Varlaam (in the world of Vasile Motsok ; 1580 or 1585 , , Moldavian Principality - 1657 , , Moldavian Principality ) - Metropolitan of Moldavian Principality ( 1632 - 1653 ), publisher of the first printed book in Romanian (“Kazan "-" Cartea românească de învăţătură "( 1643 ).
| Barlaam (Metropolitan of Moldova) | |
|---|---|
| room Vasile Moţoc | |
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| Date of Birth | 1580 |
| Place of Birth | Bolotesti, Moldavian Principality |
| Date of death | 1657 |
| Place of death | Sekul Monastery , Neamt District , Moldavian Principality |
| Allegiance |  Moldavian Principality |
| Occupation | |
Biography
Born in 1580 (according to other sources in 1585) to the family of rezhesh from the village of Bolotesti (now the county of Vrancea, Romania ).
Fought for national and religious rights of Transylvanian Romanians. The champion of education and friendship with Russia . One of the founders of the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy ( 1640 ) in Iasi .
In 1637 - 1643, Vasily Lupu opened the first Moldovan printing house in Iasi with the participation of Metropolitan Varlaam and with the help of Moscow , Kiev and Lvov , from which equipment for printing and paper were brought. The printing house was printed 8 books, among them "Kazaniya Varlaam" ( 1643 ) and the first Moldavian collection of laws - "The Code of V. Lupu" ( 1646 ). Political turmoil led to the closure of the printing house in 1653 .
The beginning of the written tradition in Romanian is associated with his name [1] .
Leaving the pulpit, Barlaam retired to . By his order several Slavic manuscripts with elegant ornaments were rewritten.
He died in 1657 in the [2] . There he was buried.
Canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church. On March 7, 2018, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, was included in the month of the Russian Orthodox Church on September 12. [3] .
Memory
- The streets in Chisinau [4] and Balti are named after Barlaam.
- In 1999, a Moldova postage stamp dedicated to Barlaam was issued.
Major Works
- "Carte romaneasca de invatatura la dumenecele de preste an" (Casania)
- "Şapte Taine a Bisericii" (Seven sacraments of the church)
- “Răspunsul impotriva Catehismului calvinesc” (Response to Calvinistic Catechism)
Notes
- ↑ Moldavian SSR (b. XIV. Literature) is an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Located in the village of , now in Neamt County , Romania
- ↑ JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of March 7, 2018 / Official documents / Patriarchy.ru
- ↑ The first street of the “New City” Archival copy of April 2, 2015 on the Wayback Machine
Links
- Biography on the site HRONOS
- Barlaam (founder of typography in Moldova) // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.