#Curtea De Arges Monastery

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I am going to shamelessly promote my own home country! Don't skip Romania in your tour! People usually skip it but there's so many things you could visit. Depends on what you want to see.

If you want to visit big cities, the capital Bucharest is your best shot (used to be called Little Paris at the beginning of the 20th century), or Cluj the heart of Transylvania, or Iasi north in Moldova. All three of them have distinct architectural styles considering the different historical influences overs the 3main regions of Romania. (We used to be 3 different kingdoms before the unification).

If you want to visit beautiful churches, I suggest the North of Moldova with medieval orthodox churches painted in blue pigments, or with icons painted on the outside of the church. And there's Arges (curtea de Arges) who used to hold the royal court in medieval times and it has a beautiful monastery with twisted towers.

If you like nature, I suggest the Danube Delta, you can take boat rides with a guide and see hundreds of birds and animals in their natural habitat. We have plenty of grottes with spectacular stalactites in Transylvania, especially in the Apuseni Mountains, big lakes with barrages (lacul rosu, lacul bicaz).

And of course the Transfagarasan, the longest and spectacular mountain road. It has so many twists and turns at a high altitude and the views are amazing. You don't have to take the car to get on top of the mountain, there are cable cars for it!

Do promote!! I actually forgot to include it in the list though it was included in my mind ! My mother went to Romania on a trip at the end of the 1990's and she absolutely loved it. She made friends there - they still give each other news - and I had a Romanian pen pal when I was in elementary school ☺️

Thank you for all the recommendations!

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SAINTS&READING: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2024

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THE MONKMARTYRS THEODORE AND BASIL OF KIEV CAVE (1098)

The Hieromartyrs Basil and Theodore of the Caves pursued asceticism in the eleventh century in the Near Caves of Kiev. Saint Theodore distributed his riches to the poor, went to the monastery and settled into the Varangian Cave, adjoining the Caves of Saint Theodosius. He dwelt here many years in strict temperance.

When the enemy aroused sorrow in him for giving away his possessions, Saint Basil comforted him: “I implore you, brother Theodore, do not forget the reward. If you want to have possessions, take everything that is mine.” Saint Theodore repented and dearly loved Saint Basil, with whom he lived in the cell.

Once, Saint Basil was on an errand outside the monastery for three months. The devil, having assumed his form, appeared to Saint Theodore and indicated that there was a treasure hidden somewhere in the cave by robbers. The monk still wanted to leave the monastery to buy possessions to live in the world. When Saint Basil returned, the demonic illusion disappeared. From that time, Saint Theodore started to be more attentive to himself. In order not to be distracted by idle thoughts during moments of inactivity, he set up a millstone, and by night he ground grain. Thus, by long and zealous ascetic action he freed himself from the passion of avarice.

A report reached Prince Mstislav Svyatopolkovich that Saint Theodore had found much treasure in the cave. He summoned the monk to him and commanded him to show him the spot where the valuables were hidden. Saint Theodore told the prince that indeed he had once seen gold and precious vessels in the cave, but fearing temptation, he and Saint Basil had buried the treasure, and God took from him the memory of where it was hidden.

Not believing the saint, the prince gave orders to torture him to death. They beat Saint Theodore so much, that his hair-shirt was wet with blood, and then they hung him head-downwards, lighting a fire beneath him. In a drunken condition the prince commanded them to torture Saint Basil also, and then to kill him with an arrow. Dying, the martyr Basil threw the arrow at the feet of Prince Mstislav and predicted that he himself would soon be mortally wounded by it. The prophecy was fulfilled on July 15, 1099 during an internecine war with David Igorevich. On the wall of the Vladimir fortress, Prince Mstislav was suddenly struck in the chest by an arrow through an opening in the timbers, and on the following night he died. Recognizing his own arrow, the prince said: “I die because of the monastic martyrs Basil and Theodore.”

