Spaţiul digital în sprijinul filantropiei creștine

Author(s): Bogdan Viorel Gabor / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 02/2020

Philanthropy is a form of communion between people, aid for those in need, compassion for others and it represents a man’s gift to another man. The Church is the most suitable environment for expressing Christian philanthropy because here we realise the communion and the unity of each person, together with God. In terms of philanthropy, every century had its own way of realisation. Our century has also many methods towards a philanthropic action and one of them is the digital space, the most used environment from our daily life. Therefore, how to sustain philanthropy and solidarity in an era of connection and technology? Perhaps social networks and the digital space could be the suitable answer to this question, because they manage somehow to put together people from around the world. This article aims to demonstrate, by analysing some studies and examples, the fact that the internet could be a good way of spreading, not only the idea of philanthropy, but also the main actions that could be done, in this sense.

Raziile forţelor de ordine în bisericile sucevene și în Biserica Sfânta Ecaterina din Constanţa – exemple că libertatea religioasă poate fi pusă între paranteze

Author(s): Radu Zidaru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 02/2020

Recently, the Romanian mainstream press reported that crews made up of police, Romanian Jandarmerie and inspectors of the Public Health Department carried out raids in several churches in Suceava County, fining some believers and clerics for non-compliance with health protection measures. The event is not a singular one, because at the church of Saint Catherine of Constanţa, during the Holy Liturgy, the parishioners were taken out by the police, legitimized and some of them even fined, under the pretext that during the quarantine, the services are organized only outside the places of worship. In this paper the author attepts to analyze these events from a legal point of view, presenting, at the same time, the natural consequences that derive from committing them.

Libertatea de exprimare religioasă, între schismă și amendă contravențională. Cazul de defăimare de la biserica Sf. Dumitru din Buzău (2011)

Author(s): Iustin (Ionuț) Taban / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 02/2020

The present study aims to investigate the legal and reasonable boundaries for expressing religious ideas in public, with focus on the defamation case at the orthodox Liturgy of St. Demeter’s church from Buzău in the year 2010. During the celebration, a number of eight schismatic-orthodox protesters entered the church and shouted defamatory slogans against the Patriarch and the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. At least four of the protesters were given a contraventional penalty by the police agent on the basis of Law 61/1991 regarding the breaking of public peace, and following the legal contestation, the case was sent to the Justice Court of Buzău. The stake of this case is to understand in which circumstances can one exercise the right of expressing critical religious ideas, in a manner that should not violate the law, the Constitution, but also, in the canonical perspective, the procedure of canon law.

Prevederi canonice, liturgice și juridice cu privire la folosirea vinului în cult

Author(s): Alin Ionuț Vraja / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 02/2020

The following study is focused on the topic of liturgical wine according to the Holy Canons of the Orthodox Church. As we know, in the various liturgical acts of our Church wine is used, along with other elements as bread or oil. The most important use of the wine is in the Holy Eucharist, where wine becomes the Blood of Christ. This is the reason why the liturgical wine must correspond to the canonical prescriptions that inquire the use of a wine with a certain quality. We will emphasize the fact that the Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church prohibits the use of crafted wine, or of wine produced with other additives and preservatives. The wine must be fermented, clear and with alcohol, without being mixed with milk or grape juice. So, the purpose of this article is to clarify, based on the Holy Canons, which are the criteria that define a wine as being canonical or non-canonical for use in the Holy Eucharist.

Teodora-Ilinca Mureșanu, Sfântul Roman Melodul, „Dulcele Cântăreţ” – Viaţa și Opera, Editura Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2020

Author(s): Dacian But-Căpuşan / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 02/2020

Teodora-Ilinca Mureșanu, Saint Roman Melodul, „Dulcele Cântăreţ” - Life and Opera, Cluj University Press Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2020

