{"id":324593,"date":"2021-07-09T17:45:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=324593"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T17:34:33","slug":"hg-damaschin-blesses-the-first-monument-to-anti-communist-resistance-in-bucovina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/hg-damaschin-blesses-the-first-monument-to-anti-communist-resistance-in-bucovina\/","title":{"rendered":"HG Bishop Damaschin blesses the first monument to anti-communist Resistance in Bucovina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Auxiliary Bishop to the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi, blessed on Thursday the first monument commemorating the anti-communist Resistance in Bukovina. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is located in Vicovu de Jos, on the spot where Lt. Vladimir Macoveiciuc was shot by orders of the Soviets. He was the leader of the most important anti-communist Resistance group in Bucovina.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The blessing ceremony was attended by Abbot Melchisedec of Putna, Radu Ciuceanu, a survivor of the Pite\u0219ti experiment and author of a study on the armed resistance in Bucovina, Irina-Loredana St\u0103nculescu, General Consul of Romania in Cern\u0103u\u021bi, Father Ionel-Constantin Malo\u0219, Dean of R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi, clerics and local officials.<\/p>\n<p>The honouring of the national flag and the blessing of the monument were followed by a commemoration service for the volunteer peasant-soldiers who fought in the Regional Fixed Battalion Bucovina.<\/p>\n<p>The Ceremonial Guard of &#8220;Prince Drago\u0219&#8221; 17th Alpine Hunter Battalion of Vatra Dornei and the Ceremonial Guard of &#8220;Prince Bogdan&#8221; Armed Police County Inspectorate of Suceava presented the honour accompanied by the Military Music of the &#8220;Podu \u00cenalt&#8221; 15th Armoured Brigade of Ia\u0219i.<\/p>\n<p>Students from Romanian schools in Southern Bucovina (Suceava county) and Northern Bucovina (Chernovtsi Region, Ukraine) offered an artistic programme. The event concluded with a commemorative feast organized in the churchyard by respecting sanitary protection rules.<\/p>\n<h3>The symbolism of the monument<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324533 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/202887962_344535020400891_6647165068798991328-890x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"890\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The monument was made by the &#8220;Arboroasa&#8221; Association&#8217;s Center for Protecting and Promoting Traditional Culture, with the support of Putna Monastery, of R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi Deanery and of a citizens&#8217; initiative committee from Vicovu de Jos.<\/p>\n<p>The monument&#8217;s location is on the national road DN2H, by the bell tower of Vicovu de Jos&#8217; &#8220;Pentecost&#8221; Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>The cross was sculpted at Putna Monastery and it faithfully reproduces a 19th-century wooden cross found at the UNESCO Church in P\u0103tr\u0103u\u021bi, Suceava county, which was founded by the Holy Prince Stephen the Great.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcentrul.arboroasa%2Fvideos%2F156818339737986%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 47 fence panels represent the fighters commanded by Lt. Vladimir Macoveiciuc. The other 6 special panels symbolize Vladimir Macoveiciuc&#8217;s family, victims of the communists&#8217; repression.<\/p>\n<p>The adjacent stone structure symbolizes a Table of Silence in heaven, where all the fighters of the Macoveiciuc group are seated. Some fell in combat, others were deported to Siberia.<\/p>\n<p>A similar table made of naturally grown rock is to be found in the P\u0103tr\u0103u\u021bi churchyard and it is believed to have been the inspiration for Romanian sculptor Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i&#8217;s <em>Table of Silence<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Who was Vladimir Macoveiciuc<\/h3>\n<p>Vladimir Macoveiciuc was born on October 26, 1906, in the commune of Voitinel. His parents were Samson and Ioana. His mother became a young widow with three children. Macoveiciuc was not politically affiliated.<\/p>\n<p>He was a merchant and, like a good military man, he was an army instructor charged with preparing young soldiers. He was pushed to join the armed Resistance by the abuse and crimes made by the Soviet military between March and September 1944.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Fixed Battalion Bucovina was a group of Romanian Resistance anti-communist partisans from Bucovina established by order of the Romanian Defence Staff on March 29, 1944.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-324541\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vladimir_macoveiciuc_foto_cromtel-715x1024-1-622x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Macoveiciuc fought in Southern Bucovina until 1946. After August 23, 1944, he went underground together with some of his people, organizing the Resistance in the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Over 40 partisans are known to have been part of his group, but there must have been more. They were peasants from the communes of Voitinel, G\u0103l\u0103ne\u0219ti, Hurjuieni, Vicovu de Jos and Vicovu de Sus, Horodnicu de Sus and Horodnicu de Jos.<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration of the memorial was part of the <em>Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside Romania<\/em> and the <em>Commemorative Year of the reposed in the Lord; the liturgical and cultural value of cemeteries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The goals of the project were to rediscover the village of Vicovu de Jos as a place of collective memory, to develop a culture of remembrance and to do so by involving the community in recollecting historical facts.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-324593 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1200x675' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1785.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1785-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" 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='1200x675' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/primul-monument-comemorativ-al-rezistentei-anticomuniste-din-bucovina.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/primul-monument-comemorativ-al-rezistentei-anticomuniste-din-bucovina-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" 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='1200x675' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1764.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1764-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" 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='1200x675' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1754.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_1754-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photo credit: Putna Monastery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Auxiliary Bishop to the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi, blessed on Thursday the first monument commemorating the anti-communist Resistance in Bukovina. It is located in Vicovu de Jos, on the spot where Lt. Vladimir Macoveiciuc was shot by orders of the Soviets. 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