On Saturday, 25th of October 2008. at 1st Christian Baptist Church of Iasi was held a classical and traditional jewish music concert. This was done with the help pf Crescendo musical foundation and the baptist church.
The main performer was Pascal Salomon. He is piano player and music professor at the Geneva Academy of Music. There were also another musicians performing:
I really enjoyed it. I liked the the 6 preludes by G. Gershwin because I found some jazz in there (my favorite).
Bellow is a sideshow with the photos I took at this event. If you would like to have any of it please contact me.
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Here’s the program of the event

2 days ago I shared with you the beautiful moments that Bogdan and Catalina went through on their civil marriage. Now it the time for you to see more of their happy moments. Here are a few more wedding photos. This time, the photos are from their wedding ceremonial at 3rd Christian Baptist Church “Saint Trinity” of Iasi, where Bogdan and Catalina said YES for their whole life, they said that will love and cherish each other for their whole life.











In an evening I got a phone call from an old friend. He asks me if I could come and sing in the choir from the church he goes to, here in Iasi. He’s wedding had to be the next Sunday. I accepted. Then he asks me if I could also help them with the photos for their wedding. In the end from the 2 things I ended photographing because there was nobody to help him with this, but with the singing there were plenty.
Here’s the photos I took at the civil marriage. Pretty soon, I’ll post also the photos from the church, party and a short photo shooting in the park.







Reading the scriptures and observing the real life I observe that there is a fight between two facts.
God tells us to Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God and you will be My people; and walk in the whole way that I command you, that it may be well with you. (Jeremiah 7:23) On the other hand, we want to perform some kind of ritual. It seems that it is in our nature to do things instead of obeying God. I Jeremiah 7:22 it tells to the Israel people that in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. We think that we would get out just with making something. We try to change something outside of us instead of changing something inside of us.
Maybe that is why there are so many religions out there. All want to work out some processions and to receive the self fulfillment. More or less, our conscience accuses us. In out deepest part of the soul, we want to be free of this. Maybe we do not realize it. Instead of doing the real change within us we try to escape with doing something exterior.
Christianity did not escape of this plague of exteriorism faith. We created so many rituals and processions like all the other religions out there. At the base of Christianity is the only and true God, but because of our sinful nature, we made it just a religion like all the others, a religion of rituals instead one of faith and obeying. Instead of living in the light I am walking in the gray area. My conscience accuses me, so I feel guild. This guilt hurts. In this situation I want to escape the guilt. So, I try to make it go away by performing some rituals. But actually doing so I am treating the result, not the cause. I try to make go way the resulting grief.
The prophet Jeremiah tells us from the Lord:
5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings,
if you thoroughly and truly execute justice between every man and his neighbor,6 If you do not oppress the transient and the alien,
the fatherless,
and the widow
or shed innocent blood
[by oppression and by judicial murders]
or go after other gods to your own hurt,7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave of old to your fathers
to dwell in forever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7
I encourage you to continue those thoughts. Please let us all know how do you feel about this, how your inner being tries to get away with performing rituals. Thank you!
The other day, together with Denisa, we took an hour off and went to the bottom part of the Botanical Gardens of Iasi. It is really near by. I’ve been staying in this area for some time now, and I’ve never taken advantage of this.
I had to clear my mind to be productive at my work. This walk really helped me.
Here are a few photos we took, using the tripod.









Here’s a photo of Ema, my sister. I took this photo of her, back in Botosani, a few months ago. I forgot to post this one. Now, as I am looking back on my photos I found it. Enjoy…

I know that this post comes a little late. There are so many things to do so the personal stuff comes last on the duties list. at least in practice.
So here are a few photos I did at Denisa’s graduation festivity. I am so proud of her. She graduated the Computer Science Faculty, form the A. I. Cuza University of Iasi. The festivity took place in Mihai Eminescu Hall, at Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi. Yes, I know that it is very strange that faculty from a university to have their festivities in a hall form another university.








On Wednesday Denisa’s parents celebrated 30 years of marriage. In the same time it was the birthday of Denisa’s mother. So, I was also invited to their celebration party at their house, near (in) Iasi, Romania. We had barbecue, visited the orchard and admired the beautiful sunset. Here is just a glimpse of how it was.