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[00:01:04] preparing for the feast of Saint Parascheva. Iași has
[00:01:07] shared the joy of faith and the prayers of thousands of
[00:01:11] pilgrims. They have already come to
[00:01:33] Bukovina and we will discover
[00:01:37] or St. Simeon the Red
[00:01:46] under the title Catolica. Ciprian Dumea invites us to discover
[00:01:50] places, people, and events from the life of Catholic communities in
[00:01:54] Faith program. The pilgrimage from the country and abroad. Today about the pilgrimage
[00:01:57] of the relics of Saint Francis of
[00:02:09] initially by Saint George of
[00:02:16] The year 2026 represents a jubilee year for the Franciscan
[00:02:19] Order. It marks 800 years since the death of the founder
[00:02:23] of the Order, Saint Francis of Assisi. On this occasion, the members
[00:02:26] of the order wanted to mark this jubilee year in a very
[00:02:30] special way. It is for the first time that the relics of Saint
[00:02:34] Francis, placed in the crypt of the Basilica of Assisi, have been
[00:02:37] brought out for public veneration. During
[00:02:40] these 800 years, the earthly remains of the Poor Little Man of
[00:02:43] Assisi, as Saint Francis is also known, have been brought
[00:02:47] out several times, either for
[00:02:50] Her merciful love for re-authentication, or for various internal events,
[00:02:53] or for the maintenance of the place where they are placed, but
[00:02:56] they have never been exposed for public veneration. Therefore,
[00:03:00] this jubilee of 800 years since his death meant not
[00:03:04] only the public exposure for veneration in Assisi, but
[00:03:07] also the carrying of parts of his relics throughout
[00:03:10] the world. In this context, our country, which has a
[00:03:13] significant presence of the Franciscan family, in all its
[00:03:17] branches, has been hosting a special relic of Saint
[00:03:21] Francis for more than two months. This is
[00:03:23] the first time that a relic of Saint Francis is
[00:03:27] in Romania on a national
[00:03:30] pilgrimage. It is a small
[00:03:32] fragment of the ashes of his
[00:03:35] body, excineribus
[00:03:38] corporis, preserved in an oval,
[00:03:42] gilded reliquary, fixed
[00:03:45] on a bust with the face of Saint Francis. He
[00:03:49] is considered the messenger of peace and I believe that
[00:03:52] it was a pilgrimage of
[00:03:54] peace in a world where in
[00:03:58] the name of justice, many conflicts are initiated. He tells
[00:04:02] his brothers, Saint Francis tells them to
[00:04:04] often give up their
[00:04:08] own rights for the sake of peace. After
[00:04:11] visiting several regions of the country already, in these days of
[00:04:14] October, the relic is on pilgrimage in the Roman Catholic
[00:04:18] Archdiocese of Bucharest, with a special frequency right in
[00:04:21] the capital. On this occasion, Catholic faithful and not only
[00:04:24] them, were able to participate in various communities in
[00:04:27] pilgrimages specially organized by members.
[00:04:33] Among the visited places is the parish of Saint Therese of the Child
[00:04:36] Jesus, where one of the most numerous Catholic communities in
[00:04:40] Bucharest is located, and even though the pilgrimage schedule was
[00:04:44] set on a working day and even during a time when
[00:04:47] people are coming home from school or work,
[00:04:51] nevertheless, numerous faithful were present both at the arrival
[00:04:54] of the relic and throughout the rest of the day, the church remaining
[00:04:58] open until the last
[00:06:24] of Saint Francis of Assisi, which began on July
[00:06:27] 31st, after visiting over 60 parishes and
[00:06:30] communities, will conclude on October
[00:06:33] 17th.
[00:06:40] And now the moment has come, dear friends, to offer you some
[00:06:43] news from the religious actuality in our country.
[00:07:01] Samurcășești Monastery was last Sunday the host of a
[00:07:04] special event. The local proclamation of the canonization
[00:07:08] of the Holy Martyr Evloghia. A council of
[00:07:11] three hierarchs celebrated the Divine Liturgy, during which
[00:07:15] the synodal Tomos of canonization was read and the
[00:07:18] icon of the Holy Martyr Evloghia was presented.
