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

Author(s): Vicen?iu Românu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01-03/2017

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: 01-03/2017

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: 01-03/2016

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.

"Със светиите упокой, Христе"

Author(s): January Dzhangozov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

The main points in the report highlights the relationship between the living and the dead, between the private and the common prayer, and the unity of the Church. The private prayer for the dead occurs spontaneously, since it is an act of the love for your own, and from there it flows into the common prayer, because the Church has always helped its members by praying for the dead during the holy Divine Liturgy. The other main focus is the merciful sacrifice to God as it is stated, in the symbol of faith, upon the terrible and glorious Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ

(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.

,,IATĂ NE ÎNTOARCEM CĂTRE NEAMURI...” (F. AP. 13, 46). ASPECTE PREMERGĂTOARE PRIMEI CĂLĂTORII MISIONARE A SFÂNTULUI APOSTOL PAVEL

Author(s): Vasile Doru Fer / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2019

The present study addresses a topic of interest not only for newtestamentary theology but also for other related theological disciplines. In the contemporary context, the reminder of the missionary framework is imperative, given that the Apostle Paul, appealing to his disciple and associate Timothy, urged him to preach the word, persevering with time and without time (cf. II Timothy 4:2) such a vivid exhortation nowadays too. The Book of Acts provides us with the most comprehensive information about the vast ministry of preaching the Gospel of Christ to the Gentiles, and the Gentiles who are covered by the darkness of unbelief have thrilled to the message brought by the missionary preachers of the teaching of Christ. Not having much opportunity, the Apostle Paul, along with the other collaborators who formed the missionary group on the first missionary journey, Barnabas and John Mark, through the preaching, will succeed in transforming the pagan world into a people of the righteous. Actually, the missions of St. Paul the Apostle will be a particularly important element that will change the future of mankind, becoming the voice of the hopelessness hope. Though he considered himself the least importanat among the Apostles, he will consecrate himself as an Apostle of the Gentiles. He not only proclaimed the Gospel to them, but always tried by his presence, and when he failed, he kept trying, through his epistles, to return to the midst of those he converted, in order to keep alive and unaltered the doctrine of Christ. The versatility of the paulin genius left its mark forever on the teaching of the Church. Therefore, if an analysis of his missionary journeys is desired, it must be done in different ways. The devotion with which he had fulfilled the 36 Altarul Banatului mission entrusted to him has to be emphasized, regardless of the missionary journeys analysis. Although the present study only considers the preliminary aspects of the first missionary journey and not an exhaustive presentation in its entirety, we will find that the perspective and missionary work among the Gentiles as well as the formation of the first missionary group are landmarks that require a special attention.

170 de ani de la Hirotonia întru episcop a Sfântului Andrei Şaguna (18 aprilie 1848). Analiza istorică şi canonică a documentelor

Author(s): Razvan Per?a,Mircea Gheorghe Abrudan / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4/2018

The life, activity and work of Saint Andrei Şaguna, the Metropolitan of Transylvania, are well-known due to the special academic researches led by Romanian and foreign historians and theologians. However, official archives and libraries from Romania and from abroad still possess many original sources regarding the Transylvanian Metropolitan’s life and activity that can bring clarifications about his work and will contribute to a more complete outline of his pastoral and theological activity. Our work explores two such very important documents regarding the appointment of Archimandrite Andrei Şaguna as the Transylvanian Orthodox Bishop by Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria on February 5, 1848 and his ordination by Metropolitan Iosif Raiacici in the metropolitan cathedral of Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci) on April 18, 1848. Our research reviews these two important documents in the historical, canonical, and political context of the period.

