The Bishop of Slatina and Romanits turns 60 years oldtranslated

The Most Reverend Father Sebastian, Bishop of Slatina and Romanians, turns 60 on Thursday.

He was born on November 5, 1966, to parents Gheorghe and Maria Paşcanu, in the town of Moreni, Dâmboviţa county. At Baptism he received the name Sorin Petrică.

He attended primary and secondary school in the village of Minieri, Prahova county (1973-1981), the first stage at the Economic High School in Ploiesti (1981-1983) and the Theological Seminary at the Neamţ Monastery (1983-1988).

He then attended the courses of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest (1988-1992) and the doctorate at the Faculty of Theology in Thessaloniki - Greece, obtaining the title of Doctor of Liturgy (1992-1997).

The monastic life In 1988, he was ordained a monk and ordained a hierodeacon at the Crasna Monastery, Prahova county.

In 1996 he was ordained a hieromonk. In the period 1996-1999 he was abbot of the hermitage, and then between 1997-2001 he served as exarch of the monasteries within the Archdiocese of Bucharest.

In 1998, on the occasion of the consecration of the new church of the Crasna Monastery, he received the rank of Protosinghel, and in 2000, on the feast of St. Antim Ivireanul, he was ordained an archimandrite at...