(Church of the Three Hierarchs) is a seventeenth-century church located in Iaşi, Romania.

History

The church was erected between 1637-1639 in honour of three saints (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom), and was blessed by Bishop Varlaam. In 1640, Vasile Lupu, the renowned defender of the Orthodox Church, set up here the first printing press in Moldavia. In 1643, the first volume ever printed in Moldavia was issued in Iaşi. The Trei Ierarhi Church was dedicated by Vasile Lupu to the 20 monasteries on Mount Athos.

Several Romanian royal figures are buried inside the church: Tudosca (Vasile Lupu's first wife) and Ştefan Vodă, their son; prince and scholar Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723); and Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the first ruler of the united Romanian principalities (1859-1866).

Architectural features

The church became renowned for the extraordinary lacery in stone which adorns the facades, from bottom to the top of the derricks. One can count over 30 non-repeating registers of decorative motives. Western architectural elements (Gothic, Renaissance) combine with the Eastern style, of Armenian, Georgian, Persian, Arabian or Ottoman inspiration, in a totally bold conception, whose result is a harmonious ensemble. The effusive scenery makes the church resemble a shrine of architectonic proportions, especially conceived to protect the Sfanta Cuvioasa Parascheva's relics (1641). After the 1882 restoration, the original fresco was derusted, some fragments still being kept today in the monastery's museum.

Near the church one can find the Gothic Hall, which shelters a religious art museum. It has, among other things, objects related to the history of the monastery. In the gate's tower (which today no longer exists), that served as belfry, Vasile Lupu had installed a huge horologe, the first public use clock in Moldavia (1654). During the 1882 restoration, the whole mechanism was disassembled and transported to France, where it remained.

Intégration dans mon école

1.Pourquoi as-tu choisi de venir dans cette école?
2.Tu es venu seul(e)ou tu as des frères?
3.Tes parents ont étè d'accord quand tu as décidé de venir dans cette école?
4.Les professeurs ont fait des discriminations entre toi et les autres élèves?
5.Est-ce-qu'il y a des problèmes en ce qui concerne les camarades?
6.Il y a des difèrences entre l'école roumaine et l'école de Moldavie?
7.La langue roumaine est-elle un problème pour toi?
8.Tu pense que tu es bien integré dans l'Ecole Normale?
9.Quand tu es venu dans cette école tu as cru que tu n'avais pas d'amis?
10.Comment tu te sens quand tu sais que ta famille est très loin et tu es ici parmi les
étrangers?
11.Quels sont tes projèts pour le futur?

Friendship

The relationship is constructed differently in different cultures. In Russia, for example, one typically accords very few people the status of "friend". These friendships however make up in intensity what they lack in number. Friends are entitled to call each other by their first names alone, and to use diminutives. A norm of polite behaviour is addressing "acquaintances" by full first name plus patronymic. These could include relationships which elsewhere would be qualified as real friendships, such as workplace relationships of long standing, neighbors with whom one shares an occasional meal and visit, and so on. Physical contact between friends was expected, and friends, whether or not of the same sex, would embrace, sometimes kiss and walk in public with their arms around each other, or arm-in-arm, or hand-in-hand.

L'amitie

La relation d'amitié est aujourd'hui généralement définie comme une sympathie durable entre deux personnes. Elle naîtrait notamment de la découverte d'affinités ou de points communs : plus les centres d'intérêts communs sont nombreux, plus l'amitié a de chances de devenir forte. Elle implique souvent un partage de valeurs morales communes.
Une relation d'amitié peut prendre différentes formes ; de l'entraide, l'écoute réciproque, à l'échange de conseils, au soutien, en passant par le partage de loisirs.