Commemorating the prominent members and sponsors of the Romanian Academy, reposed in the Lord Cover Image

Comemorarea membrilor și donatorilor marcanți ai Academiei Române trecuți la cele veșnice
Commemorating the prominent members and sponsors of the Romanian Academy, reposed in the Lord

Author(s): Andrei Butu
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Institutului Biblic și de Misiune Ortodoxă
Keywords: Romanian Academy; Commemoration ceremony;

Summary/Abstract: On 21 April 2021, the Romanian Academy held a memorial for its prominent members and sponsors, reposed in the Lord. His Grace Varlaam Ploieșteanul, VicarBishop to the Patriarch, officiated a panikhida service in the Memorial Park of the Romanian Academy - Bellu cemetery. In his address, His Grace gave the members of the Romanian Academy executive the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for this commemoration of the remarkable personalities of Romanian culture and science, and described the significance of the memorial service.In his turn, Academician Ioan-Aurel Pop – president of the Romanian Academy, pointed out that this event is an act of moral duty to both the members of the institution reposed in the Lord, who were representatives of Romanian culture and science, and to those who by their philanthropic donations supported the activity and mission of the Romanian Academy.The event concluded with His Grace Varlaam Ploieșteanul and acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop lighting vigil lamps at the grave of Romanian philologist and bibliographer Ioan C. Bianu, former managing director of the Romanian Academy Library between1884-1935, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1929-1932.The memorial event was attended by the institution’s presidents, by priests counsellors of Bucharest Archdiocese, and by staff members of the Romanian Academy.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 214-219
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian