The Union of the Principalities | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. II (II) / 2016 An anthology Dinu Săraru

Saint Calinic of Cernica is portrayed as a senator and active politician in the General Assembly of Wallachia during the reign of Barbu Știrbei, based on archive material made available by Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic. His speech of March 1855 defends the Orthodox faith against atheism and proclaims union as the foundation of national invincibility.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (I) / 2016 A justification for a project born of passion and faith Dinu Săraru

The author recalls how, at the urging of the Archbishop of Râmnic, Dr Varsanufie, he began to explore the life of Saint Calinic of Cernica, bishop of Râmnic for nearly eighteen years, a supporter of the Union of the Principalities and of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, a statesman, a builder, a visionary and a model of patriotism within 19th-century Romanian Orthodoxy.