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Pro Arte Choir of Bucharest University Marks 50 Years with ARCUB Concert

The choral ensemble of the University of Bucharest celebrates half a century of activity with an anniversary concert at the capital's cultural centre.

  • The Pro Arte Choir of Bucharest University turns 50 years old.
  • The anniversary concert will be held at ARCUB, the capital's cultural centre.
  • Over five decades, the choir has built cultural ties through international festivals and competitions.

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Archimandrite Iachint Vardianu elected Auxiliary Bishop for Australia and New Zealand

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church elected Fr. Iachint Vardianu to the episcopate; his solemn calling ceremony took place on 3 July.

  • The Romanian Orthodox Holy Synod elected Archimandrite Iachint Vardianu as Auxiliary Bishop for Australia and New Zealand.
  • The ipopsifiery rite — the solemn calling to the episcopate — took place on 3 July 2026.
  • The appointment covers Romanian Orthodox diaspora communities on the Australian continent and in New Zealand.

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Romanian Patericon: on mercy and forgiveness at the Last Judgment

A passage from Archimandrite Ioanichie Bălan's Romanian Patericon recalls the teaching of Protosingelos Iosif Rusu on unconditional love and divine mercy.

  • Excerpt from the Romanian Patericon, sixth edition, Sihăstria Monastery Press, 2011.
  • Protosingelos Iosif Rusu is portrayed as a spiritual father defined by unconditional love for all people.
  • Divine mercy before the Last Judgment is a central motif of Romanian Orthodox monastic tradition.

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Orthodox calendar: Saint Olympiada of Farcașa commemorated on July 3

Born in 1880 in Neamț County, Saint Olympiada lived a life of faith and family in Moldova until her death in 1967.

  • Saint Olympiada of Farcașa, Neamț County, is commemorated on July 3.
  • She married in 1903 and lived her entire life in Moldova, dying in 1967.
  • Saint Andrew of Crete and Saint Martha are also commemorated on this day.

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Barbu Lăutarul, the bard who dazzled Europe and sang in church too

A passage from the Romanian Patericon sheds new light on the 19th-century's most celebrated fiddler — a man equally at home on the concert stage and in the choir loft.

  • Barbu Lăutarul was a fiddler-bard of European renown in the 19th century.
  • A church source also describes him as a psaltist who sang liturgical chant.
  • Metropolitan Iosif Naniescu features in the Patericon as his patron and protector.

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92 years since Marie Curie's death, the only person with two Nobel Prizes

On 4 July 1934, physicist and chemist Marie Curie died — the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person ever awarded in two different scientific fields.

  • First woman in history to win a Nobel Prize, awarded in 1903 for physics.
  • The only person ever to receive Nobel Prizes in two different scientific disciplines: physics and chemistry.
  • She died in 1934 from prolonged exposure to the very radiation she had researched.

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Curtea Veche to get emergency works before full restoration

Bucharest City Hall says consolidation works on the medieval Voivodal Palace — once home to Vlad the Impaler and Michael the Brave — will begin soon, with restoration to follow.

  • Bucharest City Hall has announced emergency consolidation works at the medieval Voivodal Palace.
  • The site was once the residence of rulers including Vlad the Impaler and Constantin Brâncoveanu.
  • Full restoration will only begin after the stabilisation phase is completed.

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City of the Sun to play Bucharest for the first time

The New York instrumental quartet, blending indie rock, flamenco and folk, will perform in Bucharest on 26 September 2026.

  • City of the Sun, a New York instrumental quartet, will perform in Bucharest on 26 September.
  • The band blends indie rock, flamenco and folk with no vocal lines.
  • It will be the group's first ever concert in Romania.

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Muse reach eight UK number ones, level with Oasis and Led Zeppelin

"The Wow! Signal", the band's tenth studio album, debuted straight at the top of the official UK Albums Chart.

  • Muse equal Oasis and Led Zeppelin with eight UK Albums Chart number ones.
  • "The Wow! Signal" is the band's tenth studio album, debuting straight at number one.
  • Robbie Williams holds the all-time UK record with 16 albums at number one.

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