãlãra¿i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Ialomi¡a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Episcopia Alexandriei ¿i Teleormanului/The Bishoprics of Alexandria and Teleorman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Teleorman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Episcopia Giurgiului/ The Bishoprics of Giurgiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Giurgiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Mitropolia Moldovei ¿i Bucovinei/The Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bukovina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Arhiepiscopia Ia¿ilor/The Archbishopries of Ia¿i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Boto¿ani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Ia¿i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Neam¡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Arhiepiscopia Sucevei ¿i Rådåu¡ilor/The Archbishoprics of Suceava and Rådåu¡i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Suceava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Episcopia Romanului/The Bishoprics Of Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Bacãu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Neam¡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Episcopia Hu¿ilor/The Bishoprics of Hu¿i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Vaslui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Mitropolia Ardealului/The Metropolitanate of Ardeal . . . . . . . . . . 65

Arhiepiscopia Sibiului/The Archbishoprics of Sibiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Bra¿ov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Sibiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Episcopia Covasnei ¿i Harghitei/The Bishoprics of Covasna and Harghita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Covasna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Harghita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Mitropolia Clujului, Albei, Cri¿anei ¿i Maramure¿ului/The Metropolitanate of Cluj, Alba, Cri¿ana and Maramure¿ . . . . 71

Arhiepiscopia Vadului, Feleacului ¿i Clujului/The Archbishoprics of Vadu, Feleac And Cluj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Bistri¡a-Nãsãud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Cluj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Arhiepiscopia Alba Iulia/The Archbishoprics of Alba Iulia . . . . . . . . . . 74Alba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Mure¿ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Episcopia Oradei/The Bishoprics of Oradea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Bihor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Sãlaj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Episcopia Ortodoxå Românå a Maramure¿ului ¿i Såtmarului/The Bishoprics of Maramure¿ And Såtmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Maramure¿ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Satu Mare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Mitropolia Olteniei/Metropolitanate of Oltenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Arhiepiscopia Craiovei/The Archbishoprics of Craiova . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Dolj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Gorj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Episcopia Râmnicului/The Bishoprics of Râmnic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Olt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Vâlcea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Episcopia Severinului ¿i Strehaiei/The Bishoprics of Severin and Strehaia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Mehedin¡i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Mitropolia Banatului/The Metropolitanate of Banat . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Arhiepiscopia Timi¿oarei/The Archbishoprics of Timi¿oara . . . . . . . . 94Timi¿ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Episcopia Aradului, Ienopolei ¿i Hålmagiului/The Bishoprics of Arad, Ienopolei and Hålmagiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Hunedoara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Episcopia Caransebe¿ului/The Bishoprics of Caransebe¿ . . . . . . . . . . . 99Cara¿-Severin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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MitropoliaMunteniei ¿i Dobrogei/The Metropolitanate ofMuntenia and Dobrogea

Arhiepiscopia Bucure¿tilor/The Archbishoprics of Bucharest

1. Catedrala Patriarhalå „Sf. Dumitru“/Saint Demeter Cathedral

Adresa/Adress: aleea Dealul Mitropoliei nr. 21, sector 5Acces/Access: b-dul Unirii – b-dul Regina Maria –str. Bibescu Vodå – aleea MitropolieiHram/Patron: 21.05. – Sf. Împåra¡i Constantin ¿iElena/Saint Emperors Constantine and HelenMoa¿te sfinte/Holy relic: moa¿tele Sf. Dimitrie cel NouBasarabov – ocrotitorul Bucure¿tiului, maxilarul Sf. IoanGurå de Aur/relic of Saint Demeter "cel nou Basarabov" –the righter of Bucharest; the cheekbone of Saint John"Gurå de Aur"Fondatå ca bisericå de månåstire în 1656 de domnitorulConstantin ªerban Basarab, a fost sfin¡itå de PatriarhulMacarie al Antiohiei ¿i al întregului Orient în anul 1658.A devenit re¿edin¡å mitropolitanå în anul 1668, iar în

1925, re¿edin¡å patriarhalå.Founded as a church for a monastery in 1656 by Constantin Serban Basarab ruler,the cathedral was sanctified by Macarie of Antiohia and of the whole Orient patri-arch in 1658. It became metropolitanate residence in 1668 and in 1925, patriar-chal residence.

