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Chișinău Theological Seminary

Coordinates: 47°01′25″N 28°49′44″E / 47.02350287°N 28.82878249°E / 47.02350287; 28.82878249
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Chișinău Theological Seminary, c.1900

Chișinău Theological Seminary is a seminary in Chișinău.[1] Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni opened the Romanian-language seminary on January 31, 1813.[2][3]

History

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On 1 September 1918, Visarion Puiu became director of the Chișinău Theological Seminary, being named Exarch of Bessarabia's monasteries two months later (soon after that province united with the Kingdom of Romania).[4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ (in Romanian) Catalogul Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ion Nistor, Istoria Basarabiei, Humanitas, 1991, p.228. ISBN 973-28-0283-9
  3. ^ Iurie Colesnic, (1997). Chișinău. Enciclopedie. Chișinău: ed. „Museum”. pp. 411–412
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Romanian Metropolitan Visarion Puiu Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, by Protohierarch Sorin Petcu, Müllheim, July 2006
  5. ^ (in Romanian) Visarion Puiu Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine in the Dictionary of Romanian Theologians
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47°01′25″N 28°49′44″E / 47.02350287°N 28.82878249°E / 47.02350287; 28.82878249