January 6th and 7th are two special days in the Christian Orthodox calendar. The Epiphany Day (Boboteaza, January 6th) and Saint John’s Day (Santion, January 7th) are two of the most popular religious holidays, rich in meanings and symbols.
For the Romanians the Epiphany Day, also called Boboteaza or Teofania, is a day of purity and [...]

This amazing building is the Palace of Culture from Iasi, Romania.

It hosts over 8000 paintings (many declared national and universal patrimony) signed by artists like Paolo Veronese, Pietro Liberi, Salvator Rosa, Anthony van Dyck, Eustache Le Sueur and many others.

It is home of over 35000 relics from various fields: archeology, art, ancient scholastic, anthropology and [...]

In the rush of the modern lifestyles how many of us stop to recall the glory of the past? Do we all live by the motto “what’s gone is gone and what’s done is done” or do we somehow manage to learn from the past, to understand its values and to understand that there would [...]

20 aprilie 2009 - Comemorare Doru Davidovici
20 de ani de la ultima decolare.
Luni, 20 aprilie 2009, va avea loc comemorarea trecerii în nefiinţă a pilotului – scriitor Doru Davidovici, căzut la 20 aprilie 1989, în timpul unui zbor de instrucţie pe un avion de vânătoare tip MIG 21UM. Ziua comemorativă, organizată de Asociaţia “Aripi Româneşti”, [...]

Easter is the most important Romanian holiday in the Orthodox calendar. I already covered a few traditions last year – and starting today I will write a series of articles that will present even more traditions, itineraries for those who would like to spend Easter in Romania this year, food recipes and more.

Last year I [...]

The city was the home town of famous Dracula actor Bela Lugosi, a Romanian-Hungarian native, whose real name was Blasko.