{"id":186950,"date":"2018-01-24T18:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=186950"},"modified":"2018-01-24T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:45:19","slug":"scientific-session-held-at-the-patriarchates-palace-the-union-of-the-romanian-principalities-the-foundation-of-the-1918-great-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/scientific-session-held-at-the-patriarchates-palace-the-union-of-the-romanian-principalities-the-foundation-of-the-1918-great-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific session held at the Patriarchate\u2019s Palace: \u2018The Union of the Romanian Principalities: the foundation of the 1918 Great Union\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Patriarch of Romania, the President of Romania, the President of the Romanian Academy, academicians, professors, clergy and other officials were among the attendees of the Wednesday scientific session \u2018The Union of the Romanian Principalities: the foundation of the 1918 Great Union\u2019 that took place at the Patriarch Teoctist Aula of the Patriarchal Palace, the place where the Elective Assembly of Wallachia gathered under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Nifon on 24 January 1859.<\/h4>\n<p>Chairing the festive session was the Romanian Academy\u2019s President Cristian Hera who pointed to the need of unity so as to attain to power.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018May we follow the example of the founders of the 1859 and 1918 Unions, astral events that warm the souls of Romanians in cold winter times and forever. Let us pass on to our successors a united, worthy and respectful country, in which may concord prevail regardless of the differences between us of any kind such as ethnic, religious, social or political. Let us always have one thought: union gives power,\u2019 said Academician Hera in his opening remarks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ro_RO\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.11';  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799075093610489\/\" data-width=\"890\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799075093610489\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799075093610489\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Edi\u021bieSpecial\u0103 dedicat\u0103 Unirii Principatelor Rom\u00e2neSesiunea de comunic\u0103ri \u0219tiin\u021bifice \u201eUnirea Principatelor Rom\u00e2ne, temelie a Marii Uniri de la 1918\u201d \u00een Aula Magna \u201eTeoctist Patriarhul\u201d din Palatul Patriarhiei. La eveniment particip\u0103 Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Daniel, Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne, Pre\u015fedintele Rom\u00e2niei, Domnul Klaus Iohannis, Pre\u0219edintele Academiei Rom\u00e2ne, Domnul Academician Cristian Hera, \u015fi Domnul Academician Dan Berindei #AcademiaRom\u00e2n\u0103Depunerea coroanelor de flori la statuia Domnitorului Alexandru Ioan Cuza pe Dealul PatriarhieiSlujba de Te Deum oficiat\u0103 de Preafericitul P\u0103rinte Daniel, Patriarhul Rom\u00e2nieiSf\u00e2nta Liturghie de la Catedrala Patriarhal\u0103 din Bucure\u0219ti #LIVE #24ianuarie #UnireaPrincipatelorRom\u00e2ne #Unire #Unitate<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/\">TRINITAS TV<\/a> on 23 Ianuarie 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Klaus Iohannis took the floor and stressed that the political elites of the time \u2018have understood the historical moment and have followed the general interest of society,\u2019 thus achieving \u2018a fundamental moment of the birth of the Romanian state.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018The message over time of the Union of the Principalities, as well as that of the Great Union, is found in the spirit, the energy, and the social determination to follow our European destiny. In these two fundamental moments of our modern history, Romanians were led by diligent leaders,\u2019 President Klaus Iohannis noted Jan. 24.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presented his speech entitled \u2018The building where the Union was decided\u2019, in which he pointed to the importance of the commemoration of the \u2018Fundamental Union\u2019 that took place \u2018on the well-known Hill of the Metropolis, a landmark of history, faith and culture, a place of blessings that brings joy to humans.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018For Romania\u2019s history, the day of 24 January 1859 represents a fundamental moment in which the hierarchs and clergy of the Church, politicians and the people, gathered on the Hill of the Metropolis, had a decisive role for the Union of the Romanian Principalities,\u2019 the patriarch said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The eldest Romanian academician and president of the Romanian Academy\u2019s History Department, Dan Berindei, highlighted that \u2018to the wonder of the entire Europe, the Union of the Principalities was a common goal of an entire nation that demonstrated its existence as a strong David prevailing over several Goliaths.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speakers for the scientific session included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academician Victor Spinei, who referred to the \u2018Union of the Principalities in an international context\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Academician Ioan Aurel Pop, who stressed the \u2018Importance of the 1859 Union for Romanians in Transylvania\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Academician Victor Voicu, who entitled his speech \u2018Romanian elite and the achievement of the Romanian Principalities\u2019 Union\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Academician Eugen Simion, who meditated on Romanian literary critic George Calinescu\u2019s characterization of the 1859 Union Founders as \u2018positive Messianic\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ro_RO\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.11';  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799188783599120\/?notif_id=1516785385594695&amp;notif_t=live_video_explicit\" data-width=\"890\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799188783599120\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/videos\/799188783599120\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Edi\u021bieSpecial\u0103 dedicat\u0103 Unirii Principatelor Rom\u00e2neSesiunea de comunic\u0103ri \u0219tiin\u021bifice \u201eUnirea Principatelor Rom\u00e2ne, temelie a Marii Uniri de la 1918\u201d \u00een Aula Magna \u201eTeoctist Patriarhul\u201d din Palatul Patriarhiei#LIVE #24ianuarie #UnireaPrincipatelorRom\u00e2ne #Unire #Unitate<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trinitastv\/\">TRINITAS TV<\/a> on 24 Ianuarie 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attending the session were the State Secretary for Religious Affairs, Mr Victor Opaschi, Presidential Adviser Sergiu Nistor, members of the Standing National Church Council and of Bucharest\u2019s Archdiocesan Council.<\/p>\n<p>His Grace Bishop Varlaam closed the scientific session by presenting two volumes on the contribution of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the 1918 Great Union, published by the Basilica Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Patriarch Daniel addressed thanks to all those present.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-186950 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1024x654' 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