The Story of the Old Rectory in Žilina

Author(s): Miloš Dudáš / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The fate of the so-called Old Rectory in Žilina, situated next to the monumental Church of the Holy Trinity, was emotionally charged, controversial and, in the end, very sad. The Rectory’s architecture and construction reflected both the needs of its various owners, and many of the dramatic events that had affected the city throughout its history. Despite repeated damage by fire, the faith community always found the strength and energy to restore the building and bring it back to life. Up until 1989, the Rectory was an integral part of the community’s spiritual life, and even after then, its upper storey continued to serve as the Church’s pastoral centre and a meeting place for Christian youth activities, while the ground floor housed the city’s Tourist Information Board and a popular restaurant. The Rectory was declared a national cultural monument in 2008, just as a developer was taking an interest in the site on which it stood. At this point, the local Church authorities decided it was not worthy of salvation and swiftly lodged an appeal against the decision to protect it, downplaying the building’s historical and architectural value, suggesting that since its original Late Medieval/ Early Modern features had been lost to fire 1678, the current building, reconstructed in 1777, was of no significant value. While a decision on the appeal was still pending, the Rectory was demolished, in the middle of Saturday night, July 12, 2008. The ground on which it stood was completely excavated within a week, allowing no possibility of recovery archaeological research. Eventually, a shopping centre was built over the place it once stood. This article discusses the controversial processes that led to the building’s abrupt demolition, and explores the failure to bring charges against those responsible for its destruction, which took place contrary to the Monuments Act.

KSIĄDZ DR JÓZEF DEPOWSKI (1879-1939) – KAPŁAN LWOWSKIEJ ARCHIDIECEZJI ORMIAŃSKIEJ, NAUCZYCIEL, WYCHOWAWCA I SPOŁECZNIK

Author(s): Tomasz Krzyżowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/2020

Józef Depowski was born on 29 November 1879 in Ropczyce in a family of farmers, in 1899 he graduated the classical gymnasium in Rzeszów and began studies of philosophy, theology and spiritual formation in the Theological Seminary in Tarnów, which he was obliged to abandon due to health problems. From 1907-1916 he studied in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy of the Swiss University of Fribourg, where in 1912 he defended his doctoral thesis on the subject of the history of art. In 1912 he became incardinated to the Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv and in 1913 he took holy orders. After his return to Galicia he undertook the job of a teacher and a catechizer in the gymnasiums in Zamość (1916-1917) and in Ropczyce (1923-1930). He was a teacher and an educator of the youth, he taught several subjects in secondary schools, he served as the headmaster of a gymnasium, the chaplain of a nursery, he was a spiritual leader, the pastoral minister of workers, the initiator of social undertakings, the author of scientific publications. From 1936-1939 he was the administrator the Armenian parish in Tyśmienica. He passed away on 8 November 1939 in Ropczyce, where he was also buried.

KS. TEOFIL LEWICKI (1875-1952)

Author(s): Bartosz Walicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/2020

Rev. Teofi Lewicki was born on the 10th of October, 1879 in Laszki Murowane. He was a graduate of Gymnasium in Sanok. He finished the formation of priesthood in Seminary in Przemyśl. He got the priestly orders on 31st of January,1899. Then he worked as a vicar in Wesoła (1899-1902), Stojańce (1902-1903), Laszki (1903-1904), Rakszawa (1904) and in Łąka (1904-1910). In the year of 1911 he became a parish priest in Trzeboś. In 1922 he became a vice dean a Sokołów. Apart from his common priestly work, he also engaged in a church renovation and plenty of social works. Rev. Teofil Lewicki retired in 1945. He died on the 21st of September, 1952.

Márton Áron élete és munkássága

Author(s): Istvan Csucsuja / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 12/2021

Cântarea bisericească ortodoxă, un mijloc eficient în modelarea caracterului creștin al copiilor și al tinerilor. Istorie și actualitate

Author(s): Zaharia Matei / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 7-9/2021

Since the beginning of the Church, chant has played a pivotal role in its liturgic and communitarian activity. Throughout time, chant has constituted an efficient mechanism of Christian education because of its eminent theological message of ingraining a cult life of praying, being also an instrument for combating heresy and every other teaching that is strange to the Christianity found in the Church and to the Christian community. By selecting and substantiating certain elements of the profane through the minds of the Holy Fathers, the Church managed to create new musical and literary forms in order to express its teachings. The Romanian Church assumed the holy tradition of the Eastern Church by preserving and harvesting it up to present day. Education in Romania was initially developed and carried out in Church, and the singers and clerics of the church were at the same time teachers and guides for the Romanian people. Introducing a repertoire of songs found within the clerical space into the Romanian education curriculum, chants found in the Holy Liturgy, as well as Christmas carols, highly contribute to the development and enlightenment of the minds of children and youth, while also cultivating their spiritual purity.

