The "History of the Popești-Leordeni locality and the Vintilă Vodă Church from its foundation to the present" has appearedtranslated

The Cuvântul Vieții publishing house of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrogea has recently published the monographic volume "History of the Popești-Leordeni locality and the Vintilă Vodă Church from its foundation to the present".

Signed by Rev. Ioan Bondar, parish priest of the Vintilă Vodă Church and Dean of Ilfov-Sud within the Archdiocese of Bucharest, the volume represents the first monographic approach that has a historical and religious monument from the locality at its center.

The archbishop confesses, in the text on Cover 4, that he wanted to write this work as a crowning of the renovation work done at the church recently.

A landmark church The Cuvântul Vieții publishing house of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrogea recently published the monographic volume "History of the Popești-Leordeni locality and the Vintilă Vodă Church from its foundation to the present" by Fr. John Bondar. Photo: BASILICA / Raluca Ene The foreword is signed by Rev. Prof. Daniel Benga from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

"The father did not only take care of the restoration of the place of worship, but, through patience, dedication and concern for the preservation of the local heritage, he managed to bring before the reader the image of yesterday and of...