Mission through Eucharist in Today’s Parish. Pastoral Examples from the Works of Saint John Chrysostom Cover Image

Misiune prin Euharistie în parohia de azi. Exemple pastorale din opera Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur
Mission through Eucharist in Today’s Parish. Pastoral Examples from the Works of Saint John Chrysostom

Author(s): Silviu Marcel Costin
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: church;mission;parish priest;the Eucharist;the faithful;

Summary/Abstract: Given the galloping technological progress, the parish isfaced with new pastoral situations. The management of these situations depends heavily on whether or not the future based on the values of the Orthodox faith of these communities. Using less the “liturgical treasure” that it has orthodoxy results in visible today, migrating alarge number of protestant denominations faithful to (data confirmedlast census). One of the “pieces” of this treasure, little used in someOrthodox parishes in Romania is the Eucharist. It is well known that inmany parish communities, especially those in urban areas, confessionand communion is linked to the four posts of the year or just for Lent. In the rest of the time, most of the community is absent from liturgical program. In many parishes, especially in urban areas, the exact numberis not known to the faithful from the parish but the first step of data provided by the civil authorities.

  • Issue Year: XX/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 115-127
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian