The Establishment of the First Metropolitan See of Wallachia
The Establishment of the First Metropolitan See of Wallachia

Author(s): Daniel Gligore
Subject(s): History
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: The Metropolitan See of Wallachia; Iachint; Nicolae Alexandru Basarab; Curtea de Argeş; recognition of Metropolitan See
Summary/Abstract: The seat of the first Metropolitan See of Wallachia—which was canonically recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople—was established at Curtea de Argeș, along side with the Princely seat. This ecclesiastical structure—together with the existing princely seats which were attested long before the foundation of Wallachia—demonstrate that “the [Romanian]nation was born spontaneously and naturally as a Christian nation, because conventional Christianity together with the Latin culture contributed to its formation. We are Romanians because we areChristians and we are Christians because we are Romanians

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