Romanian Orthodox Church dedicates 2028 to biblical texts and translators, marking 340 years since Bucharest Bible

At its meeting on Thursday, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church designated 2028 as the Solemn Year of the Use of Biblical Texts in the Liturgical Life of the Church and the Commemorative Year of Translators and Printers of Biblical and Liturgical Books throughout the Romanian Patriarchate.

The year 2028 will mark the 340th anniversary of the publication of the Bucharest Bible, the first complete translation of Holy Scripture into Romanian.

The book contributed to the unification of the language, worship and culture of Romanians across all the historical Romanian provinces.

Historian Alexandru D. Xenopol described it as “the most significant monument of Romanian religious literature, both for its scope and for its wonderful language”.

This is not the first time that the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated a commemorative year to translators and printers of church books.

In 2019, the Church observed the Commemorative Year of Patriarchs Nicodim Munteanu and Iustin Moisescu and Translators of Church Books.

The year 2016 was designated the Commemorative Year of St Anthimos the Iberian and Church Printers, while 2008 was the Jubilee Year of…