Program: Local proclamation of the canonization of Saint Constantine Sârbutranslated

The local proclamation of the canonization of the Holy Martyr Constantin Sârbu will take place on Friday, October 23, at the Mihai Vodă Monastery in Bucharest.

The organizational details of the proclamation were established during a meeting held at the Mihai Vodă Monastery and the Sapience Church, the place where Saint Constantin Sârbu served in the last part of his life.

Schedule Thursday, October 22 16:00 – Vigil Service: Great Vespers with Litany and Matins;

Friday, October 23 08:30 – Holy Liturgy, officiated by a council of hierarchs, priests and deacons;

11:00 – Proclamation ceremony: reading of the Synodal Tomos and presentation of the icon of the Saint.

The life of the Holy Priest Martyr Constantin Sârbu He was born on January 10, 1905, in Cavadinești, Galați county. He lost his mother when he was a child, and his father was injured, so he could no longer take care of the children.

At the age of almost 12, he was enrolled in the School of Church Singers. In 1919, at the age of 15, he was admitted to the Theological Seminary in Galați. From 1925 he became a student in Bucharest, at the Faculty of Theology and the Academy of Music.

He married Maria Constantinescu,...