MISSIONARY AND PASTORAL ASPECTS OF THE MYSTERY OF HOLY UNCTION

Author(s): Iulian-Constantin Vrabie / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 39/2024

St. Luke the Evanghelist even draws a parallel between the striving to inherit the Kingdom of heaven, the sending of the disciples to proclaim the Gospel and the healing of the sick: "Go! Behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves ... and into whatever city you enter, and they will receive you ... heal the sick in it and say to them, The kingdom of God is near at hand" (10:3; 8:9). From this we cannot fail to understand that healing - even that which is linked to transitory bodily pains - must be seen in the perspective of the Kingdom of heaven, that is, in relation to the principal calling of every Christian, that of becoming heirs of eternal life

THE CHRISTOLOGICAL BASIS OF MISSION IN ORTHODOXY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM

Author(s): Iulian-Constantin Vrabie / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 39/2024

The necessity of the confession of Christ as presented by the Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers is necessary in order for the Church to find an answer to the problems of contemporary man, showing him his true vocation reflected in the words of the Fathers who reveal the purpose of the Incarnation of Christ, namely: the dehumanization of man, for God became man so that man could become dehumanized, the Incarnation thus becoming "the basis of our dehumanization". Of particular importance, therefore, is the way in which contemporary man understands his relationship with God who became incarnate for him, Christ hypostatizing in a "concrete existential event both the divine and the human nature".

CURRENT ECUMENICAL CONCERNS: CHRISTIANITY AND INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

Author(s): Iulian-Constantin Vrabie / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 39/2024

The question of the relationship between Christianity and the other religions of the world has reached a stage of great topicality, because it can be said that it is only today that the question of understanding between the world's religions is being fully realized as a consequence of the encounter and confrontation between the different cultures of the world and as an inexorable necessity to find a way of living together peacefully and prosperously on the entire surface of the earth. In this context, ecumenical interreligious dialogue must follow the laws of constructive dialogue: it must be based on reciprocity, promote common commitment and bear witness together to the mission entrusted to them, the stakes of such dialogue being understanding, cooperation and witness to the truth.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SAINT PARASCHEVA FROM IAŞI

Author(s): Stefan Iulian Apopei / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 39/2024

The life of Saint Pious Parascheva has been written about repeatedly and in different ways. However, the multitude of contemporary writings have their essence in a few historical sources. The first work concerning the life of St. Parascheva is attributed to the deacon Vasilisc, who wrote the life of the saint at the request of Patriarch Nicholas IV Muzelon, in the middle of the 12th century. Patriarch Teodosie of Bulgaria, Patriarch Eftimie of Târnovo and Moses of Budmil will later be inspired by this work. There is a hypothesis according to which there would have been another writing concerning the life of Saint Parascheva, but which, according to Theodore Balsamon, the patriarch of Antioch, would have been thrown into the fire by the Ecumenical Patriarch, Nicholas IV Muzelon, "since it was written by a peasant, in a simple language that did not correspond to her angelic life".

Észrevételek a csíksomlyói búcsú eredettörténetéről

Author(s): Mihály Balázs / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2023

This article was inspired by Tamás Mohay’s (1959) earlier work (A csíksomlyói pünkösdi búcsújárás. Történet, eredet, hagyomány. [The Pentecost Pilgrimage in Csíksomlyó. History, Origin, Tradition.] Budapest 2009) and most recent work (The Shrine and Pilgrimage of Csíksomlyó in the second half of the Twentieth century – Academic Doctoral Dissertation, 2021), which convincingly revealed that the Battle of Hargita was a late-eighteenth century construction in the vein of invented traditions. However, more recent publications have started to suggest that the event might actually have happened. This article provides a detailed account of the events that unfolded in the Prince’s environment in the spring of 1567, based on a previously ignored source, a letter from the Italian captain Giovanandrea Gromo (1518–1567?). On the basis of this source, it is safe to say that the idea that the battle really took place is physically impossible. The second part of the article offers an analysis of the first texts that promoted the myth (Chronology and Testimonium). The analysis shows that these texts quote passages from sixteenth-century Transylvanian parliaments in a distorted format, giving the impression that severe punitive sanctions were imposed on Catholics. Rhetorical analysis reveals that the two texts are not written according to the same rhetorical principles. The Testimonium clearly adapts the historiographical method, while the Chronology reflects a strong influence of hagiography. On the other hand, the latter work refers to the written, but now lost or only orally transmitted tradition of persons who, although not authenticating the Battle of Hargita, make it likely that some tradition of the miraculous survival of the Catholic faith arose already in the second half of the seventeenth century, connected to the construction of the shrine in the same century.

