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PRESENTATION OF THE COMENIUS PROJECT ” Learning about heroes through legends ”

PRESENTATION OF THE COMENIUS PROJECT ” Learning about heroes through legends ” Stephan the Great Romanian national hero. STEPHAN THE GREAT.

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PRESENTATION OF THE COMENIUS PROJECT ” Learning about heroes through legends ”

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  1. PRESENTATION OF THE COMENIUS PROJECT ”Learningaboutheroesthroughlegends” Stephan the Great Romanian nationalhero

  2. STEPHAN THE GREAT Stefan the Great was king for almost half a century in Moldova (1457-1504) during which the country has seen a unprecedented prosperity and was respected by all major powers surrounding Hungary, Poland and the Ottoman Empire.

  3. During his reign, he strengthened Moldavia and maintained its independence against the ambitions of Hungary, Poland, and the Ottoman Empire, which all sought to subdue the land. Stephen achieved fame in Europe for his long resistance against the Ottomans. He was victorious in 46 of his 48 battles, and was one of the first to gain a decisive victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Vaslui, after which PopeSixtus IV deemed him veruschristianaefideiathleta (true Champion of Christian Faith). He was a man of religion and displayed his piety when he paid the debt of Mount Athos to the Porte, ensuring the continuity of Athos as an autonomous monastical community.

  4. Coat of arms of Stephen the Great

  5. Canonization At the end of the 20th century, the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to canonize Stephen. The canonization was enacted on June 20, 1992 by the Synodic Council of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Stephen is called "Saint Voivode Stephen the Great". His feast day in the Romanian Orthodox calendar is July 2, the day of his death.

  6. Voivode - which historians describe him as a man not very tall, blonde hair, with a sighted and a strong will - was a brave and determined warrior, a skilled leader of armies, but a faithful man who built many churches and monasteries in Moldova and remained in the memory of the Romanians as "Stefan the Great and Saint”.

  7. In his time, Moldova has known the largest extending from the Carpathians and the Black Sea River.

  8. Suceava was the capital city, which the prince reinforcedwithof strong stone walls to resist any attack.

  9. Mănăstirea PUTNA The first and most important foundation of Prince Stephen the Great.

  10. Putna Monastery hosts tomb of Prince Stephen the Great.

  11. ChurchMilişăuţi Suceava ChurchPătrăuţi Suceava It was destroyed during the First World War

  12. MonasteryVoroneţ – jud. Suceava It is famous for exterior painting.

  13. Church„Tăierea Capului Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul”, Vaslui Church„Sfântul Nicolae“ Iaşi

  14. Church„Adormirea Maicii Domnului”, Borzeşti Church„Sfântul Gheorghe”, Iaşi

  15. Church„SfântulNicolae”, Dorohoi, Botoşani Church„Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel”, Huşi, Iaşi

  16. Church„Sfântul Nicolae”, Popăuţi Botoşani Church„SfântulArhanghelMihail”,Războieni, Neamţ

  17. Church„Naşterea Maicii Domnului”, Tazlău, Neamţ MonasteryNeamţ

  18. Church„Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul”, Piatra Neamţ

  19. MonasteryBistriţaNeamţ Church„Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci”, Volovăţ, Suceava

  20. Church„TăiereaCapuluiSfântuluiIoanBotezătorul”, Reuseni, Suceava MonasteryDobrovăţ, Iasi

  21. Fortresses Sitting, ”in the way of evils, "as the chronicler says, inhabited cities and reinforced by Stephen the Great was never conquered. Most important is the fortress of Suceava Moldova. Raised on a hilltop, with deep trenches of defense stuffed with water, was the pride of Moldova and its most famous leader: Stefan cel Mare.

  22. FortressSuceava

  23. FortressAlbă

  24. FortressChilia Situated on the arm of the Danube, Chilia, Fortress of Stephen, whose marks are visible today, have a wall with four towers at the corners, some square, others round and was surrounded by a ditch.

  25. FortressNeamţ Likened to an eagle nest Moldovan, Neamt fortress was rebuilt by Stephen the Great in sec. XV. Although fortress sieges, it could never be conquered by fighting fair.

  26. FortressOrhei

  27. Stephen the Great , raise the left Siret stone fortress is preserved not only some ruins of walls, on the riverbed. She played an important role in the defense of. Roman FortressNouă

  28. Located on the Nistru river, the fortress was built in the early fifteenth century, the order of Alexander the Good. Prince Stefan strengthens andan amplified several times and swore to remain at the border guard. FortressHotin

  29. FortressSoroca It is a Moldovan fortress of the fifteenth century, founded by Stephen the Great, the site of an ancient Genoese fortress, Alciona.

  30. All these were built during the reign of Stephen the Great. He built 44 churches and monasteries, one for each battle that he won. They are evidence of a troubled era in the history of our country.

  31. Thisprojecthasbeenfundedwithsupportfromthe European Commission. Thispublicationreflectstheviewsonly of theauthor, andtheCommissioncannotbeheldresponsible for anyusewhichmaybe made of theinformationcontainedtherein.

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