2. Biserica Albå/White Church

Adresa/Adress: intr. Biserica Albå, sector 1Acces/Access: b-dul Magheru (dinspre Pia¡aUniversitå¡ii cåtre Pia¡a Romanå) – str. George Enescu –str. Biserica AlbåCtitor/Founder: Neagu Dârva¿ ¿i so¡ia, NicolaeTråsnea (sec. XVIII)/Neagu Dârva¿ and his wife andalso Nicolae Tråsnea (XVIIIth century)Hram/Patron: 20.07. – Sf. Ilie/Saint Elijah,

06.12. – Sf. Nicolae/Saint Nicolas

Bucure¿ti/BUCHAREST

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3. Månåstirea Antim/Antim Monastery

Adresa/Adress: str. Mitropolit Antim Ivireanul 29, sector 5Acces/Access: b-dul Unirii – Pia¡a Constitu¡iei – str. Mitropolit Antim IvireanulCtitor/Founder: Antim Ivireanul (1713)/

Antim Ivireanul (1713)Obiecte de artå/Art elements: icoane, manuscrise, cår¡ivechi/icons, manuscripts and old booksHram/Patron: Prima Duminicå dupå Rusalii – DuminicaTuturor Sfin¡ilor/First Sunday after Withsunday –All SaintsSundayMoa¿te sfinte/Holy relic: moa¿te ale Sf. 40 de Mucenici,Sf. Acachie ¿i Neofit, Sf. Parascheva/relic of Saint the FortyMartyrs, Saint Acachie and Neofit, Saint Parascheva

Construitå între anii 1713–1715, a gåzduit, pe rând, o ¿coalå de preo¡ie, SeminarulMitropoliei Ungro–Vlahiei, Arhivele Statului ¿i Palatul Sfântului Sinod. Built between 1713 and 1715 it was shelter for a school for clerics, for the MetropolitanSeminary of Ungro-Vlahia, for state archives and for the Palace of the Holy Synod.

4. Biserica „Buna Vestire“ (Curtea Veche)/The Annunciation Church(Old Court)

Adresa/Adress: str. Francezå nr. 33, sector 3Acces/Access: b-dul – Pia¡a Unirii – Splaiul Indepen-den¡ei – str. ªelari – str. FrancezåCtitor/Founder: Mircea Ciobanu Voievod (1559)/

Mircea Ciobanu waivode (1559)Obiecte de artå/Art elements: icoana Stejarului din Mamvri(sec. XVIII)/Oak of Mamvri icon (the XVIIIth century)Hram/Patron: 25.03. – Buna Vestire/The Annunciation

17.01. – Sf. Antonie cel Mare/Saint Anthony the Great

Icoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Sf. Antonie, fåcå-toare de minuni/Saint Anthony miracle-making icon

5. Biserica Col¡ea/Col¡ea Church

Adresa/Adress: b-dul I. C. Bråtianu nr 1, sector 3Acces/Access: Pia¡a Sf. Gheorghe – b-dul I. C. BråtianuCtitor/Founder: Mihail Cantacuzino (1702)/Mihail Cantacuzino (1702)Hram/Patron: 14.10. – Sf. Parascheva/Saint Parascheva

30.01. – Sf. Trei Ierarhi: Vasile, Grigore ¿i Ioan/Saint Three Hierarchs: Basil, Gregory and John

Icoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Maicii Domnului cu Pruncul, fåcåtoare deminuni/Virgin Mary with the Baby miracle-making icon

Întemeiatå în 1702 de boierul Mihail Cantacuzino, bisericaeste reprezentativå pentru stilul brâncovenesc, cu deco-ra¡iuni sculptate în piatrå, ornamente pe portal ¿i în ca-påtul coloanelor pe care se sprijinå arcadele. Exteriorulpåstreazå decora¡iuni pictate cu flori de inspira¡ie persanå.Col¡ea was founded by the boyar Mihail Cantacuzino in1702. The church in representative of the Brâncoveanustyle, with decorations sculptured in stone, with ornamentson the portal and on the top of the columns that supportthe arches of the porch. The exterior of the church preservestraces of the decoration painted with flowers of Persianinspiration.

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6. Schitul Darvari/Darvari little Monastery

Adresa/Adress: str. Schitul Darvari 1, sector 2Acces/Access: b-dul Dacia – str. Vasile Lascår – str. Schitul DarvariCtitor/Founder: cåminarul Mihalache Darvari (1834)/Mihalache Darvari (1834)Hram/Patron: 21.05. – Sf. Împ. C-tin ¿i Elena/Saint Emperors Contantine and Elena

08.11. – Sf. Arhangheli Mihail ¿i Gavriil/Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel Sâmbåta de dinaintea Floriilor – Învierea Sf. La-zår/the Saturday before Palm Sunday –Resurrection of Saint Lazarus Moa¿te sfinte/Holy relic: moa¿tele Sfin¡ilorIoan Gurå de Aur, Haralambie, Ignatie, Teoforul,Elefterie, Candid, Gherasim de la Iordan, Sf. Prov.Tarah ¿i Andronic, Sf. 40 de Mucenici, Sf. Pårin¡iuci¿i în Sinai, Sf. Uci¿i în Månåstirea Sf.Sava/relics of Saint John "Gurå de aur",Haralambie, Ignatius, Theoforus, Elefterius,Candid, Gherasim of Jordan, Saints Tarah andAndronic, the Saint 40 Martyrs, Saint Parentskilled in Sinai, the Saints killed in Sf. SavaMonastery.