SAINT NYPHON, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE ATHOS ( 1515)

Saint Nḗphon II, the Patriarch of Constantinople, was from the Peloponnesos. His parents were named Manuel and Maria, and he was named Nicholas in Holy Baptism. Later, he was tonsured as a monk at Epidauros, receiving the new name Nḗphon.

After the death of his Elder Anthony, he went to Mount Athos, where he occupied himself by copying books. Afterward, he was chosen as Metropolitan of Thessaloniki. In 1486 he occupied the Patriarchal throne of Constantinople.

Banished in 1488, the Saint went to the Holy Mountain, at first to Vatopedi Monastery, and then to the monastery of Saint John the Forerunner (Dionysiou). He concealed his rank and occupied the lowliest position. By God’s providence, his rank was revealed to the brethren of the monastery. Once, when the Saint was returning from the forest where he had gone for firewood, all the brethren went out to meet him, greeting him as Patriarch. But even after this, the Saint continued to share various tasks with the brethren.

In all, he served three times as Patriarch of Constantinople: 1486-1488; 1497-1498; and 1502.

Saint Nḗphon reposed on September 3, 1508 at the age of 90. Immediately after his death, he was honored as a Saint in many places. On August 16, 1517, in the newly-established monastery of Curtea de Argeş, Patriarch Theoleptos of Constantinople, together with the Synod of the Romanian Lands, and the Igoumens of the Athonite monasteries, performed the solemn glorification of Saint Nḗphon, decreeing that his Feast Day be celebrated on August 11th.

His relics are kept in a shrine at the Monastery of Dionysiou, where there is also a chapel dedicated to him. In gratitude, the Athonite monks gave the Saint's head and hand to Nyagoe Basarab, who placed them in the Monastery he built at Curtea de Argeş in what is now Romania. In the XVIII century, these relics were placed in a silver reliquary.

At the behest of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, they were brought to Craiova, to the church of Saint Dēmḗtrios, the Metropolitan cathedral of Oltenia on October 25, 1949.

In 2009, the relics of Saint Nḗphon were moved to the Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord at Târgovişte.

ROMANS 14:6-9

6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

MATTHEW 15:32-39

32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." 33 Then His disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?" 34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." 35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala.

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Monastery Curtea de Arges. Monastery Curtea de Arges, built by Neagoe Basarab on the site of the temple of the voivode Vlad Dracul, built in 1439.

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Detail on a gate from Curtea de Argeş Monastery

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On this day in history(1938) Queen Marie of Romania, also known as The Soldier Queen died at Peles Castle.

Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938, also known as Marie of Edinburgh, was the last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I.

Marie had been popular; as queen, she was more loved".Marie maintained a certain influence on her husband and the entire court, leading historian A. L. Easterman to write that "it was not [Ferdinand], but Marie who ruled in Romania".

“Far from dimming, as time and distance might normally have been expected to do, George’s [George V] infatuation grew as Missy [Marie of Romania] neared marriageable age. Her sparkling blue eyes and silky fair hair, framing delicate features, haunted his thoughts as the prince sailed the seas. Because of his duties, George was away at sea for months, meaning that the only way he could let Missy know of his feelings was through letters. Early in 1891, the lovesick George penned his devotion to his ‘darling Missy’, explaining that ‘it is nearly 9 months since I have seen you now, but you are constantly in my thoughts’. It ended with the prince beseeching Missy not to ‘forget your most loving and devoted old Georgie’.

Romanian throne, thus becoming King Carol II and thereby overthrowing his own son Michael, Queen Marie retreated from Bucharest, preferring to stay at Bran Castle in southern Transylvania or at her palace at Balchik in north-east Bulgaria.

Falling ill with cirrhosis in 1937, Queen Marie undertook several visits to various sanatoriums and although her condition worsened, she did manage to return to Romania – to Pelisor Castle in Sinaia. Queen Marie died there on July 18th 1938, at 5.38pm. Two days after her death, the Queen’s body was brought to Bucharest, where it lay in state in the Cotroceni Palace’s white drawing room. Thousands of Romanians filed past to see the body of their beloved Queen. Her body was taken and buried at the Curtea de Arges monastery, but her heart was enshrined in a small golden casket, emblazoned with the emblems of Romania’s provinces and laid to rest in the Stella Maris Chapel in her palace of Balchik, as she had wished.

