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Archbishop Victorin Ursache mentioned in Putna: He kept all his life what he learned in the family and at the monastery of Metaniatranslated

July 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Archbishop Victorin Ursache, who led the Romanian Orthodox Missionary Archdiocese of America and Canada from 1966 to 2001, was commemorated at the Putna Monastery on Saturday, on the 25th anniversary of his passing to the Lord.

His Holiness Father Damaschin Dorneanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți, officiated the Mass in the voivodeship church, then spoke about three essential virtues of the hierarch worth remembering. The first: observance of good order.

"Growing up in a family of faithful people, he kept what he learned there all his life. What he learned in the Neamț Monastery, where he entered as a brother and where he was a monk and received ordination as a deacon and priest, he did not forget them where God appointed him to serve the Church - neither in Jerusalem, nor in the almost 50 years of his stay in America", he emphasized the hierarch.

Good order, reverence and faithfulness

The second virtue of the hierarch was the spirit of sacrifice, continued the Most Reverend Father Damascene of Dornea. This proved both in the family with nine brothers in which he grew up, and in the pioneering times in the mission done in the Holy Land and...

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თეა აბაშიძე

Thanks for this short story. I especially liked that there were nine brothers and sisters in the family, and he still retained what he learned at home and in the Niamtsi monastery. We also often forget this "good order" when we are away from home.

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ქეთევან ლომიძე

Thea, that's what I liked too - that growing up among nine brothers and sisters, at least he didn't lose what he learned in the family and in Niamtsi. I see in my life that "good order" is most lacking when we have a new place or job. What causes you to forget it most often?

ქეთევან მამულაშვილი

I agree, Thea, for a child of nine to not lose his streak, that's a really strong character. It's the same with me - when we moved to a new apartment in Batumi after retirement, in the first months I often postponed going to church in the evening under the pretext of "arranging the house". How did you fight against it?

ქეთევან კვარაცხელია

I agree with you, Ketevan, that the "good line" mostly disappears when you move to a new place or job. In my case too, when I retired in Batumi and had more time at home, I often postponed knitting or baking in the evening saying "I have household chores first". What will cause you to forget this order the most in a new environment?

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მაია ჯავახიშვილი

I agree with you, Ketevan, if a child raised in a family of nine children does not lose his temper, it is a really strong character. I tell my two children at school every day not to postpone the evening prayer, even if I have to pick the last tomatoes in the garden. How did you finally fit the evening church in the new apartment in Batumi?