Vallásos vonatkozások az európai integráció tervezésében és alakulásában

Author(s): Dávid Gyerő / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2023

This article explores ways in which Europe’s Christian character has manifested in the planning and in the later shaping of European integration, concluding that Christianity has been more an indirect factor in the integration process than a direct one. Robert Schuman (1886–1963) observed that Europe will only live and survive aware of itself and its responsibilities, if it returns to the Christian principles of brotherhood and solidarity. In the 2000s, during the accession of Hungary and Romania, Europe is still searching for its soul. Jacques Delors (1925), former President of the European Commission, also believed that Europe needs a soul. Europe's Constitutional Treaty refers in general terms to its religious traditions and respect for the status of churches under the law of the Member States. On the other hand, it fails to acknowledge an obvious historical fact: the role of Christianity in shaping Europe's history and culture. Almost twenty years have passed since the signing of the Constitutional Treaty and the failure of its ratification by the Member States. In 2023, Europe is still in the same position as it was in 1950 (under the Schuman era) and 2010 (under the Delors era): still experimenting to find its soul. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (1958), reflected this in her 2021 assessment speech on the state of the Union.

S. M.

Author(s): Balázs Pap / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2023

Among the 16th century Hungarian psalm translations, there are several texts of uncertain authorship. Some late sources claim to know that the monogram of their author is S. M. Based on contextual arguments, this paper provides evidence that these texts can be attributed to Mihály Sztárai (1500?–1575). In the case of the mysterious author, Siklósi Mihály (?–?) who left behind a single work, arguments in favor of Sztárai’s authorship are also presented.

Z Zimna do Rzymu – krótka opowieść o życiu zmartychwstańca ks. Waleriana Damazego Przewłockiego

Author(s): Maciej Gawlik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2023

Artykuł poświęcony jest sylwetce ks. Waleriana Przewłockiego CR, który urodził się w 1828 r. na ziemi lubelskiej. Po uzyskaniu matury w gimnazjum lubelskim (1847) brał czynny udział w armii węgierskiej w czasie powstania 1848 r. i w armii tureckiej oraz francuskiej w wojnie krymskiej przeciwko Rosji (1853-1856). Pracował w charakterze inżyniera w Anglii i Francji. Organizował oddziały mające walczyć w powstaniu styczniowym. Po niepowodzeniu z tym związanym osiadł w Górze koło Śremu w domu Cezarego Platera, gdzie doświadczył głębokiego nawrócenia. Nieoczekiwanie wyjechał do Rzymu i wstąpił do zmartwychwstańców w 1865 roku. Pierwsze śluby złożył u nich rok później, a święcenia kapłańskie przyjął w 1867 r. Po obronie doktoratu (1868) został wysłany do Galicji, gdzie poszukiwał miejsca do osiedlenia się zgromadzenia. Objął funkcję kapelana niepokalanek w ich klasztorze w Jazłowcu (1869-1874). Po powrocie do Rzymu został Prokuratorem Generalnym. W roku 1883 mianowano go przełożonym misji bułgarskiej w Adrianopolu. Po śmierci o. Semenenki XI Kapituła Generalna w styczniu 1887 roku wybrała go dożywotnim Przełożonym Generalnym zgromadzenia. Zmarł w Rzymie 7 V 1895 r. W Archiwum Generalnym pozostała jego bogata spuścizna epistolograficzna i pamiętnikarska.

From the Cold to Rome – a Short Account of the Life of the Resurrectionist Father Walerian Damazy Przewłocki

Author(s): Maciej Gawlik / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

The article is dedicated to the fi gure of Father Walerian Przewłocki cr, who was born in 1828 in the Lublin region. After obtaining his high school diploma at the Lublin gymnasium (1847), he actively served in the Hungarian army during the 1848 uprising and in the Turkish and French armies during the Crimean War against Russia (1853–1856). He worked as an engineer in England and France. He organ-ized troops intended to fi ght in the January Uprising. After its failure, he settled in Góra near Śrem in the house of Cezary Plater, where he experienced a profound conversion. He unexpectedly traveled to Rome and joined the Resurrectionists in 1865. He took his fi rst vows a year later and was ordained a priest in 1867. After completing his doctor-ate (1868), he was sent to Galicia, where he looked for a place to establish the congre-gation. He was appointed as chaplain to the Immaculata at their convent in Jazłowiec (1869–1874). Upon his return to Rome, he became Procurator General and in 1883 he was appointed Superior of the Bulgarian mission in Adrianople. After Father Semenenko’s death, the 11th General Council in January 1887 elected him Superior General of the congregation for his lifetime. He died in Rome on May 7th, 1895. His rich epistolographic and diary heritage remains in the General Archives.

