When it comes to Catholic and Orthodox saints, there are a number to consider. Some of the more famous include Saint Nicholas Skete at Tra(isteni, Saint Anthimus, Saint Constantine Brancoveanu, and Saint Dionysius the Humble. All of these saints are considered to be exemplary Christians and deserve to be remembered.
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Anthimus
The Romanian Orthodox Church has canonized Saint Anthimus the Georgian. He was a reformer of the written Romanian language and a fine artist. He was also a prolific orator. His edifying books are a spiritual legacy of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Metropolitan Anthimos of Iberia was an extremely gifted Romanian Orthodox Church hierarch. He was an excellent writer, a brilliant orator, and a saint.
He was a great promoter of Romanian in the Orthodox Church. For instance, he urged the use of the Romanian language in the liturgies of the Romanian Orthodox Church. However, he was deposed by the Turkish government in 1716. This was a tragic turn of events.
Dionysius the Humble
Dionysius the Humble is one of the most revered Roman Orthodox saints. He was born in 470 in Scythia Minor, an area now known as Dobruja. After the death of Pope Gelasius I in 496, Dionysius came to Rome, where he worked as a church scholar. His work included calculations and the development of the Julian calendar.
In addition to his role as an astronomer, Dionysius also translated ecclesiastical canons. These documents became important historical documents about early Christianity.
Dionysius was also one of the first to create a Christian Era calendar. The calendar he developed was different from the calendar we know today. It was a lunar-based calendar that differed from the modern calendar.
St. Neagu Basarab
St Neagu Basarab was a ruler of Wallachia in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. In addition to being a religious leader, he also served as a generous donor of church construction in Wallachia and the rest of Romania. He is the namesake of Bessarabia, a territory of eastern Romania. His descendants ruled the region for two centuries.
Among other things, he founded the largest wooden church in Romania. The Mitropoliei Hill church is a testament to his generosity. After the Battle of Posada, the Hungarian suzerainty in Wallachia ended.
St. Callinicus of Cernica
Saint Callinicus of Cernica is one of the Romanian orthodox saints. He was born in Bucharest on October 7, 1787. He served as bishop of Ramnicu Valcea, in Romania. His death was on Holy Saturday, April 11, 1868.
Father Callinicus of Cernica was born into a pious family. His father was a monk, and his mother was a teacher. They were honest and pious people.
When he was twenty, young Constantin felt a vocation to be a monk. They stayed at the monastery of Saint George in Cernica. During this time, he learned how to pray and received monastic tonsure.
St. Nicholas Skete at Tra(isteni
The life and works of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky are among the greatest of honorary Romanian Orthodox saints. His spiritual work influenced the development of Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe, particularly Russia.
Paisius was born to a Ukrainian family of noble origin. His father was a dean of the cathedral in Poltava. When he was four, his father died. His elder brother John was a priest at the cathedral.
As an adult, Paisius became interested in learning the Romanian language. After studying, he became a teacher. In 1746, he moved to Mount Athos, a peninsula on the Halkidiki coast of Greece. Upon his arrival, he found that the monastic spirit there was flourishing. He met Starets Basil of Poiana Marului, who was a spiritual elder. Basil showed Paisius the Prayer of the Heart.
St. Paisius
Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain was a contemporary saint of the Orthodox Church. He was a reformer of monastic life and was able to renew monastic life in Eastern Europe. His work is still relevant in the present day.
Paisius was born in Poltava in little Russia on December 21, 1722. His father, a priest, was dean of the Orthodox cathedral in Poltava.
When Paisius was four years old, his father died. The family had connections with the Ukrainian nobility. As a result, Paisius was named Peter. This name, in turn, came from the name of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow.
St. Constantine Brancoveanu
Saint Constantine Brancoveanu is one of the Romanian Orthodox saints. He was the Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714. His reign may be called the Romanian Renaissance. During his time, he had a significant role in anti-Ottoman alliances, and cared for the spiritual enlightenment of his people. Moreover, he was a great patron of culture.
Brancoveanu was a descendant of the Craiovesti boyar family. The family was important in Romania in the 19th century. Some of their famous members were historians Dan and Mihnea Berindei, and Prime Ministers Barbu Catargiu and Nicolae Kretzulescu. They also had a great impact on the culture of the country.