Queen Marie’s heart had been covered with the Romanian flag on one side and the British flag on the other, symbolic for the two countries that the Queen had loved. However, when South Dobrudja was returned to Bulgaria in 1940 during World War II, the Queen’s heart was transferred to Bran Castle. Her youngest daughter Princess Ileana built a chapel there especially to house the heart, kept inside two silver boxes and then placed within a marble sarcophagus, in its own special niche. In 1995 a plaque was erected to commemorate the fact that the Queen’s heart had formerly been deposited here to rest. But the Communist Regime later seized Bran, removed the Queen’s heart and had it – together with the silver boxes – put in the National Museum of Romanian History in 1971, where it has remained for the last forty years, that is until, now.

Source: http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/burying-a-queens-heart-queen-marie-of-romania-52050

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A Romanian myth that speaks of the sacrifice marking the foundation of each accomplishment: the myth of master builder Manole. Manole had to build in bis wife, Ana, for his construction, Monastery Curtea de Arges, to stand.

The Myth of Manole:

Voivode of Wallachia demanded of Manole & his men to #build him a grand church. Yet their work crumpled each night. Manole dreamed that, for the building to stand, he had to incorporate into its walls a beloved. It was agreed that they'll #sacrifice the 1st wife to bring food.

""A whisper from high,

A voice from the sky,

Told me verily

That whatever we In daytime have wrought

Shall nights come to naught...

Till we, one and all,

Make an oath to wall

Whose bonny wife erst,

Whose dear sister first,

Has to come this way...

Bringing meat,drink

To husband,kin."

Curtea de Arges Monastery, the stamp that marks, like the legend says, the place where Ana was build into the southern wall by her husband Manole.

One last glance: the fresco and mosaic at the entrance, 🎨 Lecompte & brother-19th cent. restauration, in place of original 16th cent.🎨by Dobromir.

#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro #architecture #Romania

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                                                                           The program of the funeral of King Michael I of Romania for Saturday, December 16, 2017                                                        

At 10.25 a.m., on Saturday, December 16, 2017, a short religious service will be held in the Throne Hall of the Royal Palace.

At 11.00 a.m., His Late Majesty’s coffin will be laid on a catafalque in Royal Palace Square, in front of the Palace. A military and religious ceremony will be held. The public will have free access to Royal Palace Square, within specially marked out areas. The press will also have free access.

At 11.10 a.m., the coffin will be placed on a gun carriage. The funeral cortege will include, a part from the Royal Family, servicemen and women from the Ministry of National Defense and representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Church. As a sign of respect, the gun carriage will be pulled by an operational vehicle of the Romanian Armed Forces.

Between 11.30 a.m. and 12.45 p.m., the funeral cortege will walk from the Royal Palace Square, along Calea Victoriei, then Unirii Square, to the Patriarchal Cathedral.

Between 12.50 p.m. and 2.00 p.m., a funeral mass will take place in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Romania. The press and members of the public will not have access.

At 2.00 p.m., the funeral cortege will travel to Băneasa Royal Railway Station taking the following route: Unirii Square – University Square – Romana Square – Charles de Gaulle Square – The Triumphant Arch – Kiseleff Av. – Bucureşti – Ploieşti Av.

At 2.40 p.m., His Majesty’s coffin will be transported in the Royal Train to Curtea de Argeș.

In the Royal Train will travel Her Majesty the Custodian of the Crown and the Royal Family of Romania. The press and public will have access in front of Băneasa Royal Railway Station.

The Royal Train will travel at low speed through the following cities: Chitila (2.51 p.m.) – Titu (3.41 p.m.) – Pitești (4.46 p.m.). All those who want to pay their respects to His Late Majesty King Michael I are welcomed in the railway station of their city.