Rusça Hukuk Diline Girmiş İslâm Hukuku Terimlerinin Kavramsal Çerçevesi

Author(s): Leyla Babatürk / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 55/2025

Legal language is a unique form of communication full of technical terms and clichés. Even words used in everyday life can take on completely different meanings in legal contexts. For this reason, a branch of linguistics called legal linguistics has recently emerged in the field of linguistics. Modern Russia and Turkey use the same legal system. However, legal translation between the Russian and Turkish legal languages is a very challenging field. To produce a quality translation in this field, it is necessary to know the two national legal systems, the terms used, and the meanings of the clichéd expressions. It is noticeable that the number of common legal terms used in the Russian and Turkish legal languages is low. The reason for this situation is that the Turkish legal language is based on Islamic law, and most of the terms are of Arabic origin. There are terms related to Islamic law that are used in the Russian legal language. However, the introduction of these terms into the Russian language through borrowing may lead to changes in their meanings. Therefore, the main purpose of the research is to identify the terms of Arabic origin used in the Russian legal language, to compare them with the fiqh terms in terms of meaning, and to determine the changes in the meaning of the borrowed fiqh terms in the explanations. During the research, linguistic research methods such as document analysis, comparative analysis, and descriptive analysis were used. In addition to these research methods, component analysis and contextual analysis which are used in semantic research were also employed. As a result of the analysis, it was found that most of the fiqh terms in the Russian legal language have undergone phonetic changes. In some cases, these changes even make it difficult to find the equivalent of the terms among fiqh terms. Furthermore, the conceptual frameworks of the terms of Arabic origin were created, and it was concluded that the conceptual frameworks of many terms contain incomplete information compared to the fiqh terms. Some terms are included in the dictionaries of legal terms in order to provide more encyclopaedic explanatory information.

Predslov

Author(s): Ladislav Tkáčik / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2025

Foreword by the Editor-in-Chief to the tenth issue of the Yearbook

Zygmunt Krasiński i zmartwychwstańcy o polityce polskiej i rewolucji

Author(s): Grzegorz Kucharczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2023

Artykuł przedstawia zarys analizy podobieństw myśli politycznej Zygmunta Krasińskiego (1812–1859), romantycznego wieszcza, i refleksji na temat polityki najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli Zgromadzenia Zmartwychwstania Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrystusa. Autor podkreśla, że Krasiński wysoko oceniał pracę na niwie duszpasterskiej i narodowej zmartwychwstańców, darząc ich wielkim zaufaniem. Prowadził z nimi regularną korespondencję (z księżmi A. Jełowickim i H. Kajsiewiczem), która ujawnia istotne podobieństwa światopoglądowe poety i duchownych. Zarówno Krasiński, jak i zmartwychwstańcy dostrzegali w religii katolickiej fundament polskości, rozumianej jako wspólnota ducha i kultury. Zachowanie tej wspólnoty poprzez wierność katolickiej tożsamości narodu polskiego było – podkreślali zgodnie Krasiński i zmartwychwstańcy – warunkiem sine qua non odzyskania przez naród polski niepodległości politycznej. Na tej drodze istniało jednak poważne zagrożenie – rewolucja. Jak podkreślał autor Nie-Boskiej komedii, rewolucja zagrażała Polsce zarówno od zachodu (prądy radykalne inspirowane antychrześcijańskim dziedzictwem rewolucji francuskiej), jak i od wschodu (Rosja jako zinstytucjonalizowany przewrót rewolucyjny). Ten sposób analizowania zagrożenia rewolucyjnego był podzielany przez zmartwychwstańców, adresatów listów poety.

Zygmunt Krasiński and the Resurrectionists on Polish Politics and the Revolution

Author(s): Grzegorz Kucharczyk / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

The article examines the similarities between the political thought of Zyg-munt Krasiński (1812–1859), a romantic poet, and the refl ection on the politics of the most prominent representatives of the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The author of the paper emphasizes how Krasiński greatly appreciated the pas-toral and national work of the Resurrectionists, having great confi dence in them. He carried on a regular correspondence with them (with Father A. Jełowicki and Father H. Kajsiewicz), from which emerged signifi cant similarities between the refl ection on the subject of politics exposed by the poet and the aforementioned clergymen. Both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists considered the Catholic religion to be the foundation of Polishness understood as a community of spirit and culture. Preserving this commu-nity while remaining faithful to the Catholic identity of the Polish nation was, stressed jointly by both Krasiński and the Resurrectionists, a sine qua non for the Polish nation to regain political independence. On this path, however, there was a serious threat posed by the revolution. As the author of “Undivine Comedy” points out, the revolution threat-ened Poland both from the West (through radical currents inspired by the anti-Chris-tian legacy of the French Revolution) and from the East (through Russia, understood as an institutionalized revolutionary insurrection). This way of interpreting the revolution-ary danger was shared by the Resurrectionists, the recipients of the poet’s letters.

