Musicologist Viorel Cosma Was Awarded Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen Order of the Romanian Patriarchate

On 29 March 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel awarded, at the Patriarchal Residence, musicologist Viorel Cosma the Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen Order for laics of the Romanian Patriarchate, for his entire activity as professor, historiographer, lexicographer and musical critic . The members of the Standing meeting of the Church National Council of the Romanian Orthodox Church attended the ceremony. Mr Viorel Cosma was born in Timisoara, on 30 March 1923, and studied at specialised schools in Timisoara, Craiova, Bucharest, Erlangen-Nurenberg with great personalities of the time, among whom we mention Sabin Dragoi, Nelu Ionescu, Mihail Jora, Martian negrea, Dimitrie Cuclin, Dumitru D.