Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu will be honored in Galaţi through scientific eventstranslated

The Archdiocese of Lower Danube and the University of Galati are organizing, between November 5-6, a series of scientific and tribute events in memory of Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu.

The first manifestation of the tribute series is the National Conference "Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu: the era, the man, the work". This will take place on Thursday, November 5, from 09:00, at the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology in room AS011.

The conference is organized within the research project of the same name, funded by the "Lower Danube" University in Galati, and brings together 27 communications supported by researchers, teaching staff and clergy from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Austria and Germany.

The program continues On Friday, November 6, the program will begin with a memorial service, officiated by His Holiness Father Casian, Archbishop of Lower Danube, at the Archbishop's Cathedral in Galati, starting at 09:00. At 10:00 a.m. the inauguration of the bust of Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu is scheduled.

Between the hours of 10:30-12:30 there will be the tribute Symposium "Models of hierarchs, scholars and patriots: bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu and his successors from the 20th century"....