Iustin Ignatovici – „Coresi al Basarabiei”
Iustin Ignatovici – „Coresi of Bessarabia”

Summary/Abstract: My research related to the past of the Bessarabian Orthodox Church, the analysis of books and church periodicals published during tsarism, led me to personalities less known and studied by local historians - Father Iustin Ignatovici. The source of inspiration, as well as the basic source is the diocesan magazine Kisineovskie Eparhialinye Vedomosti, especially the obituary, which very modestly describes the exceptional work of the scholarly father. Another source is the missionary filaments, printed by the Orthodox Brotherhood „Nativity of the Lord” in Chisinau, where, among other collaborators, Father Justin was the most frequent and active. We remind you that by the Decision of April 5, 1900, of the Synod of St. Petersburg of the Orthodox Brotherhood “Birth of Christ” in Chisinau, it was allowed to publish books, brochures and leaflets, with moral-spiritual content, with Russian-Romanian bilingual text. The prodigious work in the catechesis and guidance of Bessarabian Christians was carried out with much perseverance by the famous leaders of the Bessarabian Church, who met in a special Commission, including Father Iustin Ignatovici. On the last page of the filaments, we find an important mention: „translated into Moldovan by prot. I. Ignatovici”. All the columns were coordinated by Father Iustin Ignatovici (after being cut into monasticism with the name of Ignatius), whom Father Paul Mihail calls „Coresi of Bessarabia”.

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