1882 — Anul Aparitiei Revistei „Candela” a Mitropoliei Bucovinei

Author(s): Justinian-Remus Cojocar / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01+04/2017

The history of the religious-literary journal „Candela” begins in 1882, when the worthy of remembrance Silvestru Morariu Andrievici was Archbishop of Cernăuți and Metropolitan of Bukovina and Dalmația (1880-1895). „Candela” was the official church journal of the Metropolitan of Bukovina reaching every village, city, parochial and city library and institution. On the 8th (20th) of April 1882, the Metropolitan Silvestru Morariu Andrievici issued The Circular and The Regulations for the religious literary Journal of Cernăuți. He sent the two documents, on the 17th (29th) of April 1882 (entrance number 30) for publication in Foaia Ordinăciunilor a Consistoriului arhiepiscopal în afacerile Arhidiecezei ortodoxe orientale a Bucovinei, no. 4, year 1882. As an official bulletin of The Orthodox Church in Bukovina, „Candela” was to give prestige to the diocese and identity to the Church and the Romanians in Bukovina.

2017 – Anul omagial al unităţii de credinţă şi de neam şi Anul comemorativ al făuritorilor Marii Uniri de la 1 Decembrie 1918

Author(s): Patriarhul Daniel / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2018

A Beleaguered Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) 1941–1945

Author(s): Aleksandar Stojanovic / Language(s): English / Issue: XLVIII/2017

In the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from its establishment only days after the German attack on Yugoslavia in early April 1941 until its fall in May 1945 a genocide took place. The ultimate goal of the extreme ideology of the Ustasha regime was a new Croatian state cleansed of other ethnic groups, particularly the Serbs, Jews and Roma. The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), historically a mainstay of Serbian national identity, culture and tradition, was among its first targets. Most Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries were demolished, heavily damaged or appropriated by the Roman Catholic Church or the state. More than 170 Serbian priests were killed and tortured by the Ustasha, and even more were exiled to occupied Serbia. The regime led by Ante Pavelić introduced numerous laws and regulations depriving the SPC of not only its property and spiritual jurisdiction but even of its right to existence. When mass killings stirred up a large-scale rebellion, a more political and seemingly non-violent approach was introduced: the Croatian regime unilaterally and non-canonically founded the so-called Croatian Orthodox Church in order to bring the forced assimilation of Serbs to completion. This paper provides an overview of the ordeal of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the NDH, based on the scholarly literature and documentary sources of Serbian, German and Croatian origin. It looks at legislation, propaganda, the killings and torture of Orthodox clergy and the destruction of church property, including medieval holy relics. The scale and viciousness of some atrocities will be looked at based on unused or less known sources, namely the statements of Serbian refugees recorded during the war by the SPC and the Commissariat for Refugees in Serbia, and documents from the Political Archive of the Third Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A házasság és a papi rend a görög szertartásban

Author(s): István Gábor Cselényi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 04/2017

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.

A Perspective Over Religious, Political and Economic Decisions in Romania after 1989

Author(s): Andreea Maria Kurtuhuz,Ion Vasilescu / Language(s): English / Issue: S2/2009

One of the greatest Romanian ‘organization’ that has the highest roots in history than any others, Romanian Orthodox Church, provided many actions for the political and economic lives, but also improved and developed different and new strategies for a better management to a high level. During the past twenty years, the decisions taken in the religious area had a huge impact over the political arena, even if it was wide open or out of see actions. The European Union and the enlargement were seen also like political and economic strategies, but in fact it was just another objective that the Church had to accomplish.

ACCENTE TEOLOGICE

Author(s): Daniil Stoenescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 10-12/2018

The moment is our gift. Life is made up of a lot of time packs, full of eternity moments. Every moment should be received, lived, filled with sense and meaning, and lit by prayer. The Hesychast Orthodox Prayer fills to the fullest extent, warms, ignites and flames the golden Cup gem of every moment in our earthly and Christian life. Each moment has its infinite value, that is why a man, a Christian, a clergyman or a monk is bound to connect, bind and hang every moment of his life by faith, hope and love, humility, repentance and weeping, of God’s eternity, for eventually God’s eternity will call to judgment and judge the moments of our life, separating them as the shepherd breaks up the lambs from the goats.

