Full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC
(6:32 a.m. CDT in the U.S.). Thus, for many, the moon appears about as
full in the June 22 evening sky as it does on the evening of June 23.
This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the
year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all
of 2013. The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014. In
other words, it’s not just a supermoon. It’s the closest supermoon of
2013.
The astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon. The word perigee
describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month. Two
years ago, when the closest and largest full moon fell on March 19,
2011, many used the term supermoon, which we’d never heard before. Last
year, we heard this term again to describe the year’s closest full moon
on May 6, 2012. Now the term supermoon is being used a lot. Last
month’s full moon – May 24-25, 2013
– was also a supermoon. But the June full moon is even more super! In
other words, the time of full moon falls even closer to the time of
perigee, the moon’s closest point to Earth. The crest of the moon’s
full phase in June 2013, and perigee, fall within an hour of each other.
Opened in 1923, Ciclop is the first multi-storey parking space in Bucharest.
Although it is still functional today, the parking space suffers from an
identity “crisis”, lacking a clear direction of development.
With its impressive architecture and historical meaning built over the
last century (90 years since its opening), the Ciclop parking space, now
“hidden” from public eye, can be rediscovered through artistic
interventions and redirected towards a new moment in its “life”.
The invited artists will play with ideas and forms in their own personal
and unique style, thus changing the course of the present time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/134383150091546/
STREET DELIVERY - PHOTOGRAPHIS
ileana partenie
Over 35 artists invited from different fields: street art, installation, painting, photography, performance.
Expoziţie de artă contemporană în Parcarea Ciclop din Bucureşti
Ciclop este prima parcare supraetajată din
Bucureşti, construită în 1923 şi funcţională şi în prezent. Clădirea nu
este foarte fotogenică, se încadrează mai degrabă în categoria
blocurilor-mamut, cu un aer trist şi cenuşiu.
Mai mulţi artişti şi-au propus să dea viaţă spaţiului din interiorul
parcării, cu pereţii cojiţi şi prăfuiţi, şi au adus un strop de culoare
în Parcarea Ciclop printr-o expoziţie non-conformistă de street art, pictură, fotografie, instalaţie.
Misiunea Street Delivery este aceea de a reinventa si de a intari rolul
structural pe care spatiul public il joaca in viata locuitorilor
cetatii, prin convertirea peisajului urban in spatiu viu.
Street
Delivery a reprezentat, începând cu 2006, un cadru în care societatea
civilă, artişti, arhitecţi, muzicieni, locatari pot oferi o alternativă
la felul în care este percepută locuirea oraşului. De-a lungul a trei
zile creăm o proiecţie pozitivă asupra potenţialului pe care îl au
Bucureştiul, Timişoara sau Iaşiul, ca şi alte oraşe care se confruntă cu
situaţii similare.
PROGRAM
arhitectura/urbanism - Street Delivery 2013 - Bucuresti
arte vizuale - Street Delivery 2013 - Bucuresti
societate civila/ecologie - Street Delivery 2013 - Bucuresti
The "B-FIT in the Street" theater festival reuniting groups from
France, Germany, Spain and Italy, was organized during May 29 – June
1 in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest.
An aerial picture shows a huge Romanian flag on the Clinceni Airfield, south of Bucharest.
The biggest flag in the world was unfolded on the
Clinceni Airfield (near Bucharest). The flag is 349 metre long, 226
metre wide and weighs a total of 5 tons. The flag was made in
partnership by Antena 3 TV and fabricadesteaguri.eu and was homologated
by the Guiness World Records. Guinness World Records official says the
flag measures 79,290.39 square metres. The previous world record was
held by Lebanon for a flag of 65,975 square metres. The making of the
flag took hundreds of hours of day and night work as well as ingenious
solutions for the manufacturing and transport to the place where it was
displayed.
