Venerable
Matrona of Hurezi
Abbess of Hurezi Monastery
A Romanian nun born in 1852, abbess of Hurezi Monastery from 1923 to 1925.
- Feast
- May 5old style May 18
- Reposed
- 193520th century
- Place
- Horezu monastery
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Venerable Matrona of Hurezi was a nun and abbess of Hurezi Monastery between 1923 and 1925. She was born on 2 August 1852 at Săliște, now in Sibiu County, and died on 5 May 1937 at Hurezi Monastery. Her family name was Ciupelea.
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church canonized her at its session of 1 July 2025, with the title Saint Venerable Matrona of Hurezi, and set her feast on 5 May, the day of her repose.
Our sources do not say more about her life.
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