St. Antim Ivireanul, father of the nation: He left us the Liturgy printed in the language of the people, says PS Varlaam Ploieșteanultranslated

St. Antim Ivireanul was "a great father of our nation and a great shepherd of the Church", said His Holiness Father Varlaam Ploieșteanul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop, on Sunday, at the consecration of the Antim Monastery in Bucharest.

The hierarch mentioned the Liturgy in Romanian that the saint printed and which led to the definitive imposition of the Romanian language in the worship of our Church.

"We are among the few churches that have had the liturgy for several hundred years in the spoken language, because both in the Slavic-speaking churches and in the Greek-speaking churches liturgical languages ​​from the medieval period are used, which are not understood by the participants in the Liturgy or in the other services", stated His Eminence.

"If we make a comparison between today's text, from 2026, and the one from 1701, when he printed it, we see that, for the most part, the text is identical to today's. A Romanian language so clear, so expressive, so clear and which, here, for more than 300 years, cultivated not only the language of our nation, but especially its spiritual growth by participating in the Holy and The Divine Liturgy, in which we partake of every word spoken or sung."...