PS Teofil Trotușan consecrated the foundation stone of the Lapoș Hermitage, a re-established monastic settlementtranslated

The Most Reverend Father Teofil Trotușanul, Vicar Bishop of the Roman and Bacau Archdiocese, consecrated on Monday the foundation stone for the church of a recently re-established monastic settlement in the diocese: the Lapoș Hermitage in Bacau county.

The day began with the Holy Liturgy celebrated on an outdoor podium and continued with the consecration service.

Archim were part of the cathedral. Nicolae Dănilă, Exarch of the Monasteries and Hermitages of the Roman and Bacău Archdiocese, Father Costel Mareș, Archpriest of Moinești, Father Diocesan Inspector Constantin Răzvan Popovici and other clerics from the diocese.

Two centuries old monastic hearth PS Teofil Trotușanul consecrated on Monday, July 27, 2026, the foundation stone of a re-established hermitage in Lapoș, near Darmănești. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău "This place where we are was chosen by our ancestors at the beginning of the 18th century to build a house of prayer for God, a monastery where the candle will not be extinguished and God will be glorified in the Holy Trinity. Because here, at the beginning of the 18th century, a monastery was built in honor of the Most Holy Trinity", said the Most Reverend Father Theophilus...