Filocalie și Sfântă Liturghie – slujirea liturgică a monahilor din Moldova la începutul secolului al XX-lea
Philocalia and Divine Liturgy - the liturgical ministry of the monks in Moldova at the beginning of the 20th century

Author(s): Alexăndrel Elian (Gavriil) Alexa
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Orthodox Church of the Kingdom of Romania; St. Liturgy; the monasteries of the Metropolis of Moldavia;
Summary/Abstract: Popular culture was integrated into the Church in the Romanian space, and the flow of the calendar year unfolded according to the liturgical rhythm, whose cadence was always determined by the organized life of the monastic or parish church. While in parishes the Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sundays and religious feast days throughout the year, in monasteries and hermitages, the liturgical service was continuous, which gave the monastic space a particularly spiritual character. In order for the Divine Liturgy to be continuous, monastic life had to unfold in obedience, according to certain rules freely assumed by all monks and brothers in the community. For this reason, the liturgical time of monastic life was intertwined with the order of ecclesiastical canons and rules, to which were added the love of beauty, the love of God's holiness, or Philokalia. This study seeks to explain how the liturgical life of monks in the monasteries of the Metropolis of Moldavia was able to continue during a period of modernization of the State and, implicitly, of its institutions, through administrative reforms that were also adopted by the Orthodox Church of the Kingdom of Romania. Thus, the peace of the cell came to be seen in liturgical history as a dam against overly enthusiastic initiatives coming from the secular world toward profane service.

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