Spiritual advices and exhortations of Father Dionysios from Colciu for the contemporary world and man Cover Image

Sfaturi şi îndemnuri duhovniceşti ale Părintelui Dionisie de la Colciu pentru lumea şi omul contemporan
Spiritual advices and exhortations of Father Dionysios from Colciu for the contemporary world and man

Author(s): Ioan Cristinel Teşu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Holy Father Dionysius Ignat; monasticism; tradition; prayer; Orthodox monasticism; family; globalisation

Summary/Abstract: Some might interpret the teachings of Holy Father Dionysius Ignat from the HolyMountain as an expression of traditionalism and excessive rigor, of a fundamentalismand an anachronic and retrograde religious extremism. But we have the firm convictionthat these are the words of an authentic Abba, a spiritual Father, tested in thestruggle against the moral evils, fully engaged in defending and proclaiming the ultimatetruth, which is Christ. Therefore, his words are a testimony of the spiritualvisionary and of the prophetic Christian. Similarly, we can consider him to be perhapsone of the last representatives of Orthodox authentic and traditional monasticism, aman who loved the tradition and the order, the silence and the obedience, the humbleprayer and the reflection.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 09+12
  • Page Range: 47-61
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian