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Byzantinologist Paul Magdalino visited Stavropoleos
In Bucharest in order to attend the Conference of the Romanian Society for Byzantine Studies, the renowned historian Paul Magdalino visited Stavropoleos Monastery, at the invitation of the Romanian byzantinologist Petre Guran. Professor of Byzantine History at the University of St Andrews and at Koç University (Istanbul), author of numerous volumes and studies regarding medieval Byzantium, Paul Magdalino appreciated the collection of art objects and the manner in which the post-Byzantine heritage from Stavropoleos is preserved and...
read morePsaltis Yorgos Bilalis visited Stavropoleos
Greek psaltis Yorgos Bilalis, founder and director of Romeiko Ensemble, attended this past Sunday the Divine Liturgy at Stavropoleos, visiting afterwards our monastery and spending a few hours together with the community, discussing Byzantine music, the recovery of the manuscript tradition and music performance during the services. Romeiko Ensemble was founded in 1993 in Philadelphia (USA) and is preoccupied with the authentic interpretation of the Byzantine, but also of the Ottoman music, recording new, unpublished medieval chants, preserved...
read moreConcert at Stavropoleos Monastery
On Sunday, December 28th, 2014, after the Divine Liturgy, the pianist Mihai Ritivoiu gave a piano recital at Stavropoleos. Being at home for the winter holiday, he wanted to bring joy to our community who has known him since the beginning of his musical activity. Having graduated from National University of Music Bucharest (2012), Mihai Ritivoiu (b. 1989) is now studying at Guildhall School of Music & Drama of London, with Professor Joan Havill. He is active both as soloist and chamber musician, touring the country, but also England,...
read moreDrawing Class at Stavropoleos
A group of students from Marina Căpățînă Painting School in Bucharest chose Stavropoleos Monastery as model for their drawing class in the historical centre of the city. They spent an hour in front of the church in order to catch the architectural shapes of the monument, in lines and fine hatching, with pencils and charcoal. Zoom in Read more Zoom in Read more Zoom in Read more Zoom in Read...
read moreCertificate of Excellence awarded to Stavropoleos Monastery
Stavropoleos Monastery was awarded the TripAdvisor 2014 Certificate of Excellence. Travellers around the world have mentioned Stavropoleos among their preferences, as stated in their reviews and comments. Their opinions provide the rating according to which TripAdvisor establishes the ranking of the most fascinating and popular top tourist destinations all over the world.
read moreSermons for Holy Saturday and at the Resurrection of Christ
On the Resurrection day we enjoyed the presence of Father Archdeacon Ioan I. Ica jr., professor at Faculty of Theology in Sibiu in our midst. Several times during those days we enjoyed his words rich in theological meaning, knowledge, and spiritual content: on Holy Saturday, at the Easter Vigil, and Paschal Vespers on Sunday afternoon. To listen to the recordings click...
read moreCultural Chat at the Faculty of Law
On November 6, 2013, a public meeting on Justice and love took place in Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law, in the series of cultural chats organized by the Law Students ‘Association. The special guests were Andrei Plesu, Rector of the New Europe College, and Father Justin Marchis, confessor of Stavropoleos Monastery. The video of the conference can be seen here.
read moreRoyal Hours at Christmas
The Church planned a special religious service: the Royal Hours. This year Father archdeacon Ioan I. Ica jr. has joined us at the royal hours service as well as at the midnight Mass of the Nativity. His teaching at the end of the service of Royal Hours full of learning and spiritual senses can be read here.
read moreThe visit of Archbishop Jean Louis Brugues
On Friday, December 6, 2013, His Excellency, Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues, director of the Vatican Apostolic Library and Archives, visited Stavropoleos Monastery. He was accompanied by the Romanian Ambassador to Vatican, His Excellency Bogdan Tataru-Cazaban. Mother Superior, stavrophore Mihaela Luchian, Father Justin Marchis, and the monastery community, welcomed the official delegation and showed them the church, the monastery collection and the library. The writer Horia Roman Patapievici and Ioan Dragan, director of the National Archives,...