7. Biserica Doamnei/Doamnei Church

Adresa/Adress: Calea Victoriei nr 28, sector 3Acces/Access: b-dul Regina Elisabeta – Calea Victoriei –str. DoamneiCtitor/Founder: ªerban Cantacuzino ¿i Maria Doamna(1683)/ªerban Cantacuzino and Maria Doamna (1683)Obiecte de artå/Art elements: Epitaful/The epitaphHram/Patron: 21.11. – Intrarea în bisericå a Maicii

Domnului/Virgin Mary entering the Church15.12. – Sf. Elefterie/Saint Elefterius

Icoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Fecioarei Mariafåcåtoare de minuni/the miracle-making icon represent-ing the Virgin Mary.

8. Biserica Domni¡a Båla¿a/Domni¡a Båla¿a Church

Adresa/Adress: str. Sfin¡ii Apostoli nr. 60, sector 4Acces/Access: Pia¡a Na¡iunile Unite – SplaiulIndependen¡ei – str. Sfin¡ii ApostoliCtitor/Founder: Domni¡a Båla¿a, fiica luiConstantin Brâncoveanu (1744)/Princess Båla¿a, daughter of ConstantinBrâncoveanu (1744)Hram/Patron:

La 40 de zile dupå Pa¿te – Înål¡areaDomnului/40 days after Easter –The Ascension of God16.08. – Sfin¡ii Martiri Brâncoveni/SaintsMartyrs Brâncoveanu

Moa¿te sfinte/Holy relic: moa¿tele Sf. Grigoriede Nyssa/the relic of Saint Gregory from Nyssa.

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9. Biserica Icoanei/Icoanei Church

Adresa/Adress: str. Icoanei nr. 12, sector 2Acces/Access: Pia¡a Universitå¡ii – b-dul Bålcescu –b-dul Magheru – str. Pictor Verona – str. IcoaneiHram/Patron:

15.08. – Adormirea Maicii Domnului/The Assumption06.12. – Sf. Nicolae/Saint Nicholas

Icoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Maicii Domnului,fåcåtoare de minuni/the miracle-making icon representing theVirgin Mary.

10. Biserica Mavrogheni/Mavrogheni Church

Adresa/Adress: str. Monetåriei nr 4, sector 1Acces/Access: ¿os. Kiseleff (dinspre Pia¡a Arcul de Triumf cåtrePia¡a Victoriei) – str. MonetårieiCtitor/Founder: Voievodul Nicolae Petre Mavrogheni(1785)/Nicolae Petre Mavrogheni woievod (1785)Obiecte de artå/Art elements: catapeteasma/iconostasisHram/Patron: Prima vineri dupå Pa¿te – IzvorulTåmåduirii/The first Friday after Easter – Life-giving fountIzvor sfin¡it/Holy spring: Izvorul Tåmåduirii/Life-giving fount.

11. Biserica Mihai Vodå/Mihai Vodå Church

Adresa/Adress: str. Sapien¡ei nr 4, sector 3Acces/Access: Splaiul Independen¡ei – Pia¡a Na¡iunile Unite– str. Sapien¡eiCtitor/Founder: Mihai Viteazul (1592)/Mihai Viteazul (1592)Hram/Patron: 06.12. – Sf. Nicolae/Saint NicholasIcoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Maicii Domnului,„Hodighitria“/"Hodighitria" Virgin Mary IconA fost ridicatå în 1591 de Mihai Viteazul, pe un deal înapropiere de râul Dâmbovi¡a. La început a fost o bisericåînconjuratå de ziduri de apårare; a ars în 1761, fiind reparatåîn 1827-1837 ¿i repictatå în 1838, recondi¡ionatå complet în1935. În jurul bisericii, Mihai Viteazul a construit case princia-

re care au servit ca ¿coalå, spital ¿i au gåzduit ¿i arhivele de stat.It was raised in 1591 by Mihai Viteazul, on a hill near Dâmbovi¡a River, stratingwith a church surrounded by defensive walls; it burnt in 1761, being repaired in1827-1837, as well as fully refurbished in 1935. Around the church Mihai Viteazulhad built princely houses which served at times as school, hospital and host for theestate archives.

12. Biserica Olari/Olari Church

Adresa/Adress: str. Olari nr 2, sector 2Acces/Access: b-dul Carol I – Pia¡a Pache – str. OlariCtitor/Founder: Dimitra¿cu Racovi¡å (1758)/Dimitra¿cuRacovi¡å (1758)Hram/Patron:

15.08. – Adormirea Maicii Domnului/The Assumption 06.12. – Sf. Nicolae/Saint Nicholas

Icoanå sfin¡itå/Sanctified icon: icoana Maicii Domnului,fåcåtoare de minuni/the miracle-making icon representingthe Virgin Mary.