330 Years since the Printing of the Missal of His Holiness Dosoftei, at Iaşi, in 1679 Cover Image

330 de ani de la tipărirea Liturghierului Sfântului Mitropolit Dosoftei, la Iaşi, 1679
330 Years since the Printing of the Missal of His Holiness Dosoftei, at Iaşi, in 1679

Author(s): Lucian Vasile Petroaia
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Cultural history, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie „Paul Păltănea” Galaţi
Keywords: religious books; religious printing; Iaşi; the Missal of Dosoftei;

Summary/Abstract: The author eulogistically depicts the personality of a Moldavian clergyman of high rank, the Metropolitan Bishop Dosoftei. The Romanian Orthodox Church canonized Dosoftei, as a result of his devoted liturgical service and of his fruitful activity of cultivating the Romanian language and culture. He kept the line with the efforts to promote Romanian language as a language of cult; he is deemed as the founder of the Romanian liturgical jargon. The case study takes the shape of a bibliographical and theological exegesis of the Missal printed at Iaşi, in 1679, and considered as the first complete edition in Romanian language of a fundamental liturgical book. Later on, the Missal printed by Dosoftei was widely used by the Romanian Orthodox Church in its practices.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 211-226
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian