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Slujirea preoțească în parohiile rurale
Priestly service in rural parishes

Author(s): Grigore-Alexandru Meşteroaie
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Arhiepiscopia Bucureștilor
Keywords: priesthood; Romanian village; pastoral care; ruralization; pastoral tact;

Summary/Abstract: A priest does not serve for himself. He is the bishop’s delegate in the parish entrusted to him. In his parish, the soul shepherd is meant to become the face of the Good Shepherd (John 10, 11), being active among parishioners, teaching and administering the Mysteries of God’s Kingdom. The simplicity and sometimes the shortcomings or spiritual slips of his parishioners should not stop the priest from carrying out his missionary work. However, a lucid presence of the young servant is required throughout the extensive process of spiritual guidance of the faithful, to which he fully commits once he has received the Sacred Mystery of Ordination.

  • Issue Year: 79/2020
  • Issue No: 10-12
  • Page Range: 241-246
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian