Când a fost să moară Ștefan - (Romanian Patriotic Song about the Death of Stephen the Great)

●▬▬▬▬▬✦⋆English⋆✦▬▬▬▬▬● “Când a fost să moară Ștefan“ (When it was for Stephen to die) is a Romanian Patriotic Song about the Death of Stephen the Great of Moldavia (born in 1438 or 1439, died in 1504). He was Prince of Moldavia between 1457-1504. The song was written by Ștefan Octavian Iosif. This version is sung by the choir of the Putna monastery. Stephen the Great is well known due to the dozens of battles he had with the Ottomans, Poles, Hungarians, Tatars, Wallachians, etc. won by him. His most famous battle is the Battle of Vaslui against the Ottomans, which is considered by many historians to be the greatest defeat of the Ottomans and the most important victory for Christianity in Europe. ●▬▬▬▬▬✦⋆Română⋆✦▬▬▬▬▬● “Când a fost să moa