Fr. Haralambie Vasilache (en)

“Archimandrite Haralambie Vasilache shone with many qualities”

Archimandrite Haralambie Vasilache had won the love of all through the purity of his life and thoughts, which he presented as an Eucharist transformed into an outpouring of spiritual light, as he also presented some of them in his recently published book, which he also entitled, in a quite remarkable way, “The Altar of Romanian Spirituality”, in which he presents the Bread of Life in the Word of Life. […] Immediately after Patriarch Nicodemus fell asleep in the Lord, on 26 February 1948, the new Patriarchal Lieutenant Justinian, three days after his funeral, gave the order to hand over the […]

The last days of martyrdom of Father Haralambie

Having suffered two surgeries, terribly weak, barely able to walk, barely able to speak, lying under a blanket most of the day, absorbed in prayer, Father Haralambie [Vasilache] is waiting to die[1]. But he finds the means and the strength to speak to us sometimes, a little at a time. Like a good man who prepares for a long journey and knows that it is not to be laughed at, that it is better to think about everything in advance, to make the necessary preparations and to equip oneself, thinking that it is better to be in abundance than to […]

The Confession of Faith of Father Haralambie Vasilache in the documents of the Security Service

Born into a family of believers from Roșieștii Fălciului, Haralambie Vasilache studied theology with his brother Vasile and became one of the most popular priests and preachers in Moldavia. After stays in Cernica and Neamț, he arrived at the Pocrov Hermitage. Here he was watched by the Security Service, from whom we even have fragments of his sermons. Thus, on 23 March 1959, Father Haralambie said: “The Orthodox Church is the nourishment of the soul of all Orthodox believers and goes back to the first centuries of Christianity. The icons also date back to the first centuries of Christianity. In […]