historic monuments | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVIII) / 2024 ‘The Covrești Church’ and the fascinating Bear Dance – a two-century-old historical monument in Horezu Florin Epure

St Basil’s Church in the Covrești (Horezu), built in 1826 by the boyars Ion Stanciu Covrea and Ion Dincă Bălănescu, is presented through its history, the fresco and tempera paintings by the artist Ilie ot Teiuș — including rare scenes such as the Bear Dance and a hora with folk musicians — and its collection of icons, inscriptions and religious artefacts.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (IV) / 2017 The historical resonance of a foundation Dinu Săraru

The article profiles Patriarch Justinian Marina, to whom the Romanian Orthodox Christian calendar for 2017 is dedicated, presenting him as the son of a peasant from Suiești, Oltenia, who, through diplomacy and wisdom, saved the institution of the Church during the communist era, securing recognition for priests as guardians of historical monuments and keeping ecclesiastical structures operational. The author records the consecration, by the Archdiocese of Râmnic, of a church, a monastery and a house-museum built in the patriarch’s native village, as the central event of the commemorative year.