The first pieces of the flag started being stitched together two
months ago. Among the participants in the event yesterday there were
Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Defence Minister Mircea Dusa, and Interior
Minister Radu Stroe. The pilots with the Airclub of Romania offered a
spectacular 20-minute show above the biggest flag in the world. The
Hawks of Romania flew their Extra 300 aircraft painted in the national
colours.nineoclock.ro Romanian Flag Meaning:
The red, yellow and blue stripes represent Moldova and Walachia, the two
principalities that united to form Romania in 1859. The colors are
found in the coat of arms of these former states. Romanian Flag History:
The current Romanian flag was adopted on December 27, 1989. A horizontal
red, yellow, blue flag was introduced by nationalists in 1848. In 1861,
Romania was established when Walachia and Moldavia united. The new
Romanian country adopted a red (top), yellow (middle) and blue (bottom)
horizontal striped flag. The Romanian flag was changed to its present
vertical design in 1867 after being influenced by the French flag.
Romania gained independence from the Ottoman Empire on May 9, 1877 and a
year later this was used as the country's national flag. Between 1867
and 1989 the flag had the country's coat of arms in the center of it. Interesting Romanian Flag Facts:
There are four countries that use a blue-yellow-red vertical striped
flag. They are Moldova, Andorra, Chad and Romania. The Moldovan flag is
distinguished by the addition of a coat of arms, but the colors are
related to and similarly derived from those of the Romanian flag. The
flag of Chad is almost identical to Romania's flag.
Stindardul țării noastre a câștigat un loc in lista recordurilor din
Guinness World Records: a devenit un steag HD ( High Dimensions ,
mai precis cel mai mare drapel din lume.
Ziua de ieri( 27 mai 2013 ) nu a fost aleasa intamplator de catre
initiatori, respectiv televiziunea Antena 3 si Fabrica de Steaguri.
În timpul domniei lui Mihai Viteazul la 27 mai 1600, s-a realizat pentru
prima data unirea politica a celor trei tari romanesti cu un singur
conducator. In punctul cel mai inalt al destinului sau Mihai Viteazul se
intitula intr-un hristov emis la 27 mai "Domn al Tarii Romanesti,
Ardealului si Moldovei" si isi confectiona bine cunoscuta pecete pe care
figureaza cele 3 tari romane surori.
Revenind in zilele noastre , uriaşul drapel are o lungime de 330 de
metri, o lăţime de 220 de metri și o suprafață de 7 hectare. Steagul
cântăreşte 5 tone si a fost omologat de reprezentantii de la Cartea
Recordurilor ca drapelul cel mai mare din lume, după ce a fost intins la
aerodromul Clinceni.
Au fost parade militare, avioane mici au făcut demonstratii, au aterizat
parașutisti direct pe steag si bineinteles, s-a intonat Imnul României.hdsatelit.blogspot.ro
The Ghighiu Monastery is located about 5 km away from the city of
Ploiesti, in the Barcanesti village. The believers come in large numbers
to the monastery, which was originally built in the middle of a forest,
to pray to a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary brought from Syria and
to take water from the healing spring in the courtyard of the monastery.
The first church of the monastery was built in 1817, by superior monk
Arsenius of Cernica in the place of another wooden church of the
sixteenth century, built by Coresi, a scribe, and his wife. The church
that we see today was built between 1858 and 1866, as the abbots of that
period desired, Eftimie and Antonie. The church received the “Healing
Spring” patronage. The Ghighiu Monastery often had to suffer due to
certain historical and natural events. The church was badly damaged both
after the 1940 earthquake and also after the bombardments launched on
the oilfields in Prahova county. The 1977 earthquake had repercussions
too – the damage was so great that the restoration and reinforcement
work lasted until 1990.
In 1952, the monastery was transformed into one of nuns, as a
decision of Patriarch Justinian. The present form is due to the
renovations of 1954-1958, when the front part was closed, the mosaic was
cast and the cells were built in the famous Brancovenesc architectural
style. The church’s architectural style also reminds of Brancoveanu’s
style because it has a clover shape and only one steeple on the nave.
The Ghighiu monastery was painted in oil, in 1865, by George
Tattarescu whose signature stands on many Romanian monasteries. Except
for the dome, the painting was made in the Italian school style. When
entering the pre-nave, Saint Apostles Peter and Paul are depicted
standing on one side and the other of the wooden door. The iconostasis
is also made of wood, being carved by the famous masters of those times.
The painting was restored in 1950 and 1980, when other consolidation
works were performed.
