"Biografiile" Sfantului Maxim Marturisitorul si contextul istoric al epocii sale

Author(s): Vicen?iu Românu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2017

In modern Romanian theology, Father Dumitru Stăniloae is the first theologist who started capitalizing, by their precious translations and comments, for almost half a century, on a part of the theological and spiritual works of the great Byzantine and erudite monk of the 7th century in the person of Saint Maxim the Confessor, thus ranging under the neopatristic trend, dedicated to the „maximology” commenced during the first half of the 20th century. Within the four tomes of maximian works, the Romanian theologist casts some light on the sizes and profound significances of the confessor monk Maxim’s thinking in relation to contemporary theology, however, concerning Their life, the scholared Romanian theologist compiles short biographic notes.

"Foaia Diecezana" - 130 de ani de aparitie

Author(s): Constantin Cilibia / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2017

The Diocesan Sheet magazine, through the articles printed, enjoys an even greater popularity within believers, priests, not only from the Caransebeș Bishopric, but the entire country. The editorial team consists of church, but also laic personalities with a good theological preparation. It is led by our inexhaustible Bishop, Dr. Lucian Mic, of Caransebeș, who is undertaking great efforts for the magazine to appear periodically and in exquisite graphic conditions. From what we have seen so far, the Diocesan Sheet magazine is highly appreciated, not only within the Caransebeș Bishopric, the Banat Mitropoly, but also within the Romanian Patriarchy. We see its presence everywhere, thus confirming that it complies with current requirements and exigencies.

"Regulamentul autorităților canonice-disciplinare și al instanțelor de judecată ale Bisericii Ortodoxe Române". Contribuția Arhiepiscopiei Timișoarei.

Author(s): Cosmin Panturu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2016

As for matters of internal discipline, our Church has applied, in time, canonical provisions from modern Romania imbedded with norms foreseen in Disciplinary Court and Trial Regulations in 1926 and 1949. They have been issued by the church authority in compliance with Laws of Cults and Church Statuses in 1925 and 1948-1949. The 1949 Regulation was updated several times and was still enforced until 2015. A number of 17 sense and shape provisions present in this article have been acknowledged from amendments brought by the Timişoara Archbishopric.

(Hiper)produkcija čuda i čudesnih dela: značenja narodnih i crkvenih interpretacija i njihov značaj za proces desekularizacije u Srbiji

Author(s): Lidija Radulovic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 4/2012

Over the last 20 years, miracles and miraculous acts have been an important part of the multi-layered process of desecularization in Serbia. The Serbian Orthodox Church is trying to revitalize orthodoxy as interpreted by the church and draw in as many believers as possible. At the same time, the folk orthodox variant of Christianity is being revitalized among the faithful, mostly through populist interpretations with elements of folk religion. This paper analyzes the public production of miracles in Serbia based mostly on material drawn from the media, but also on personal testimonies of informants who have witnessed such events.

A novel painted monument. Byzantine Art between Aesthetic Redefining and Dogmatic Perennity. The church Saint John the Baptist of Bârnova

Author(s): Mihail Gheatau / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

Being remarkablethrough the monumentality andelegance of proportions, thearchitecture of the Church “SaintJohn the Baptist” from Bârnovaderives from the so-called oldWallachian style, skillfullyreshaping a structure whichcombines elements which arespecific to Byzantine Balkanicecclesiastical buildings. Theunseen pictural work of ȘtefanConstantinescu is characterized bythe attempt to associate the resultsof experiencing freedom ofinterpretation and expression withthe rules of the iconographiccanon, inside the same ensemble.Its representations do notreproduce the traditional Byzantinemanner, nor it is delivered as aform of quoting reality, but it is filtered and interpreted. From a theologicalpoint of view, the author respects the iconographic program, except for thetopographic placement of some episodes, adapting the discourse accordingto the configuration and features of the liturgical space. We are in front ofa case which places us in the position of managing the relationship betweenthe value of artistic creation and the meticulosity of theologicalinvolvement. Neither Byzantine, nor realistic, the artistic solution of themural painting from Bârnova is closer to the manner of iconictransfiguration than to the one of improvisation or artistic intermediationthrough which the daily tridimensional world is reflected.

