Instalarea episcopului Nicolae Ivan 6/19 decembrie 1921
Installation of Bishop Nicolae Ivan December 6/19, 1921
Author(s): Cristian BaciuSubject(s): History of Church(es), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Renaşterea Cluj
Keywords: Bishop Nicolae Ivan; Bishopric of Cluj; installation in Cluj; number of Orthodox in Cluj; speech at installation;
Summary/Abstract: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the election and installation of Bishop Nicolae Ivan as the first bishop of the revived Diocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj. In all his speeches on the occasion of these important events, Bishop Nicolae Ivan stressed that the re-establishment of the Diocese was based on the old bishops of Vad and Feleac, the founded by our St. Stephen the Great, the glorious voievode of Moldova. At the same time, he reminded that the program of reviving the old bishoprics was planned by the great organizer Andrei Şaguna.In this article I will refer to the moment of the installation or investiture of Bishop Nicolae Ivan. Then I will mention some data on the number of Romanian Orthodox people in Cluj at that time and what were the objectives of the new bishop, announced in the speech he delivered on the occasion of his installation.
Journal: TABOR. Revistă de cultură şi spiritualitate românească
- Issue Year: XV/2021
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 32-37
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian
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