Life in Christ Lived and Witnessed within and through the Moldavian Monasticism Cover Image

Viaţa în Hristos trăită şi mărturisită în şi prin monahismul moldav
Life in Christ Lived and Witnessed within and through the Moldavian Monasticism

Author(s): Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina Teofan
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Monasticism; Orthodox spirituality; icons; Paisie Velicicovschi; Church history

Summary/Abstract: The Moldavian monasteries are seen through their exterior painting as an “aesthetic category with an universal value”, but they are hidding more deeply treasures. The life in Christ lived in the Holy Spirit as the outpouring of Heavenly Father’s love is the fountain bearing inner treasures present in Moldavian monasteries. The value of Moldavian monasteries, source of clean live for the seekers of sense and spiritual depth, has two essential parts: the theological message as an witness of faith in Christ, present in the wall frescoes, and the patristic phenomenon linked to St. Paisie Velicicovschi from Neamt Monastery.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 05+08
  • Page Range: 5-21
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian