Template:Did you know nominations/Archdiocese of Râmnic

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 15:22, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Archdiocese of Râmnic

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• ... that the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Râmnic saw increasing religious and cultural activity from the 16th to the 18th century, with an impact across Wallachia and beyond?

Created by Biruitorul (talk). Self nom at 16:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

• ALT 1: ... that in the 16th century, a tradition lasting some two centuries began, whereby the Bishop of Râmnic was the leading candidate to become the next head of the Romanian Orthodox Church?

• ALT 2: ... that the creative output of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Râmnic was not slowed by the destruction of the Austro-Turkish War in 1737?

• ALT 3: ... that successive Bishops of Râmnic played an important role in adopting Romanian as the liturgical language of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in place of Greek and Old Church Slavonic?

• ALT 4: ... that the printing press of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Râmnic was regionally renowned, being employed by Bulgarian and Serbian clerics?

• ALT 5: ... that several 18th century Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Râmnic were involved in diplomacy, including one invited to meet Catherine the Great after writing a book on the Russo-Turkish wars?

• Reviewed: Elena Bacaloglu, Henric Streitman

• In a QPQ par excellence: for length, date, sourcing, interest, paraphrasing. For me, it's between the original hook, alt 3, and alt 5. Dahn (talk) 09:29, 13 October 2012 (UTC)