Activitatea unui erudit slujitor al Bisericii

Author(s): Dan Marius Goga / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2016

Father Grigore Pletosu has exposed, quite a lot lately, the interest of people concerned with the history of the Năsăud region and otherwise. In spite of this, not all aspects of his activity have been emphasized, which actually led to us writing this study, where readers receive an insight of his biography, almost unknown, with his university studies in Sibiu, Leipzig and Pesta.

Age of the Holy Spirit: The Eon of Inspiration, Spirituality and Harmony between Masculine and Feminine

Author(s): Madalina Virginia Antonescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

After defining the concept of the “Age of the Holy Spirit”, we will try to establish a general profile of this civilization and axiological pattern, conceived as opposing and surpassing the obsolete patriarchal model of organizing human society and mentalities. The pro-active and positive, the creative role of the woman in designing, implementing and extending this model are underlined in the first section of the paper. We will also make some references to the relation between the woman and this new civilization and axiological pattern, by presenting the main dichotomist aspects within human societies operating until the present.

Akathistos and Pokrov: A Case Study of Iconographic Contamination

Author(s): Nazar Kozak / Language(s): English / Issue: 9/2014

The Virgin’s protection as the main concept of Strophe 19 of the Akathistos Hymn demanded an appropriate visualization. Thus in some of the Akathistos cycles the illustration of this strophe was definitely influenced by the iconography of the Pokrov, which embodied the same idea. Actually, the specific representation of the Virgin holding a cloth (in several cases looking like an omophorion) in her arms had been borrowed. We will discuss how this variant of the illustration of Strophe 19 had emerged, when and where it was spread and why? The Virgin’s protection as the main concept of Strophe 19 of the Akathistos Hymn demanded an appropriate visualization. Thus in some of the Akathistos cycles the illustration of this strophe was definitely influenced by the iconography of the Pokrov, which embodied the same idea. Actually, the specific representation of the Virgin holding a cloth (in several cases looking like an omophorion) in her arms had been borrowed. We will discuss how this variant of the illustration of Strophe 19 had emerged, when and where it was spread and why?

ALEGEREA ŞI INSTALAREA PREASFINŢITULUI PĂRINTE DR. EMILIAN CRIŞANUL ÎN FUNCȚIA DE EPISCOP-VICAR AL ARHIEPISCOPIEI ARADULUI

Author(s): Iustin Popovici,Marius Mircia / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 7-9/2017

On July 4 2017, in the Synodic Hall of the Patriarchal Residence, under the presidency of the All-Holy Patriarch Father Daniel, the work session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place. This session entailed the election of the Bishop-Minister for the Archbishopric of Suceava and the Rădăuți and the Bishop-Minister for the Archbishopric of Arad. The Holy Synod elected, by secret vote, his Grace, the Bishop-Minister Emilian Lovișteanul as Bishop-Minister for the Archbishopric of Arad, with 43 out of 46 votes validly expressed votes. The new Bishop-Minister will be named his Grace, Father Emilian Crișanul.

An Apologetical Approach regarding the Religious Feeling

Author(s): Ionita Apostolache / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The religious feeling represents the first step in the process of knowing God. In our study we have tried to analyze apologetically the human predisposition to the divine reality. Our main interest was to demonstrate the necessities of the religious human being in their process of self-discovery. In this regard, the feeling of religious belonging is very important. Therefore, the moral law is the starting point in the divine knowledge of the human consciousness. In the process of revelation God gives the Old Testament to the Jewish people. Furthermore, when the Logos has come in the world the divine knowledge started to be more straightforward and the religious feeling acquired a Christological di-mension. Finally, the religious feeling demonstrates a beautiful process of an ontological discovery in Christ of all human race. In conclusion, our study is an apologetic debate about how to reestablish the conceptual harmony between theology, philosophy, culture and science in the process of knowing God.

Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara. Seria Teologie

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Romania

Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara, seria: Teologie has been founded into the year 1995. Then, the Orthodox Theology Department of the Faculty of Letters, History and Philosophy has stepped into the second year from its foundation. During time, dozens of studies, book reviews, obituaries, scholar articles, essays, and other similar were published into the issue’s pages.

Nowadays, the issue came to the no. 22nd and reflects the results of the academic research of the theological staff and of some of the students, too. The scientific committee of the issue is made of some important theologians, from the Orthodox Church and from other Christian Churches, as: Teresa Ferro, Roberto Giraldo, Dimitrios Gonis, Philipp Harnoncurt, Ioan I. Ică (jr.), Dumitru Megheșan, Gheorghios Metallinos ș.a.

Andrei Zănatecul pentru Hristos în manuscrisul lui Serafim Ieromonahul și într-un manuscris din sud-estul Ardealului

Author(s): Catalina Velculescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: Vol.54/2017

Les discussions se déroulent en marge du texte du ms.2513, que nous avons reproduit à cette fin. Jamais édité jusqu’ici, le manuscrit représente, pour le moment, la copie roumaine la plus ancienne des écrits sur André Salos, «le fou de Christ». Les discussions se déroulent aussi en marge du texte du ms. 1373, que nous avons également reproduit. C’est la première copie qui provient du sud-est de la Transylvanie connue jusqu’ici d’après André Salos. Vous trouverez là également un petit fragment conservé dans un autre ms. toujours du sudest de la Transylvanie : le ms. 1132, éloquent pour la capacité de traitement des copistes.

Aneks. Materiały do bibliografii przekładów starej literatury kręgu Slavia Orthodoxa na język Polski

Author(s): Agata Kawecka,Ivan Petrov,Malgorzata Skowronek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2010

Anglikanie w Iranie w czasie rewolucji islamskiej

Author(s): Marcin Rzepka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2016

The Islamic Revolution had a great impact on defining the position of religious minorities in Iran. Christians belonging to ethnic churches – Armenians and Assyrians – obtained constitutional rights. Others, especially Anglicans, conducting missionary activity, faced restrictions and persecution such as confiscation of property and arrests caused by the revolutionary authorities.The article presents Anglicans’ attitudes toward the Islamic Revolution, taking into account the international context of events related to the imprisonment of British citizens in 1980 – employees of the Anglican Diocese of Iran. It tries to prove, in fact, profound changes, both quantitative and qualitative, within Christianity in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Aniversarea unui reprezentant al Ortodoxiei din strainatate

Author(s): Marius Florescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2016

On the 10th of April this year, Professor Dr. Reverend Ioan Sauca from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in Switzerland has turned 60. He is the author of numerous studies and works of ecumenical and missionary theory nature. He has taught Orthodox Theology classes at several important theological institutes around the world, such as Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Israel and the Holy Cross Orthodox Institute in Boston (U.S.A.). On the 19th of August, 2007, he was named honorary citizen of the commune of Fârliug, located in the Caraş - Severin district. By his complex activity in attendance of the Orthodox Church and the ecumenical movement, Professor Dr. Reverend Ioan Sauca does credit to the Romanian Orthodox Church and especially to the Banat Church, whom he has been named the spiritual son of.

Anthropological structures of the religious imaginary in Sandu Tudor’s norm - poem

Author(s): Carmen Ciornea / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

The present study presents some aspects of the liturgical composition - The Akatist of Our Allpious Father St. Demetrius The New, Keeper of oxen in Basarabov – and it is based on the assumption that the greatness of literature must be determined by the „dialogue” with Divinity. The poetry search a reference point in the transcendent and the most sequences in the akatist of Sandu Tudor is imposed by the gravity of emotion, by purity and the ardour of the feeling. The paths created by mystical and iconic anthropology developed in its akatists require a thorough understanding, coherent with the Church tradition and the Christian vision of the dynamics of its transformation into words.