[00:07:21] His Grace Father Paisie Sinaitul read the message
[00:07:25] addressed by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to
[00:07:28] the monastic community of Samurcăști, on
[00:07:31] the occasion of the local proclamation of the canonization of the Holy Martyr
[00:07:34] Evloghia. Through her activity, Saint
[00:07:37] Pious Evloghia was a
[00:07:40] blessing sent upon the poor,
[00:07:44] upon the villages of Wallachia, and upon the church
[00:07:48] tested in times of atheistic, communist
[00:07:51] persecution. Analyzing her spiritual
[00:07:54] work, three
[00:07:58] important aspects emerge.
[00:08:03] the poor people, her permanent
[00:08:06] missionary work, and her confession of
[00:08:09] Christ at the cost of her life. The love
[00:08:12] shown to the poor and sick by the Holy
[00:08:16] Venerable Martyr Evloghia
[00:08:20] was the fruit of a heart that had itself
[00:08:24] been helped by God. Through
[00:08:27] the intercession of the Mother of God and Saint Great Martyr
[00:08:31] Catherine. She lay for
[00:08:34] entire years without strength, gravely ill, knowing
[00:08:38] what poverty, illness, and the forgetfulness
[00:08:42] of others mean. That is why, in the face
[00:08:46] of the hungry, the orphan, or the sick,
[00:08:49] the venerable woman did not see a stranger, but she saw
[00:08:53] Christ, who helped her and gave her strength to
[00:08:57] do good to those around her. At the end of
[00:09:01] the liturgy, the clergy and the faithful venerated
[00:09:04] the icon of the Venerable Martyr Evloghia and her
[00:09:07] holy relics which were brought to the monastery on the
[00:09:11] eve.
[00:09:19] Sunday, October 4th, the local proclamation of the canonization
[00:09:23] of Saint Pious Antonina
[00:09:26] took place at Tismana Monastery. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by an episcopal
[00:09:29] council led by His Eminence Father
[00:09:33] Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia. Saint
[00:09:36] Antonina, whose baptismal name was Ilinca, entered
[00:09:39] monasticism in 1950, at the age of two.
[00:09:50] Until her canonization and her inclusion in
[00:09:53] the list of saints, of holy
[00:09:56] women, proclaimed by the Holy
[00:09:59] Synod, through the care of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Saint
[00:10:03] Antonina was even little known as a
[00:10:06] saint in this holy monastery. The nuns
[00:10:10] knew her by her deeds,
[00:10:13] by her piety, by
[00:10:16] her efforts, but she was much more, she was a
[00:10:20] model of holiness, a model
[00:10:23] of spiritual peace, of
[00:10:26] unceasing prayer, she was ready for sacrifice,
[00:10:30] ready for self-sacrifice for all things. She presented
[00:10:33] herself before God, full of
[00:10:36] love and affection. Saint
[00:10:39] Antonina passed away on December 23rd,
[00:10:42] 2011, and the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
[00:10:46] canonized her in 2025,
[00:10:49] along with 15 other holy
[00:10:52] women.