The Royal Train will arrive at Curtea de Argeş Railway Station, at 5.30 p.m. The funeral cortege will travel from the railway station to Curtea de Arges Cathedral. The press and public will have access in front of Curtea de Arges Railway Station.

At 5.50 p.m., His Late Majesty’s burial service will take place in Curtea de Argeș Cathedral. At 6.20 p.m. His Late Majesty’s coffin will be taken to the New New Episcopal and Royal Cathedral in a procession. The burial will end at 6.40 p.m.

The ceremony will be attended only by Her Majesty the Custodian of the Crown, the Royal Family of Romania and members of foreign Royal Families. The public will not be allowed past the front gates of the Park of the Curtea de Argeș Monastery.

(http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/program-of-the-funeral-of-king-michael-i-of-romania/)

ADIO, MAJESTATE!

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CURTEA DE ARGES  MONASTERY

On our way to Arefu, Andrei voluntarily & kindly brought us to the beautiful and legend rich Monastery of Curtea de Arges, where some of Romanian royalty are buried and where a young girl Martyr Philothea’s relics are kept. Andrei told us about the stories behind the building of the Monastery and more. Legends of the Monastery are quite interesting.

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At the bed&breakfast we met a very sweet hungry dog whom I fed and left behind after an emotional petting. Driving through picturesque villages we headed toward Curtea de Arges monastery. This XIII-XV century monastery built by a Wallachian (Romanian prince) is one the most beautiful European architectonic monuments of that era. Its interior is mostly fresco covered in gold leaf and the floor is beautiful mosaic. The outside marble architecture has the twisted towers as a distinctive feature. After a relaxing walk in the beautiful surrounding park, we continued our travel to our next destination: back to Bucharest.

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A537, Buxton-Macclesfield

England

This stretch of road is 11km-located in the Peak District and is considered a rite of passage for bikers. This is after the RAC labelled it as one of Britain's Most Dangerous Roads. The road has a 50mph speed limit which has helped reduce accidents, but one ride on it and you’ll keep coming back. You can start at the Macclesfield end and concentration is key as the road’s corners just keep coming, while getting progressively tighter. The road ends at the Cat and Fiddle pub where you can get coffee and a note-swapping chat with hundreds of bikers who flock there.

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Italy

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Romania

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Mănăstirea Cartea de Arges #manastire #monastery #Romania (la Curtea de Argeș Cathedral)

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Probably the most beautiful monastery in the world #curteadearges #monastery (la Curtea de Arges)

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Top 5 most amazing monasteries to visit in Romania in 2017

Romania is very well known for the various number of churches and monasteries that have built on this territory along the past centuries. Each and every one of them comes with a unique story, legend and it has a rich cultural and historical background. Regardless of your religion you would have so much to learn from these beautiful monuments that were raised in the name of  famous rulers. Also another reason for these churches to be built was to preserve the Romanian spiritual life and show a sign of appreciating God and his teachings. Even in present day there are performed various religious rituals that are keeping traditions alive for hundreds of years.

One of these amazing monasteries is the Curtea de Arges Cathedral: an incredible construction built in the byzantine style which encompasses detailed architectural work and hundreds of years of history which can be admired in the interior paintings on the walls. Also here lies the legend of The skillful artisan Manole. It is said that he has been working for so long to build this Catherdral but whatever he was building during the day it collapsed during the night. It was believed that this construction was cursed.

One night he had a dream and a voice told him that if he will build within the walls the first person that will come next day to bring food to the field, then the construction will last. Much to his bad luck, the first person who came to deliver the food, was his own wife, Anna. Manole had no other choice and he built her within the walls of the Cathedral and that was the only way that this construction got finished. Sadly for Manole, he also had a tragic death and near by the Cathedral there is a Fountain with his name to honor his sacrifice and hard work.

So why not go visit these places yourself? Your imagination will be spiked and maybe you’ll get inspired to write more for your travel blog or if not at least acquire amazing pictures!