The Most Reverend Father Vincentiu celebrates his name daytranslated

His Holiness Father Vincentiu, Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași, celebrates his spiritual protector on Wednesday.

Saint Vincent the Martyr, celebrated on November 11, is originally from Spain. He was a deacon of Bishop Valerie of Augustopolia, and during the persecutions ordered by the pagan emperor Diocletian, he was arrested together with his bishop by the judge Datian, a persecutor of Christians.

After his martyrdom, the body of Saint Vincent was thrown away without burial, but it was wonderfully guarded by a raven sent by God, which did not allow birds or beasts to touch it. Then thrown into the sea, his body miraculously returned to the shore, where it was picked up by Christians and buried with honor.

Reverend Father Vincentiu He was born on August 23, 1954, in Bucharest. He attended primary, secondary and high school education in Bucharest, obtaining his baccalaureate diploma at Matei Basarab High School. Between 1974-1978, he attended the courses of the University Theological Institute in Sibiu, where he obtained a degree in theology.

In the period 1978-1983 he worked at the Publishing House of the Biblical and Orthodox Mission Institute in Bucharest...