[00:11:03] At the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, the pilgrimage to the relics of Saint
[00:11:07] Pious Parascheva is in full swing. For
[00:11:10] this year's celebration, the relics of Saint Paisie were brought
[00:11:14] from Sihăstria Monastery. The reliquaries
[00:11:17] with the relics of Saint Parascheva and Saint Paisie
[00:11:20] were carried in procession and placed for
[00:11:23] veneration at the Metropolitan Cathedral on Thursday, October
[00:11:26] 8th, and this moment marked the official
[00:11:29] opening of the pilgrimage. Tens of thousands of
[00:11:33] pilgrims from the country and abroad have so far venerated
[00:11:36] the relics of Saints Parascheva and Paisie from
[00:11:40] Sihăstria and
[00:11:43] the Metropolitan Cathedral. This morning, the service of
[00:11:47] consecration of the church of Saints Emperor Constantine and Helena,
[00:11:50] Galata in Iași, is being performed, and starting
[00:11:53] at 7:00 PM, the traditional procession, the Way of
[00:11:57] the Saints, will take place. The culminating moment of the pilgrimage will
[00:12:00] be the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on October
[00:12:04] 14th, the feast of Saint Pious
[00:12:07] Parascheva, which you will be able to watch live on
[00:12:10] TVR 1, starting at 9:30
[00:12:14] in a special edition of the Universe of
[00:12:19] Iași will end on October 15th in the evening,
[00:12:23] after the Vespers service. We continue the universe
[00:22:31] to feminine figures of holiness, today we propose
[00:22:34] that we discover Saint Pious Filofteea of
[00:22:38] Pasărea. A true practitioner of eremitic
[00:22:41] monasticism, she remains through the ages a perfect icon
[00:22:44] of a Christian mother, being the one who gave our
[00:22:48] nation the holy hierarch
[00:22:50] Calinic of Cernica. The Holy Synod canonized her at the session
[00:22:54] of July 1st, 2025, and
[00:22:56] starting this year, she is inscribed in the Orthodox calendar on
[00:23:20] is primarily a devoted Christian mother,
[00:23:23] who sacrificed for her children,
[00:23:26] and also a great
[00:23:29] intercessor before God,
[00:23:32] who proved to be a swift helper to those who
[00:23:36] sought her help. I underwent a rather
[00:23:40] serious surgical intervention, and during
[00:23:43] the
[00:23:45] intervention, in the period when it was quite
[00:23:49] serious and I was resuscitated next to the bed, I saw myself on a white
[00:23:52] hospital bed and next to the bed was a saint
[00:23:56] dressed in such beautiful golden garments
[00:23:59] and I didn't know and I asked her: Who
[00:24:02] are you? and she said, Saint Filofteea, a
[00:24:06] woman 40, 50 years old, so
[00:24:09] gentle, so beautiful and with an
[00:24:13] extraordinary peace,
[00:24:16] that I wouldn't have left there.
[00:24:34] Devotion to Saint
[00:24:37] Filofteea began even when she was not known to be
[00:24:40] a saint. Yes, she remained in the consciousness of Pasărea Monastery
[00:24:44] for 200 years. This shows a spiritual
[00:24:47] imprint that she left on the souls of
[00:24:50] the nuns, the nuns who were contemporary with her and who in
[00:24:54] turn transmitted to subsequent generations
[00:24:57] this
[00:25:00] appreciation, this devotion they had for
[00:25:03] the schemanun Filofteea. It's no small
[00:25:06] thing to identify this devotion at a distance of
[00:25:10] 200 years and some information to
[00:25:13] be transmitted from generation to generation to our
[00:25:17] days, although it was never written down. Because we also have
[00:25:20] such information that came through the thread of tradition,
[00:25:24] tradition which is dynamic and which is very important in recording
[00:25:28] the biographies of saints. Saint
[00:25:31] Pious Filofteea of Pasărea, Floarea by her baptismal
[00:25:34] name, was born in the middle of the 18th century, into a
[00:25:38] devout family from Bucharest. She married
[00:25:41] young to Antonia Antonescu, a descendant of a
[00:25:44] noble family from the capital, and together they had four
[00:25:48] children.
[00:25:59] They lived in Bucharest in the district or neighborhood, as we would call it today, of Saint Visarion.
[00:26:02] And the fact that she had connections with other
[00:26:05] noble families can be found from the
[00:26:09] event of the baptism of her second son, namely
[00:26:12] the boy Constantin, who would become Saint
[00:26:15] Calinic. The godmother was
[00:26:18] Luxandra Văcărescu, from the Văcărescu family,
[00:26:21] a family that gave Saint Ianache Văcărescu as a
[00:26:25] saint, who was martyred together with Saint
[00:26:29] Constantin Brâncoveanu. It was a family that,
[00:26:32] being in Bucharest,
[00:26:36] living in the Saint Visarion neighborhood,
[00:26:38] educated her four
[00:26:42] children, sending them to school and taking
[00:26:45] all care that they would
[00:26:48] grow beautifully and bear
[00:26:51] fruit in the church, in society, and in
[00:26:55] the family. The image and example
[00:26:58] of Saint Filofteea, the mother of Saint Calinic, can throughout
[00:27:03] time, an example for us, those of
[00:27:07] today, and especially for mothers, who, although
[00:27:10] they are, somewhat caught
[00:27:14] in the tumult of this
[00:27:17] modern life, we still find quite
[00:27:20] many Christian mothers who prioritize
[00:27:24] the education of their children
[00:27:27] first.
