Radu the Great | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. II (VI) / 2018 The Cross of Râmnic Dinu Săraru

Archbishop Dr Varsanufie of Râmnic has established the Cross of Râmnic award, intended to recognise contributions to the tradition of church-building, monasticism and scholarship within the Diocese of Vâlcea. The award commemorates the history of the Metropolis of Severin, founded in 1370, and the hierarch’s four years of ministry, marked by the establishment of eleven new monasteries and extensive restoration work.

Studia Theologica No. II (IV) / 2017 Was Saint Maxim Brancovici the first bishop of Râmnic? Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Saint Maxim Brancovici (1461/1462–1516), a hierarch of Serbian origin from the family of Despot Ștefan Brancovici, served as Bishop of Râmnic and Metropolitan of Wallachia during the reigns of Radu the Great and Neagoe Basarab, playing a key role in the reorganisation of the Church of Ungrovlahia, in brokering peace between Radu the Great and Bogdan III of Moldavia (1507), and in numerous diplomatic missions. The article reconstructs his life, his spiritual struggles and his spiritual and cultural work on Romanian soil, drawing on chronicles, liturgical services, genealogies and Romanian and Serbian historiography, and advocates for his inclusion in the synaxarion of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

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