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Misiunea preotului după exemplul Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur
The Mission of the Priest, According to the Example of Saint John Chrysostom

Author(s): Cristi Adrian Cristescu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: priest;church;poors;mission;society;

Summary/Abstract: Priesthood is a continuation of the mission of Jesus Christ in this world, and this holy duty must awake much more clerical consciousness .We have a lots of priests having such an alive consciousness but, it seems, none like Saint John’s Chrysostom . During the 12 years as a priest in the Antiohia’s Church, he leed an intense pastoral and missionary activity by praying, preaching, writing and by taking care always of poor people and mankind generally. The famous convention ‘‘About Priesthood’’ shows us the greatest responsibilities,by representing the source of inspiration of many clerics in their holy mission. Saint John Chrysostom remains a model of vocation and sacrifice of the orthodox priest, able to understand the pain of the nearones and to be permanently placed in the service of the people and to whom all the clerics need to have it as a model.

  • Issue Year: XX/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 129-138
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian