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Varlaam Moțoc

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Died
  
1657

Name
  
Varlaam Motoc

Varlaam Motoc
Full Name
  
Vasile Motoc Varlaam

Occupation
  
Metropolitan of Moldavia (1632-1653)

Notable work
  
Romanian Book of Learning

Varlaam Moţoc was the Metropolitan of Moldavia (1632-1653). He edited the Romanian Book of Learning in 1643.

Contents

History

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In 1643, the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu sponsored the Books of Homilies translated by Metropolitan of Moldavia Varlaam from Slavonic into Romanian (pre limba Romeniască) and titled Carte Românească de Învăţătură (Romanian Book of Learning). The foreword by Prince Lupu says that it is addressed to the entire Romanian nation everywhere (la toată semenția românească de pretutindeni). The book, also known as "Cazania of Varlaam" (Varlaam's Homiliary), was the first ever printed in Moldavia and large numbers of copies spread in the neighboring provinces inhabited by Romanian speakers. The book was the first print of Moldavia.

Books

  • Cazania lui Varlaam, 1643
  • Response to the Calvinist Catechism

    • References

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