He was born on February 25, 1974, in the city of Galati, to parents Petrache and Vasilica Oprea, and was baptized Cezar Daniel. Between 1980-1988, he attended the first eight grades at General School Number 38 in Galati. Between 1988-1992 he attended the Marine High School in Galati. Shortly after graduating from high school, in 1992, he went to Alma\u0219 Monastery in Neam\u021b County.<\/p>\n
In April 1995 he entered the monastic order, receiving the name of St. Prophet David, and in November 1996 he was ordained deacon by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, then Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina.<\/p>\n
During the four years of his life in the monastery of Alma\u0219, 1992-1996, he fulfilled with humility and obedience the given responsibilities, involving himself with great diligence in the restoration, consolidation and renovation works of the monastery. Between 1996-1997 he went to the capital of Moldavia, to do obedience in the Exarchate Sector of the Archdiocese of Iasi. In 1997 he was appointed deacon of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi, and also served as coordinator of the Office of His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, then Bishop-Vicar of the Archdiocese of Iasi.<\/p>\n
He graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Social Work at the \u201ePetre Andrei\u201d University of Iasi (1998-2002) and later (2005-2009) from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Pitesti, with the bachelor thesis \u201eThe Role of the Priest in Orthodoxy\u201d, scientific coordinator being Prof. Prof. Nicolae Br\u00e2nzea.<\/p>\n
In 2009, on the feast of the Annunciation, at the Monastery of Sih\u0103stria Voronei, Father David was ordained a hieromonk, and on May 4, 2018 he was ordained a protosingel, by His Most Reverend Father Archbishop Calinic, then Bishop-Vicar of the Archdiocese of Iasi, with the blessing and entrustment of Metropolitan Theophan.<\/p>\n
Since July 26, 2020, with the election of His Eminence Calinic as Archbishop of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, he has been worshipping at the Monastery of St. John the New, continuing his work as coordinator of the Office of the Archbishop.<\/p>\n
In his almost 25 years of ministry under the obedience of His All-Holiness Archbishop Calinic, he has worked on the documentation, text collection and editing of books written or coordinated by His All-Holiness, such as: Fragments of an exemplary life. Archimandrite Iachint - a symbolic abbot<\/em> (Gedo, Cluj-Napoca, 2005), Funeral sermons<\/em> - 53 models<\/em> (Gedo, Cluj-Napoca, 2007); A multi-faceted city character<\/em> - Claudiu Paradais: essayist, museographer, critic and art historian<\/em> (Gedo, Cluj-Napoca, 2007); Saints - Sprouts of Christ<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2010); Years have passed. A winding destiny become poetry<\/em> (St. Mina, Ia\u0219i, 2010); Book of Saints<\/em> (Print Multicolor, Ia\u0219i, 2012); The joy of a fulfilled life. Mihai Frunz\u0103 at 70<\/em> (Ia\u0219i, 2021); The Way of the Cross<\/em> (Ia\u0219i, 2013); The consecrations<\/em> - works of the Holy Spirit<\/em> (pareneze)<\/em> (Pars Pro Toto, Ia\u0219i, 2014); Prayers for various needs<\/em> (Pars Pro Toto, Ia\u0219i, 2014); Fragments of communion and remembrance<\/em> - Prof. Dumitru R\u0103d\u0103uceanu<\/em> (Pars Pro Toto, Ia\u0219i, 2014); Miride in words<\/em> (St. Mina, Ia\u0219i, 2014), Arhim. Mitrofan B\u0103ltu\u021b\u0103 - an unforgettable name<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); Father Hrisostom D\u0103nil\u0103 - the mathematician of life lived in Christ<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); My childhood parents<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); Monastery \u201eNativity of the Mother of God\u201d - Had\u00e2mbu. Monograph<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); Monastery \u201eFountain of Healing\u201d - Zosin. Monograph<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); Monastery of the \u201eAssumption of the Assumption\u201d Monastery in Zosin (a monograph in pictures and words for everyone) <\/em>(Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2015); Parables - gems of Jesus' teaching<\/em> (St. Mina, Ia\u0219i, 2016); Tears in words<\/em> (Print Multicolor, Ia\u0219i, 2016); Posthumous<\/em> and The Great Canon in verse <\/em>by Protos. Veniamin Acojococ\u0103ri\u021bei (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2016); Miracles - Revelations of the Holy Trinity<\/em> (Apollonia, Ia\u0219i, 2017); The Icon of Our Lady of Had\u00e2mbu Monastery - recent miracles<\/em> (Print Multicolor, Ia\u0219i, 2017); About the Sacraments and the Mysteries<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2018); Confession of a valet <\/em>by Claudiu \u0218tefanache (Junimea, Ia\u0219i, 2018); Birthday present<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2019); Prof. Mihail Isac - The internationally renowned biophysicist from Iasi<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2019); Complementarity in diversity in the Romanian village; episcopal continuity and contiguity; translators of church books<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2019); Saints - Our true friends. Portraits in words<\/em> (Doxologia, Ia\u0219i, 2020), Family and Philanthropy - two divine-human institutions <\/em>(Crimca, Suceava, 2020); Words at the vigil vigil<\/em> (Crimca, Suceava, 2021).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" S-a n\u0103scut pe 25 februarie 1974, \u00een ora\u015ful Gala\u0163i, din p\u0103rin\u0163ii Petrache \u015fi Vasilica Oprea, primind la botez numele Cezar Daniel. \u00cen perioada 1980-1988, a urmat primele opt clase la […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articole"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n