[00:27:29] Among the children of Saint Filoftea,
[00:27:33] two of them chose to embrace the
[00:27:36] monastic life. It is, of course, about the holy hierarch
[00:27:40] Calinic from Cernica and about the one who
[00:27:43] would later bear the name Akachie,
[00:27:46] who was initially a secular priest and later chose to join
[00:27:50] the community of Cernica monastery along with his brother,
[00:27:53] Saint Hierarch Calinic. Saint Calinic from Cernica went to
[00:27:57] the monastery at a young
[00:27:59] age, at 16 years old,
[00:28:03] going through all the stages of forming a
[00:28:06] monk in that wonderful community led
[00:28:12] Cernica and later by
[00:28:15] Abbot Iachint of Cernica and later by Abbot Timotei, during
[00:28:19] whose time Saint Calinic also entered
[00:28:23] monasticism. After the early passing to eternity
[00:28:26] of her husband Antonie, with the blessing of the holy hierarch
[00:28:30] Calinic, Saint Filoftea also chose the path of the monastery and
[00:28:34] entered the community of Pasărea Skete, a place of
[00:28:37] prayer built by the monks from Cernica,
[00:28:40] specifically to offer shelter and peace to their mothers
[00:28:44] and sisters. From
[00:28:47] the life of Saint Calinic, we know that
[00:28:50] his mother, after becoming a widow,
[00:28:54] with the blessing of her son, Saint
[00:28:58] Calinic, went to Pasărea Skete
[00:29:01] where... it was a place of prayer and it is a place of prayer
[00:29:05] for nuns
[00:29:07] who, like the ancient
[00:29:10] women in the tradition and history
[00:29:14] of the church, have kept and keep the lamp of faith
[00:29:18] burning, being living models for
[00:29:21] generations and generations of young women,
[00:29:24] of mothers, who
[00:29:27] have been like apostles of
[00:29:31] our ancestral church in this
[00:29:35] Pasărea Skete, a skete which
[00:29:38] was under the blessing of the monastery and
[00:29:42] the abbot of Cernica monastery. Saint Calinic built
[00:29:45] a kathisma for his mother, following the
[00:29:49] Athonite model, kathisma meaning a house with several
[00:29:52] cells and a chapel, and later in her old age,
[00:29:56] to alleviate the infirmities of his mother's old age,
[00:29:59] Saint Calinic also built...
[00:30:03] a well in front of this kathisma. Unfortunately, they were not
[00:30:06] preserved, but they remained as a living memory in the minds
[00:30:08] of the residents of Pasărea Monastery. Although
[00:30:12] she took monastic vows at an advanced age, her rich
[00:30:16] spiritual life cultivated since childhood helped
[00:30:20] Saint Filofteia to naturally adapt to the strict rule
[00:30:23] of Pasărea Skete. With humility, she went through all
[00:30:27] the stages of obedience specific to a novice
[00:30:30] nun. She then received
[00:30:32] tonsure into the great schema with the name Schemanun
[00:30:35] Filoftea, quickly becoming beloved and
[00:30:39] valued by the entire community for her steadfast dedication
[00:30:42] to ceaseless prayer.
[00:30:45] In a document from
[00:30:48] 1828, when
[00:30:51] the abbess at that time, Iustina, due to old age,
[00:30:55] withdrew from her duties as abbess.
[00:30:58] The council elected another abbess, Schemanun
[00:31:02] Raxia, and this election
[00:31:06] paper was sent to the local metropolitan for.