read moreMeeting at Paltinis
At the advice of Father Iustin Marchis, a group of intellectuals close to our monastery accepted the invitation of the Metropolitan of Transylvania, His Eminence Father Lawrence Streza and of archdeacon Ioan I. Ica jr., to renewing the dialogue between the Church and the intellectual laity, between cult and culture, within the Pastoral missionary Centre Saint Hierarch Andrei Saguna in Paltinis. Alongside with His Holiness Laurentiu, priests professors, diocesan advisers, archpriests, representatives of religious media and personalities from...
read moreVisit of His Excellency, Cardinal Kurt Koch, to Stavropoleos
On Tuesday, December 2, 2013, during his official visit to our country, Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, visited Stavropoleos Monastery. Accompanied by the Romanian Ambassador to Vatican, His Eminency Mr. Bogdan Tataru-Cazaban, the apostolic nuncio in Bucharest, Francesco-Javier Lozano, the writers Andrei Plesu and Horia-Roman Patapievici, Cardinal Koch was welcomed by mother superior, stavrophore Mihaela Luchian, by Father Justin Marchis and monastic community. The guests visited the...
read moreStavropoleos Calendar 2014
The 2014 calendar published by Stavropoleos Monastery contains images of the crosses from the monastery collection and lapidarium. There are wood or stone crosses, gathered over the years from abandoned cemeteries and villages, to preserve them and save them from destruction and oblivion. At the same time they can be used as model for those interested in the recovery of authentic tradition of funerary crosses in present day cemeteries. The calendar is on sale at the candle-stand in the...
read moreNew Servant at Stavropoleos Monastery
Monday, September 23, 2013, on the feast of the Conception of St. John the Baptist, the theologian Ioan Virgil Nanu was ordained deacon to serve Stavropoleos Monastery. The service was held, with the blessings of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, by His Holiness Varsanufie Prahoveanu, patriarchal bishop. Virgil Ioan Nanu graduated the Theological Seminary of Bucharest, the University of Music in Bucharest, Department of religious music (2006), a Masters in Theology, pastoral and liturgical life (2008) and the Faculty of Theology in Bucharest...
read moreNew Step of Nanomach Project
A new stage of Nanomach Project for the conservation of immoveable and moveable cultural heritage was held at Stavropoleos Monastery on 14-16 May 2013. That stage consisted of the installation of samples of stone, glass, wood and plaster in a holder specially designed to provide microclimate controlled conditions. Using a meto station and an electronic measuring system, those samples are observed throughout a period of time in order to homologate a new type of consolidator that can be used in restoration. The installations required for these...
read more“Scutecele” Domnului
Ziua de 24 decembrie, Ajunul Craciunului, este zi de ajunare. Se ajuneaza, adica nu se mananca nimic, pana la Ceasul al IX-lea, ora 15:00, dupa care, ne spune traditia, se gusta din „scutecele” Manatuitorului, foi de placinta cu miere, nuca si zahar. Reteta dupa care se fac la Manastirea Stavropoleos „Scutecele”...
read moreNou CD cu colinde
Pentru praznicul Nasterii Domnului, obstea Manastirii Stavropoleos a pregatit un nou CD, Colinde. Pentr-un Fiu ce S-a nascut. Sunt 20 de colinde alese cu grija dintr-un repertoriu bogat, din dorinta de a pastra si transmite mai departe versul și cantul autentic al colindului traditional. CD-ul este insotit de o brosura care contine textele colindelor (cu prima strofa-model in notatie psaltica) si un text de prezentare semnat de Virgil Ioan Nanu, cel care s-a ocupat si de selectia pieselor si coordonarea muzicala a proiectului. CD-ul se...
read moreColiva la Stavropoleos
Coliva care se face la Manastirea Stavropoleos este cunoscuta deja de mult timp apropiatilor nostri. Calendarul pe anul 2012 editat de Manastirea Stavropoleos a prezentat diferite modele de impodobit coliva: cu seminte, fructe uscate, fructe exotice, rodii, catina, decupate si armonizate in culori diferite. Reteta cu nuca si miere a trezit intersul multor inchinatori, care ne-au solicitat-o de-a lungul timpului. O puteti...