Ksiądz Eustachy Skrochowski – prekursor muzealnictwa kościelnego

Author(s): Beata Skrzydlewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2023

Eustachy Tomasz Skrochowski urodził się dnia 18 września 1843 roku w Kotowej Woli, koło Tarnobrzega. Pochodził z rodziny ziemiańskiej, jego rodzicami byli Manswert Skrochowski i Salomea z Olszewskich. We Lwowie uczęszczał do szkoły realnej, również we Lwowie, podjął studia w Akademii Technicznej, które ukończył z wynikiem celującym. Dodać należy, że pogłębiał swoją wiedzę w innych ośrodkach europejskich w Wiedniu i w Paryżu, uzyskując dyplom inżyniera.W trakcie pobytu w Paryżu poznał Waleriana Kalinkę, jednego z późniejszych założycieli Zgromadzenia Zmartwychwstańców. Dnia 9 listopada 1870 roku wstąpił do Zgromadzenia Zmartwychwstania Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrystusa. Rok później 30 listopada złożył pierwsze śluby zakonne, a 7 listopada 1874 roku profesję wieczystą. Podjął na Sapienzy studia filozoficzne, zaś teologiczne na Uniwersytecie Gregoriańskim znajdując wielkie uznanie u Kajsiewicza i Semenenki.W tym czasie zaprojektował ołtarz główny oraz piedestał dla XIV wiecznego, siedmioramiennego świecznika do sanktuarium maryjnego w Mentorelli, zrealizowane w latach 1881-1883. Jednak Skrochowski postanowił wystąpić z zakonu, zwolnienie ze ślubów, otrzymał dnia 21 stycznia 1882 r. i rozpoczął pracę w Krakowie, gdzie pracował m.in. jako katecheta, ale także udzielał się czynnie na polu kultury. W roku akademickim 1886/1887 r. na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim otrzymał tytuł dr. habilitowanego w zakresie historii i estetyki.Następnie został zatrudniony na Wydziale Teologicznym UJ, gdzie pracował krótko, bo już od 14 stycznia 1891 r. został profesorem zwyczajnym na Wydziale Teologicznym Uniwersytetu we Lwowie. temat dotyczący muzeów i konieczności ich zakładania na terenach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej, poruszył Eustachy Skrochowski.Eustachy Skrochowski wykazywał wielkie zainteresowanie starożytnością chrześcijańską, był archeologiem teoretykiem, ale także pierwszym Polakiem, który pisał artykuły poświęcone sztuce wczesnochrześcijańskiej. Koncentrował się na propagowaniu idei muzealnictwa kościelnego i ochrony zabytków. Brał czynny udział w konferencjach poświęconych tym zagadnieniom.

Priest Eustachy Skrochowski – Pioneer of Church Museolog

Author(s): Beata Skrzydlewska / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

Eustachy Tomasz Skrochowski was born on September 18th, 1843, in Kotowa Wola, near Tarnobrzeg. He came from a gentry family, his parents were Manswert Skro-chowski and Salomea née Olszewski. He graduated from Lviv’s real school and later took up studies at the Technical Academy, graduating with honors. It should be added that he deepened his knowledge in other European centers – he spent the third year of his studies in Vienna, obtaining a diploma in engineering.During his stay in Paris, he met Walerian Kalinka, one of the future members of the Congregation of the Resurrectionists. On November 9th, 1870, he joined the Con-gregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A year later, he took his fi rst vows on November 30th, and his solemn profession on November 7th, 1874. Subsequently, he enrolled at the Sapienza University to study philosophy, and at the Gre-gorian University to study theology. During this time, he designed the main altar and the pedestal for the 14th-century seven-armed candlestick for the Sanctuary of Mary in Mentorella, completed in 1881–1883. Soon after Skrochowski decided to withdraw from the order, successively being released from his vows on January 21st, 1882. After-wards, he started working in Cracow, where he was, among other things, a catechist, also actively contributed to the fi eld of culture. In the academic year of 1886/1887, he obtained a doctorate at the Jagiellonian University in the history and aesthetics. Sub-sequently, he was hired at the Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University, where he worked for a short time, since he became a full professor at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lviv on January 14th, 1891, touching on topics relating to museums and the necessity of establishing them in the territories of the former Republic.Eustachy Skrochowski demonstrated great interest in Christian antiquity, he was a theoretical archaeologist, but also the fi rst Pole who wrote articles on early Christian art. He was focused on promoting the idea of ecclesiastical museology and the preserva-tion of antiquities. He also actively participated in conferences on these issues.

