{"id":224733,"date":"2019-01-17T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T08:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=224733"},"modified":"2019-01-17T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T08:58:28","slug":"in-pictures-bucharest-believers-commemorate-national-poet-mihai-eminescu-on-his-169th-birthday-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/in-pictures-bucharest-believers-commemorate-national-poet-mihai-eminescu-on-his-169th-birthday-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Bucharest believers commemorate National Poet Mihai Eminescu on his 169th birthday anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romania\u2019s National Poet Mihai Eminescu was prayerfully commemorated during a memorial service officiated Tuesday at the poet\u2019s tomb at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest on his 169th birth anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mihai Eminescu, born on January 15, 1850, in the village of Ipotesti, near Botosani, in North-Eastern Romania, is considered Romania\u2019s greatest poet.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a novelist and an important journalist of his time. To honour his memory, Romania celebrates the National Culture Day on January 15.<\/p>\n<p>An assembly of Orthodox priests, led by Fr Gheorghe Dilirici, officiated a memorial service for the poet at his tomb, in the presence of many believers who came to pay tribute to one of Romania\u2019s greatest personalities.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, flowers were laid at Eminescu&#8217;s tomb.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-224733 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='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-022.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-022-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-027.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-027-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-039.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-039-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-059.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-059-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-186.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-186-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1620x1080' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-190.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019.01.15-Pomenire-Mihai-Eminescu-cim-Belu-190-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Lumina Newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s National Poet Mihai Eminescu was prayerfully commemorated during a memorial service officiated Tuesday at the poet\u2019s tomb at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest on his 169th birth anniversary. Mihai Eminescu, born on January 15, 1850, in the village of Ipotesti, near Botosani, in North-Eastern Romania, is considered Romania\u2019s greatest poet. 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