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The paper aims to bring to mind the personality of Antim Ivireanul and his involvement in the development of the Romanian culture. Its activity within the Church is evoked, as abbot of the Snagov Monastery, as bishop of Râmnic and as founder of churches: building of All Saints Monastery in Bucharest (1713-1715), later called the Antim Monastery for which he established a set of rules for proper functioning, the Antim Monastery Establishment representing the oldest regulation for organization and functioning of a holy place. Within the monastery, there was a school where children were taught for four years Romanian and Slavonic, two printers - Romanian and Greek and a library, the first public library in Wallachia for which Antim establishes loan rules. Also, throughout his life, Antim Ivireanul has printed 63 books, of which 21 in Romanian, four being written by him. In all his writings, Antim preaches the introduction of the Romanian language in the church by printing religious service books in Romanian and contributing to the creation of a Romanian liturgical language that continues to this day. His most important work, Didahiile, is a collection of sermons held on important holidays and Sundays over the year, written in a beautiful and cursive Romanian language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]