{"id":241203,"date":"2019-06-10T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=241203"},"modified":"2019-06-10T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:28:12","slug":"bronze-bust-of-romanian-priest-iraclie-porumbescu-unveiled-in-chernivtsi-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/bronze-bust-of-romanian-priest-iraclie-porumbescu-unveiled-in-chernivtsi-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronze bust of Romanian priest Iraclie Porumbescu unveiled in Chernivtsi region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A bronze bust depicting priest Iraclie Porumbescu, the father of the renowned Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, was unveiled during a religious ceremony held at the beginning of June at the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Boian, Chernivtsi region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Father Iraclie was a parish priest at this church from 1857 to 1859.<\/p>\n<p>The bronze sculpture was made by the local artist Cristian Bota, BucPress reports.<\/p>\n<p>The June 2 unveiling ceremony was attended by local people, guests from Romania and Ukraine, as well as Consul Edmond Neagoe from the General Consulate of Romania in Chernivtsi.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first statue dedicated to Iraclie Porumbescu in the entire Romanian space.<\/p>\n<h4>Iraclie Porumbescu: biography<\/h4>\n<p>Iraclie Porumbescu, born Golembiovski, was an Orthodox priest and Romanian writer in Bukovina and the father of the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu.<\/p>\n<p>He served as parish priest in several villages in Bukovina, including \u0218ipotele Sucevei (1850-1857; 1859-1865), Boian (1857-1859), Stupca (1865-1884) and Fr\u0103t\u0103u\u021bii Noi (1884-1896).<\/p>\n<p>He was a talented writer and received the surname of \u2018Bukovina\u2019s Creanga\u2019, being compared to the Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher Ion Creanga.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-241203 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='2048x1361' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bust-Iraclie-Porumbescu-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bust-Iraclie-Porumbescu-1-360x360.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='478x250' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Array-9560b.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Array-9560b-360x250.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='2048x1361' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bust-Iraclie-Porumbescu-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bust-Iraclie-Porumbescu-2-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/bucpress.eu\/\">bucpress.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze bust depicting priest Iraclie Porumbescu, the father of the renowned Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, was unveiled during a religious ceremony held at the beginning of June at the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Boian, Chernivtsi region. Father Iraclie was a parish priest at this church from 1857 to 1859. 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