Hristu Cândroveanu was born on 5 February 1928 in Babuk [bg; ro] (Romanian: Babuc), in Durostor County, Romania (now in Silistra Province, Bulgaria).
Following this, he became a Romanian-language teacher for several years in localities of the modern Călărași and Prahova counties as well as in the city of Ploiești.
Throughout the years, Cândroveanu would publish a multitude of works related to the Aromanians, an ethnic group to which he belonged.
He also became editor-in-chief of the newspaper Livres roumains ("Romanian Books"), created and directed the Aromanian magazines Deșteptarea ("The Awakening") and Dimândarea ("The Will"), founded in 1992 the Dimândarea Părintească Aromanian Cultural Foundation, and also became president of the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society.
[2] He was critical of the fact that Romania, during the communist regime, had ignored the Aromanian population in the Balkans, which he said had catastrophic consequences for their schools, churches and cultural monuments.