Father Iraclie was a parish priest at this church from 1857 to 1859 The bronze sculpture was made by the local artist Cristian Bota The June 2 unveiling ceremony was attended by local people as well as Consul Edmond Neagoe from the General Consulate of Romania in Chernivtsi This is the first statue dedicated to Iraclie Porumbescu in the entire Romanian space was an Orthodox priest and Romanian writer in Bukovina and the father of the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu He served as parish priest in several villages in Bukovina including Șipotele Sucevei (1850-1857; 1859-1865) Stupca (1865-1884) and Frătăuții Noi (1884-1896) He was a talented writer and received the surname of ‘Bukovina’s Creanga’ Source: basilica.ro  The Vatican announced on Monday that all telephone communication within its territory will be suspended during the upcoming conclave.. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address at the International Scientific Conference “Restarting from Nicaea:.. The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved on October 4th the canonization of Eldress Sophia Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled by air to Antalya the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website The famous Romanian Madrigal Choir which is included in the universal UNESCO patrimony since 1992 will celebrate its 50th anniversary by hosting an Easter concert in April at the Romanian Athenaeum from Bucharest The choir has 38 members and they have held over 4,100 concerts since 1963 receiving numerous awards such as: UNICEF Medal in 1968 Honor Award and the Grand Duke Adolf Prize -Luxembourg (1979) Diploma of Honor of the Union of Composers in Romania (1985 The Madrigal choir was founded by professor Marin Constantin and it is one of the most prestigious choral ensembles from Romania and until 1968 was part of Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory of Music in Bucharest Madrigal choir claimed an impressive number of concerts in Romania and throughout the world, receiving numerous awards as: UNICEF Medal in 1968, the German music critics Prize in 1971, Honor Award and the Grand Duke Adolf Prize -Luxembourg (1979), Medaille en Vermeil – Luxembourg 1979, Diploma of Honor of the Union of Composers in Romania (1985, 1993). The Madrigal National Chamber Choir will perform on April 21, lead by Voicu Popescu. The show will start at 20.00, and tickets are available online at www.bilet.ro We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Eurovoix Lion’s Roar lead singer Liviu Sorescu has filed a complaint against his Selecţia Naţională competitor TIRI alleging a violation of the competition’s rules According to Agora Media, the results from the fourth semi-final of the Romanian National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 have come into question after Liviu Sorescu of the band Lion’s Roar accused TIRI’s song “Deşert De Sentimente,” of containing samples from Ciprian Porumbescu’s “Ballad for Violin and Orchestra” members of the jury did take note of the borrowed segments from Porumbescu’s work Section 2.7 of the rules of the Romanian national selection state that compositions submitted for the contest must be original Evidence of any violation may be submitted at any stage of the contest which will then be judged by a committee formed by the Romanian national broadcaster TVR TIRI was one of the three qualifiers from the semi-final gaining the second highest number of points from the five members of the jury but Nicoleta Ţicală will qualify,” Sorescu told Agora Media Ţicală came in fourth in the semi-final with the song “Una oportunidad.” Whatever the result of any investigation into the matter, finalists selected from the fourth semi-final will join those who qualified from semi-finals one, two and three at the grand final for Selecţia Naţională on 25th February in Bucharest A total of 60 artists are taking part in the Romanian Eurovision selection process this year with 12 acts in each of the 5 semi-finals the ultimate winner to be determined by the public The jury members vote according to the Eurovision system of points 1-8 the fifth and final semi-final of Selecţia Naţională will be broadcast live from Sighișoara The winner of Selecţia Naţională will perform in the 2nd semi-final of Eurovision 2018 on May 10th with the hope of maintaining Romania’s 100% qualification record and grabbing a spot in the Eurovision final on May 12th Source: Agoramedia.ro Romania first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 the country had tried to participate in 1993 but failed to get through the pre-qualifying round At the 1994 contest Dan Bittman finished 21st in the final scoring 14 points Romania didn’t make it through to another final until 1998 Romania’s best results in the contest are two third place finishes In 2005 Luminita Anghel & Sistem finished 3rd scoring 158 points while Paula Seling & Ovi finished 3rd in Oslo with the song “Playing with Fire” Romania missed the 2016 contest due to TVR being removed from the EBU Gerry joined the fandom quite late in the game in 2012 he dived in head-first and has no intention of coming back up and being able to sleep in on the weekends Evenimentul Zilei © 2025 - Toate drepturile rezervate Fill your ears with soothing music as The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in cooperation with the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra present “Sounds of Masters,” happening on June 17 ALEXANDRU TOMESCU/IMAGE s.inyourpocket.com The concert will be under the baton of Maestro Rodel Colmenar with special guest Alexandru Tomescu has won national and international awards at classical music festivals He has already performed in 200 concerts and recitals in 26 countries MANILA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA/IMAGE mlaphilharmonic Plan ahead of time and spend your Saturday night with some good ol’ classical music at “Sounds of Music Masters” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines What: Sounds of Master with the Philippine Harmonic Orchestra call Ticketworld at 02-891-9999 or MPO office at 0917-547-8787.