St. Calistrat of Timișeni and Vasiova + Commemorated on May 10
St. Calistrat of Timișeni and Vasiova (1900–1975), originally from Burdujeni, Suceava, was tonsured a monk at the Sihăstria Neamțului Monastery in 1925.
In 1942, he was sent as a missionary priest to Banat, where he founded the Timișeni Monastery and renewed monastic life at the Săraca, Partoș and Vasiova Monasteries.
He reposed in the Lord on Holy Pascha 1975 and was buried near the altar of the Vasiova Monastery.
In July 2024, the Romanian Holy Synod canonized 16 martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th century, including St. Calistrat of Timișeni and Vasiova. And on Tuesday, his remains were unearthed at the Holy Prophet Elijah-Vasiova Monastery in a rite led by His Grace Bishop Lucian of Caransebeș.