ANTHROPOLOGY OF FESTIVITIES: COULD THE CHURCH AND NATIONALLY RELATED FESTIVITIES REPLACE THE SOCIALISTIC ONES?

Author(s): Mirjana P. Mirchevska / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2012

Religion is an extremely complex phenomenon, created of different elements – notions, myths, rituals, taboos, ethical principles, and thus it belongs to different genres. On the other hand, the religious feeling is a special experience related to a human need to give sense to existence. It is doubtless that in the basis of today’s value systems we can find strong foundations of religious moral teachings. However, it is also clear that their relation to religion has been weakened, changed or canceled. Religion and social changes have always been interrelated, and thus the changes of the economic base induce changes in the higher strata, including religion. The article focuses upon the situation with the “Christian” religious celebrations among rural and urban population in the Republic of Macedonia, during socialistic times and today. Based upon concrete celebrations, it encapsulates phenomena and changes concerning the collective festivities of Orthodox Christian Macedonians. Those are beliefs in non-baptized days, the Easter holidays, as well as ritual plays under masks. Though a continuous analysis, the changes that are part of contemporary life are followed, at the same time mixed with pre-Christian elements. Urban elements are mixed with traditional customs related to Christian holidays, as a contemporary and acceptable way of celebrating among people that have migrated from different areas, above all to the capital city, but also include completely new elements that have not been a part of the celebrations and everyday life ten years ago.

Antoni Mironowicz, Ks. Michał Bożerianow i jego odpowiedź „ludziom małym”, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Białystok 2015, 131 stron

Author(s): Urszula Anna Pawluczuk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14/2016

Antoni Mironowicz, Marcin Mironowicz, Św. Antoni Supraski, Białystok 2014, Wyd. Orthdruk, ss. 44

Author(s): Urszula Pawluczuk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2015

Apokrifinės literatūros aprėptis: Diskusija dėl istorinių atribojimų ir žanro savitumo

Author(s): Vytautas Ališauskas / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 58 (3)/2016

A very diverse collection of early Christian texts, which are not included in the biblical canon but may be compared to the canonical New Testament in terms of genre and narrative, is called The New Testament Apochrypha (Codex apocryphus Novi Testamenti, 1708) since the beginning of the Modern era. A prominent collection of these texts, edited by John Fabricius, had great impact on the term to become a common one. A collection of German translations published in 1904 (edited by Edgar Hennecke) also shares the same name (Neutestamentliche Apokryphen). A third edition of Hennecke’s collection, edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher (Hennecke-Schneemelcher, 1959- 1964) secured the term as a convention. The New Testament Apocrypha are understood in relation to the biblical canon of The New Testament – on the grounds of their underlying intention to be classified as biblical and their literary form. Eric Junod discussed this conception and in result proposed a new naming of apocrypha corpus; thus, the French edition was titled Écrits apocryphes chrétiens (Bovon, Geoltrain 1997) and the German one – Antike christliche Apokryphen (Markschies, Schröter 2012). This new understanding of the apochrypha, free from the ties with The New Testament, did not solve all the problems concerning the identification of apocryphicity and the status of different texts. In this article, we propose that the apochrypicity of these texts should be discussed in relation to post-apostolic orthodoxy, not to the biblical canon. There are two types of texts that are attributed to the disciples of Jesus or their followers, and some texts of anonymous authorship as well: first, texts outside the post-apostolic orthodoxy or the Great Church that repeatedly include the “secret teachings” of Jesus; second, texts that correspond to post-apostolic orthodoxy but are not included in liturgical reading analogous to the status of The Old Testament, i. e., as holy scriptures.