The Museum of the Icons on Glass

The book of the Sibiel icons

The book tells the story of the Transylvanian icons on glass, with a comprehensive and detailed presentation of the collection at Sibiel as well as a full account of the birth and development of the Zosim Oancea Museum. The book's seventy-two pages recount and illustrate pleasantly - by many coloured photographs - the extraordinary story which is the museum at Sibiel. The author is Giovanni Ruggeri, an Italian journalist, who has written much on Romania and Eastern Europe and has known Sibiel for many years.

Now avalaible in English and German. How to buy it

The book is available in English and German edition (2 different editions).
It costs 8 euro (+3 euro for shipping overall in Europe) and could be requested by mail to
For information on prices and methods of shipping worldwide send an e-mail to

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* General structure of the whole book: English, German.
* Some pages of the book in the real format: English, German.

Complemented by a foreword by the Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, IPS Laurenţiu Streza, and by an original memoir by Prof. Dorin Oancea, son of Fr Zosim Oancea, the book is a complete guide not only for intending and actual visitors to the museum at Sibiel but also for those wishing to know more about the phenomenon of Transylvanian icons on glass.

A multi-media presentation overall in Europe

The story and significance of icons on glass and of the Fr. Zosim Oancea Museum at Sibiel are the subject of a multi-media presentation (50 minutes long) by Giovanni Ruggeri, a journalist and author of the book on the museum and already shown in many centres in Europe. Those interested in organizing a showing of this presentation (public institutions, cultural centres, church groups, libraries, associations, etc.) which is available in all the main European languages and possible in any country can send an email to

The following is a list of the more notable venues where the presentation has been shown:

2008
ITALY
Como, City Library
Milan, Romanian Orthodox parish
Turin, Romanian Orthodox parish
Turin, Italian-Romanian Cultural Association 'Ovidio' (Chieri)
Venice, Romanian Cultural Institute

ROMANIA
Sibiu, 'Astra' District Library

2009
ITALY
Bergamo, Municipality of Ponte San Pietro Lodi, Rotary Club
Monza, Romanian Orthodox parish Padua, 'Columna' Cultural Association
Varese, Italy-Moldavia Association (Besozzo)
Verona, Cultural Mediators Association
Vicenza, Community of the Society of St. Paul

2010
AUSTRIA
Vienna, Romanian Cultural Institute

FRANCE
Paris, Romanian Embassy
Mont-Saint Aignan (Rouen), MSA International & E.A. Cultural Society

HUNGARY
Budapest, Romanian Cultural Institute
Szeged, Romanian Cultural Institute

ITALY
Bergamo, University and S. Bartolomeo Cultural Centre
Bergamo, Catholic parish's Theatre (Crespi d'Adda)
San Martino Buon Albergo (VR), The University of the Third Age
Vicenza, Festival Biblico

Paris, Romanian Embassy (2010)