Disocializace vězňů a východiska speciálních pedagogů a vězeňských kaplanů

Author(s): René Strouhal / Language(s): Czech Issue: 2/2022

The service of a special pedagogue and a prison chaplain has its justification with regard to the human needs of prisoners as persons with special educational needs and pastoral care facilities. The socialization of prisoners in the macro-prison system can degenerate into deviant socialization, which, with other factors, can negatively affect both professions. The final domestic and foreign research offers solutions to this type of high workload.

Preşcolarul creştin-ortodox şi tehnologia digitală. Rolul trezviei în formarea voinţei

Author(s): Mihaela Brânză / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 06/2022

The Christian family is nowadays confronted with an avalanche of information provided by the digital media. In order to walk on a healthy developmental path, the preschooler needs a calm environment to live in and two parents that love each other. Digital technology raises a great deal of challenges for the adults. They are forced to search for the latest information related to the effects of digital media on their children. Self-discipline has become mandatory for a today’s parent. Children learn from their parents how to behave in the family and within society. Emotional development is connected with the adults’ ability to love them unconditionally. A Christian parent is called to be extremely vigilant. The power of bad influence that the media has on children’s thoughts cannot be neglected. It also affects their attention and capacity to learn. Teaching children how to limit their use of technology constitutes a step in the development of their will. Protecting their minds from ugly thoughts is a task that parents are supposed to carry out during early childhood. The Christian teaching about watchfulness is the starting point of this educational endeavor.

Interview with Professor Karel Skalický about Czech Exile Journal Studie

Author(s): Karel Skalický,František Štěch / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Câteva observaţii pe marginea lexicului păstoresc de origine română în limba polonă (I)

Author(s): Mihai Mitu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2010

Dans la prémiere partie, on ajoute des nouvelles informations à la bibliographie de la communication faite, en 1968, au VI-éme Congres International des Slavistes de Prague (L’nfluence roumaine sur le lexique des langues slaves, dans «Romanoslavica», XVI, p 59-121) – entre autres, les contributions de certains linguistes de Cracovie, le romaniste Stanisław Widłak et l’orientaliste Marek Stachowski – conmcernant la terminologie pastorale d’origine roumaine dans la région du Nord des Carpathes. Avant de passer à l’etude de certains aspects concrets de l’influence du roumain dans le lexique pastoral de la langue polonaise, l’auteur fait des considerations sur l’ancienneté de cette influence, affirmant qu’elle date dés X-eme siecle, c’est-a-dire de la période de parachevement de deux processus: d’une part, celui de la formation du people et de la langue roumaine, d’autre part, celui de dissolution définitive de l’unité linguistique slave et de formation des langues slaves modernes. On souligne, pour le prémiere fois, que l’ínfluence roumaine dans l’ancien polonais se manifeste, non seulement dans le domaine du lexique, tel qu’on soutenait jusqu’à présent, mais elle peut être également admise dans le domaine de la morphologie des langues polonaise et slovaque de la vie pastorale. Il s’agit de l’emploi des desinences du masculin personal au pluriel pour les noms des trois animaux: le chien, le loup et le vautour (pol. pies, wilk, orzel ; slov. pes, vlk, orel) jusqu’au XVII-e siecle. Le fait qu’on rencontre ce fenomene seulement dans le cas des trois animaux cités et seulement dans le langues polonaise et slovaque est dû à la longue cohabitation des bergeres roumains, polonais et slovaque dans les Carpathes du Nord et les Tatras.

