Dobrogea Day: 148 years have passed since the reunification of the region with Romaniatranslated

Dobrogea Day is celebrated annually on November 14, marking the reintegration of the province into the Romanian state in 1878.

In the context of the Russo-Romanian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, the Romanian army crossed the Danube and recaptured the area of the kingdom. On November 14, 1878, the "Proclamation to the Dobrogeans" of King Carol I confirmed the takeover by the Romanian authorities of the administration of Dobrogea.

To mark this day, it was adopted by Law 230/2015 to celebrate Dobrogea Day on November 14.

The region is the cradle of Romanian Christianity, being the place where the Holy Apostles Andrew and Philip preached the Gospel for the first time in this area.

There are also holy martyrs and confessors, who have kept the Christian faith alive since the first centuries on the territory of Dobrogea, such as: Saint John Cassian and Saint German of Dobrogea; Saint Bretanion, Bishop of Tomis; The Holy Martyrs of Niculițel: Zotic, Atal, Camasie and Philip and Saint Teotimus I, Bishop of Tomis.

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