![]() All members of the Holy Trinity are present in the scene. Made out of silvered common metal, in the form of a Communion chalice, its cup is decorated with a baptismal scene depicted within a medallion shaped as a heraldic shield: Jesus Christ is holding a baby above a baptismal font situated in front of an Altar table on which there are a Gospel and a pedestalled cross the Altar table is framed by two tall candlesticks with burning candles, while above it can be seen a dove, symbol of the Holy Spirit, within a sun. The baptism took place in the grand hall of Peleş Castle, the religious service being officiated by metropolitan bishop Ghenadie Petrescu, without Princess Mary attending, as Orthodox tradition dictates (mothers can only enter a church 40 days after giving birth).Īmong the presents received by Princess Mary on the occasion of her first son’s christening was the font used during the baptism, which was a gift from metropolitan bishop Ghenadie Petrescu. That same day, the christening was settled for 17/29 October 1893, which coincided with the young mother’s 18th anniversary. At the request of King Carol, the members of the government, who were called to Sinaia from the capital, were the ones to choose the baby’s name: Carol. Carol, who thus became the first Orthodox member of the Romanian royal family, was the first child of prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (designated heir presumptive to the Romanian throne because his paternal uncle, Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, elected prince of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldova in 1866 and crowned king of Romania in 1881, lacked male successors) and of his wife, princess Marie, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.Ĭarol was born in the early hours of Sunday, 3/15 October 1893, at about a quarter to two, at the Peleş Castle in Sinaia. One of the objects in the collection of the National History Museum which is connected to the history of the Romanian monarchy is the font in which prince Carol (1893-1953) - later King Carol II of Romania - was baptized in the Orthodox faith, as it was stipulated in the constitution of 1866, but also as an expression of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen’s willingness to embrace the traditional values of the Romanian nation. Text: Alexandra Mărășoiu, Raluca Mălăncioiu photo: Mark Perpits The font in wich Prince Carol was baptized
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