The Ghighiu Monastery has a valuable collection of religious books
and other religious artifacts. The most important is the icon of the
Virgin and Child, dating from the sixteenth century, being brought from
Syria in 1958. The icon was painted on sandalwood and appeared in one of
Patriarch Teoctist Justinian’s dreams, demanding to be brought to the
monastery. According to an Athonite tradition, the icon has many golden
chains that are brought as thanksgiving for the miracles it performed.
Pilgrims also come in large numbers at the Ghighiu Monastery for the
holy water in the “Healing Spring”. The legend says that the healing
spring water from behind the monastery, spilled after The Virgin Mary
had stepped in that exact place when she commanded Coresi to build a
holy place. When the patronage of the church is celebrated, the
monastery’s courtyard becomes overcrowded and the people who want to
take water from the spring move on their knees as a sign of gratitude.The Ghighiu Monastery
Izvorul tamaduitor de la Manastirea Ghighiu
Crucea apelor.
In curtea Manastirii Ghighiu nu ai loc nici sa arunci un
ac. Cu sticle si bidonase in mana, mii de oameni veniti din toate
colturile tarii asteapta a doua sfintire a apelor, nadajduind fiecare la
ajutorul lui Dumnezeu. Exista o zi anume din an, cand se deschide
crucea apelor si unele izvoare capata puteri miraculoase. E Vinerea
Tamaduirii - prima vineri de dupa Pasti, cand credinciosii se aduna la
sipot, asteptand precum ologul din Videzda Evangheliei sa-si gaseasca
vindecarea. E ziua "tulburarii apelor", ziua in care legenda spune ca
imparatul Leon cel Mare, plimbandu-se prin padurea din preajma cetatii
Constantinopole, a dat peste un orb cazut la pamant. Mai mult mort decat
viu, omul cerea cu glas abia soptit ca cineva sa-l ajute si sa-i
racoreasca buzele cu putina apa. Milos din fire, Leon a inceput sa caute
un izvor, dar nu l-a gasit. De trei ori a incercat si, cand deja isi
pierduse orice nadejde, a auzit din cer glasul Maicii Domnului: "Nu mai
osteni, Leoane, caci apa e langa tine. Potoleste buzele si ochii orbului
si vei cunoaste cine sunt eu". Intr-adevar, nu departe, chiar la
radacina unui stejar, clipocea un izvor rece si curat, din care
imparatul a luat cum a putut cateva picaturi si, umezind ochii
nevazatorului, acesta a inceput deindata sa vada si sa dea slava lui
Dumnezeu. Asa a ridicat Leon cel Mare o falnica manastire ce dainuie
pana in zilele noastre si, tot asa, bucuria lui s-a transformat intr-o
mare sarbatoare crestina, pe care maicile de la Ghighiu o pastreaza cu
sfintenie: "Izvorul Tamaduirii".
Apa e sfanta prin ea insasi, e toata
un miracol si, nu intamplator, taranii o respecta ca pe o icoana
aparte, fara chip. Hutulii din nordul Bucovinei o sarbatoresc intr-un
fel anume, aruncand intr-o apa curgatoare cojile de oua inchistrite
(incondeiate) de la Pasti, in timp ce batranul cel mai batran
(patriarhul satului) se adreseaza ritualic celor morti, spunandu-le ca
toate rubedeniile au mai trait o data bucuria Invierii, ca toti satenii
sunt sanatosi si s-au veselit in noaptea pascala, dar nu i-au uitat nici
o clipa pe cei ce au murit si acum se odihnesc intru Domnul. Unii
considera ca apa desparte si uneste deopotriva doua lumi (cea vazuta si
nevazuta), ridicand izvoare si fantani in amintirea parintilor, asa cum
se intampla si astazi in Gorj. Altii arunca apa primei scaldari a
pruncului la radacina unui par, pentru sporul intregii gospodarii, sau
isi clatesc fata a doua zi de Pasti cu apa in care se afla asezate, in
chip mistic si solemn, un ou rosu si un banut de argint. Prin apa,
primim viata si curatirea de pacate, botezul si binecuvantarea
(sfestania) casei. Apa este inceputul si sfarsitul a toate cate sunt; e
chiar Cristos - izvorul nesecat din care cine bea nu mai inseteaza
niciodata. Izvorul tamaduitor de la Manastirea Ghighiu