read moreExpozitie Ion Mincu 1912-2012
Institutul National al Patrimoniului (curator arh. Anca Filip) a organizat o expozitie comemorativaIon Mincu 1901-1912 cu fotografii, planuri, relevee din perioada restaurarii bisericii Manastirii Stavropoleos. Cele opt panouri care documenteaza, prin text si fotografie, activitatea arhitectului si restauratorului Ion Mincu sunt expuse in biblioteca manastirii. Biblioteca se afla la etajul constructiei din incinta, ridicata dupa planurile arh. Ion Mincu la...
read moreCalendarul Stavropoleos 2013
Calendarul pe anul 2013 publicat de Manastirea Stavropoleos (aparut cu prilejul hramului Sfintilor Arhangheli) are ca tema o indeletnicire manastireasca traditionala: facutul prescurilor. Fiecare pagina surprinde in fotografii profesionist realizate (foto: Daniel Mihail Constantinescu, asist. univ. dr. la Sectia Foto-Video a Universitatii Nationale de Arta) un moment din aceasta laborioasa lucrare: de la cernutul fainii la framantat si de la decupat aluatul la scos din cuptor. Pe ultima pagina apare reteta urmata la Manastirea Stavropoleos,...
read moreNoi CD-uri inregistrate
Cu prilejul evenimentului resfintirii bisericii Manastirii Stavropoleos au fost editate doua noi CD-uri. Cel dintai, Irmoase calofonice, este un dublu CD al Grupului Stavropoleos, care da masura performantei si maturitatii, interpretand aceasta clasa de cantari, o adevărata provocare pentru orice psalt. Brosura care insoteste cele 2 CD-uri (95 pp.) cuprinde 3 studii: Cantarile melismatice, calofonia si irmoasele calofonice (Costin Moisil), Irmologhionul calofonic al lui Macarie Ieromonahul(Nicolae Gheorghita) si Despre pregătirea...
read moreIntalnire Nanomach la Stavropoleos
In zilele de 18-19 octombrie 2012 Manastirea Stavropoleos a gazduit intalnirea membrilor Nanomach Project, care a avut loc in Romania. Proiectul de cercetare Nanomach pentru conservarea mostenirii culturale mobile si imobile reuneste membri din mai multe tari ale Europei, conservatori, investigatori, restauratori. Romania este parte a acestui proiect prin firma de restaurare Duct SRL condusa de Iulian Olteanu, care participa cu cercetarea intreprinsa asupra componentelor din piatra ale bisericii si incintei Manastirii...
read moreDistinctii cu prilejul resfintirii
Cu prilejul resfintirii bisericii Manastirii Stavropoleos slujitori, ostenitori si binefacatori ai manastirii au fost distinsi cu ranguri bisericesti, ordine si diplome de onoare in semn de pretuire pentru ceea ce au facut. Astfel Protos. Iustin Marchiş, duhovnicul manastirii, a fost distins cu Crucea patriarhala pentru clerici, iar maica stareţa, stavrofora Mihaela Luchian, a primit Ordinul Sfintii Imparati Constantin şi Elena. De asemenea, pr. Marian Fârtat, coslujitor al bisericii, a fost hirotesit iconom stavrofor, iar arhid. Gabriel...
read moreResfintirea Manastirii Stavropoleos
Luni, 4 iunie 2012, la Manastirea Stavropoleos, PF Parinte Patriarh a savarsit slujba de resfintire a bisericii. Dupa 21 de ani de restaurare, la 72 de ani de la ultima resfintire, istoria de aproape 300 de ani a locasului ctitorit de mitropolitul Ioanichie a cunoscut un nou moment important. Hrisovul de resfintire a fost semnat de preoții și diaconii slujitorii, în frunte cu Preafericitul Parinte Patriarh Daniel. Au fost acordate mai multe distinctii si diplome de vrednicie, in primul rand Parintelui Iustin Marchis (Crucea patriarhala...
read moreProiectul Nanomach
Proiectul Nanomach (Nano-sistem de conservare a patrimoniului cultural mobil și imobil aflat in conditi variabile de mediu) prin reprezentatii săi – autorităti guvernamentale, arhitecti, restauratori, conservatori – încearcă să facă față problemelor pe care le ridică cladirile de patrimoniu în ceea ce priveste conservarea lor. Efectele nocive ale poluarii, schimbarilor de temperatura, cutremurelor se resimt asupra unei constructii vechi, ea trebuie in permanenta conservata cu responsabilitate. Prin cercetarile intreprinse,...
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