Cuvântul bun luminează comunicarea

Author(s): His Beatitude Daniel Patriarch of Romania / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2021

In the context of the pandemic, social networks proved to be a very useful missionary and pastoral means since, for a long time, the faithful could not physically participate in church services. Thus, the online streaming of services was a spiritual consolation, a source of peace and joy, especially since many people suffered from loneliness, anxiety, the uncertainty of tomorrow, fear of illness and death (…).Through the live-streaming church services, the period of solitude and uneasiness was transformed into one of hope and communion, the faithful waiting with great responsibility and trust in God for the moment of actual liturgical participation, which we enjoy today. The World Social Media Day, celebrated on June 30 every year, is an opportunity to congratulate all those who use social platforms to promote people’s good words and deeds, not to generate conflicting and offensive conversations. In this sense, the Saviour Jesus Christ exhorts us with these words: “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5, 16).Therefore, let us use social networks with discernment and responsibility in the spirit of solidarity, respect and love of fellow human beings, according to the words of the Saint Apostle Paul: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your interests but each of you to the interests of the others” (Philippians 2, 3-4).

Religie și migrație, religie și diaspora - noi domenii de cercetare. O prezentare istorică și tematică

Author(s): Alina Pătru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2021

The present study defines terms such as migration and diaspora, with the necessary distinctions and explaining the semantic processes they have undergone over the final decades of the 20th century. It tackles the emergence of the areas of research religion and migration, respectively religion and diaspora, in early 21st century, and it presents the work agenda of each of these fields, as well as the type of religious and social changes each of them addresses, thus providing a theoretical framework to the various particular aspects pertaining to this thematic area. Research into migration and diaspora has gained amazing impetus over the last years: the number of publications has multiplied, while the plurality of approaches to these phenomena has also increased. Both migration and diaspora have been investigated by various sciences, from anthropology and sociology, political sciences and economy, to the studies of globalization or postcolonialism. One of the most important results of these efforts is precisely the redefining and clarification of terms such as migration and diaspora – so that they may express and render the complexity of today’s situations –, and the emergence of new areas of research, such as transnationalism. The study of the ways in which religion influences the experience of migration and life in the diaspora, and the investigation of its transformations, are not only useful in preventing the escalation of social conflicts, but also greatly relevant for all those interested in understanding the manifold manifestations of the religious phenomenon, and in the organization of religious life in a foreign environment. From a pastoral-missionary standpoint, knowing how religious attitude is shaped by the experience of migration and the diaspora, respectively how it impacts the various situations of individual life, is very important in articulating appropriate responses to particular pastoral circumstances. The contribution of the new research areas religion and migration, respectively religion and diaspora, within the broader field of religious studies, by comparing the experiences of various religious traditions worldwide, which face similar challenges under similar circumstances, is highly useful to the theologians preparing for mission and pastoral work in today’s dynamic conditions.

Papież Benedykt XVI, Mystagogia Benedicti. Wprowadzenie w tajemnice roku liturgicznego. Objawienie Pańskie. Od drugiej Niedzieli po Bożym Narodzeniu do święta Ofiarowania Pańskiego, red. ks. Andrzej Demitrów, Biskupów 2020

Author(s): Andrzej Sebastian Jasiński OFM / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2021

Papież Benedykt XVI, Mystagogia Benedicti. Wprowadzenie w tajemnice roku liturgicznego. Wielka Noc Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego. Niedziela Zmartwychwstania i Oktawa Wielkanocy, red. ks. Andrzej Demitrów, Biskupów 2021

Author(s): Andrzej Sebastian Jasiński OFM / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2021

IERARHUL EMILIAN ÎN RECUNOȘTIINȚA URMAȘULUI DE ASTĂZI

Author(s): Lucian Mic / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 7-9/2021

In these days of commemoration of a century since the birth and the 25th anniversary of the passing of Bishop Emilian to the Lord, we strive to bring all our gratitude, both those who knew him and those who they did not know him. As every man carves light and shadow in earthly life through the places he travels through, our hierarch has left deep traces in the history of our Church and a legacy that we receive with gratitude and piety. We have the certainty that all those who have understood him, or may not have been able to understand him, receive the indulgent blessing of the hierarch, hoping that his soul has found peace and tranquility in the bosom of the Most Holy Trinity, which he has continually confessed.

CALEA CELUI NEBUN ESTE DREAPTĂ ÎN OCHII LUI... (PILDE 12, 15)

Author(s): Constantin Jinga / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 7-9/2021

The author analyzes the biblical lexemes for „mad / madness”, from both the Old and New Testaments. The paper highlights the meanings of these lexemes and the very diverse and complex realities they cover.