Saint Varlaam of Moldavia

Also known as Varlaam Moțoc · Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moldavia

Metropolitan of Moldavia and author of the Cazania (1643), the first printed book of homilies in Romanian, a landmark of the Romanian language. He reposed at Secu Monastery in 1657.

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Notable Works

Cazania

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Born c. 1580; reposed 1657 at Secu Monastery. Glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2007.

Sources: Synaxar of the Romanian Saints (sfintiromani.ro); Doxologia (doxologia.ro); Romanian Orthodox Church canonization (2007)