Tradition

Spring folklore customs are related to the holiday of the Holy Great Martyr George, one of the most venerated saints in the Orthodox calendar, celebrated on a fix date every year – April 23. According to ethnologists, in the folklore…

As Romania marked the summer solstice on Sunday, June 21, celebrating the longest day of the year, another tradition is getting near, Midsummer Day (Sanzienele), a pagan tradition marked on June 24. Sanzienele are celebrating the love,…

Saint Stephen, one of Jesus’ apprentices and the Church’s first martyr, is celebrated by the Orthodox believers today, December 27, on the third day of Christmas. It is said he helps the sick and those involved in justice affairs for a long…

Christian believers are celebrating Saint Andrew every year on November 30. In 1994, Saint Andrew was named the patron saint of Dobruja, in 1997 the patron saint of Romania, and it became a public holiday as of 2012. The story of Saint…

Villages on the Somes and Bargau valleys in Bistrita-Nasaud, Transylvania are preserving special traditions and customs during the Holly Week, such as cleaning the doors’ hinges with garlic, buying new clothes or threatening the nut trees.…

March 1 is the day Romanians celebrate ‘Martisor’, an old tradition related to spring arrival and fine weather, also symbolizing love, respect and frienship. The word Martisor is the diminutive of martie, the old folk name for March…

Pentecost, also called Whit Sunday and Whit Monday, is celebrating the Christian belief in the Holy Ghost’s descent upon Jesus Christ’s disciples. Pentecost is a Christian tradition, always commemorated on a Sunday and Monday, 50 days after…

Every year on May 21, the Orthodox Christians celebrate Saints Constantine and Helen (Constantin si Elena). In traditional calendar, this event is known as Constantine Starling (Constantin Graur) or Cubs’ Constantine (Constantin al Puilor).…

The Easter celebration is very important in Romania, as it is inhabited by a vast majority of Orthodox Christians. Around 86 % out of 20 million people of Romanian population is Christian Orthodox. The last Friday of the Easter fast,…

Romanians celebrate the 40 Saints Martyrs from Sevastia, every year on March 9th. The day marks the beginning of the agricultural year, as well as the end of the moody Babele days and the start of warmer spring days, also called "Mosilor…