PS Ilarion from Făgărășanul honors his spiritual protectortranslated

His Holiness Father Hilarion Făgărășanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sibiu, celebrates his name day on Wednesday, the feast of Saint Hilarion the Great.

Born on March 4, 1955, in the town of Recea, Brașov county, the Reverend Father Ilarion Făgărășanul entered the Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery in Brașov in 1983.

At the age of 28, he was enshrined in the same monastery. On July 18, 1984, he became a priest, and in November of the same year he was ordained a monk, receiving the name Hilarion.

On November 17, 1984, Metropolitan Antonie Plămădeala ordained him hierodeacon on behalf of the Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu. On August 15, 1987, he was ordained a hieromonk, and in July 1992 he was ordained a priest.

On August 15, 1994, he became a proto-single, and in 1998 he was ordained an archimandrite. Between 1983 and 2000, he held the position of steward of Brâncoveanu Monastery - Sâmbăta de Sus, and on December 7, 2000 he was appointed abbot.

In 2014, Blessed Father Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, awarded him the "Holy Martyrs of Brâncove" Order for clerics. Also since 2014, he was named...