FEJA DHE ATDHEU NË KUVENDIN E ARBRIT: KONTRIBUTI I PAPË KLEMENTIT XI, PROPAGANDËS FIDE DHE VINÇENC ZMAJEVIQIT

Author(s): Alvin Saraçi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 02/2022

The essay deals with the Albanian Council “Kuvendi i Arbrit” that was hold in 1703 and the contribute of the Pope of Albanian origin Clement XI, Albani (1700-1721) and Vinçenc or Vicko Zmajević for its organisation and the approval of the decrees for the Albanian Catholic Church and the Albanian question of spreading the light of wisdom and the Albanian language and culture by means of setting up schools. The Albanian edition of 1706 served as the basis of the canon law and as one of the ancient Albanian texts, that together with the first Albanian grammar was in use for the education in the colleges. The cultural and national awakening that preceded the Renaissance that begun by the Pope Clement XI went on with the Pope Clement XII, Corsini (1730-1740), who opened the Arberesh Colleges of San Benedetto Ullano of Cosenza and Palermo in Sicilia and the Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) who reconfirmed these decrees.

Библиотека „Атониада“: оригинален научен прочит на иконографската традиция

Author(s): Boyka Donevska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 49/2024

QUELQUES NOTES CONCERNANT LA CONTRIBUTION DE SAINT PAÏSSIOS VELICHKOVSKY ET DE SA COMMUNAUTÉ AU DÉVELOPPEMENT DES RELATIONS DES ROUMAINS AVEC LE MONT ATHOS

Author(s): Petronel Zahariuc / Language(s): French Issue: 61/2024

This article comprises a few aspects concerning the role of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, abbot of the Dragomirna, Secu, and Neamț monasteries in Moldavia, in the intensification, or rather the re-establishment, of relations between the Romanians and Mount Athos. This re-estab-lishment had many dimensions, to the extent that we can speak of an outpouring of Athonite spirituality into the monastic life of the Romanian Principalities. The primary receptacle and, later, the diffusion centre of this spirituality was the Neamț-Secu Monastery for nearly three generations, from the organisation of the Paisian monk community in the last three decades of the 18th century until its destruction in the seventh decade of the subsequent century. In this article, I focus on several smaller-scale aspects of the history of relations between the Romanian Principalities and Mount Athos, starting from the 15th century until the time when Saint Paisius Velichkovsky became the abbot of several Moldavian monasteries (the second half of the 18th century): the beginnings of Romanian monastic settlements on Mount Athos, the emergence of a new phenomenon in the 18th century, the organised pilgrimage to Mount Athos, which had previously been disorganised and random, and the establishment of sketes or “import” in Moldavia and Wallachia of monks from the large Paisian community of Neamț-Secu.

Image of the Snake-Dragon in the Architectural Decoration of the Christian Churches of the Medieval Period

Author(s): Ekaterina Endoltseva,Nelly Tabueva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The article focuses on the evolution of the image of the snake in the architectural decoration of the Christian churches in Caucasus during the medieval period. The origins of the image in the more ancient cultures of the Mesopotamia and of the Mediterranean world are studied. An attempt is made to trace the continuity in the image and meaning of the snake from ancient times up to the present day (according to ethnography and folk art). A rare iconographic type of a snake was revealed, which appears in the Middle Byzantine period in the remote mountainous regions of the Caucasus (the upper reaches of the Ksani and Liakhvi rivers, Racha, Svaneti, Upper Kartli).

The Art of Sculpture and the Development of Christianity in Ukraine

Author(s): Roman Odrekhivskyi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The purpose of the article is to offer a comprehensive study on the meaning of sacral art in the formation of Christianity in Ukraine. The scientific novelty of this research is that the artistic features of the sculpture in Ukraine analysed in the process of the formation of Christianity in the region are highlighted for the first time. Based on the elaborated material, it is the interrelation of the art of the Christian sculpture of the area with the developed local pagan traditions that is mostly shown. After all, religious sculpture played an essential role regarding the sacred culture of ancient Ukrainians. As a result of the study, it was found that the art of sculpture in wood and stone in Ukraine has ancient traditions. Christianity has drawn all the best from this tradition and adapted it according to its cult: the technique of wood and stone processing, the range of plots, mythological traditions. The mentioned approach may also be applied to other types of sacred art: painting, artistic metal processing, etc., which should be considered in subsequent scientific studies.