Act de sfinţire a Catedralei Mântuirii Neamului sau Catedrala Naţională

Author(s): Patriarhul Daniel / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2018

Acte ctitoricești și gesturi de putere la Miron vodă Barnovschi

Author(s): Maria Magdalena Székely / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2018

L’investigation de l’activité fondatrice du prince Miron Barnovschi (1626–1629; 1633) met en lumière quelques traits distinctifs. Par ses monastères, le prince a créé en Moldavie un véritable système de fortifications. Toutes ses fondations étaient entourées de murs avec des tours fortes, dont quelques-unes bénéficiaient également d’éléments défensifs supplémentaires. À une époque où le pays n’avait plus des forteresses, l’initiative de Miron Barnovschi pourrait s’expliquer par le fait qu’avant de devenir prince, il eût occupé une dignité militaire (hetman). De cette perspective, peut-être, on pourrait aussi comprendre sa dévotion aux reliques d’un saint militaire – le grand martyr Jacques le Perse – dont il offrit une partie au monastère de Dragomirna et une autre partie l’envoya à Moscou. Dans la plupart des cas, le prince a reconstruit ou terminé des bâtiments appartenant à certains de ses proches. À Lviv, il acheva l’église de la Stauropigie qui avait comme fondateurs les frères Jérémie et Simion Movilă. À Dragomirna, il continua les travaux que son oncle, le grand logothète Luca Stroici, n’avait pas réussi à accomplir. À Toporăuți, il fit restaurer l’église de la cour de sa famille où se trouvait également la tombe de son père. À Iasi, il remplaça l’église en bois de son parent, le maréchal (dvornik) Nestor Ureche, par une autre en pierre. Cette forme de solidarité familiale s’est manifestée non seulement en termes de construction, mais aussi de donations. À la construction ou à la dotation de certaines de ses fondations, Miron Barnovschi a associé sa mère, le couple princier reprenant et perpétuant, comme beaucoup d’autres monarques de l’Europe chrétienne, le modèle des empereurs Constantin et Hélène. Le même modèle impérial, fondamental dans le processus continu de légitimation du pouvoir, pourrait également clarifier la dévotion particulière de Miron Barnovschi au Saint-Sépulcre. Bien qu’aucune image votive ne soit préservée dans ses églises, le portrait du prince Miron nous est parvenu sous la forme d’enluminures sur deux parchemins. Pratique de la chancellerie byzantine, l’ornementation des actes solennels avec le portrait du souverain avait le rôle de renforcer la volonté exprimée par les mots inscrits dans l’acte; en même temps, c’était une déclaration visible de l’appartenance de l’émetteur à la grande famille des princes chrétiens, des successeurs des empereurs byzantins, qui s’étaient illustrés en tant que fondateurs (ktitors) et en tant que défenseurs et protecteurs des Lieux Saints. C’est aussi de vieux modèles que Miron Barnovschi a suivi lorsqu’il essaya d’établir les règles de la vie monastique dans ses fondations (Dragomirna, Sucevița et Hangu), selon celles des autres monastères du monde orthodoxe, à partir du premier millénaire de la vie chrétienne. Comme son prédécesseur, Étienne le Grand, et son successeur, Vasile Lupu, Miron Barnovschi a compris que l’activité fondatrice était une concrétisation du langage symbolique du pouvoir. Peu après son avènement au trône, il lança un véritable projet, qui incluait la construction ou l’achèvement de sept églises et monastères, des donations (principalement aux fondations de sa famille), des «dédicaces» des monastères et des donations aux Lieux Saints et aussi le renouveau du culte de saint Jean le Nouveau.

ACTE DE CULT RELIGIOS ÎN VREMEA PATRIARHILOR BIBLICI

Author(s): Viorel-Cristian Popa / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2019

The life of the biblical Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, remains a living example for all of humanity. Preceding to be the Old Testament Law, their faith remains exemplary to all world peoples.The worship is a tribute to divinity through religious acts, the manifestation of religious feeling through prayers and ritual acts or the total rituals of a religion. The cult is also defined as the feeling of admiration, respect, awe, adoration to someone or something. The worship expresses the homage, that is the attitude and activity designed to recognize and describe the value of the person to whom homage is given. The cult encompasses the unity of a religious life, the embrace of piety, and divine liturgical ministry.To preserve the purity of the faith about God and the world, and to restore the true purpose of divine worship - the worship of God - Yahweh chose Abram from Ur of the Chaldeans to be the representative of the true religion and of the true divine worship. This is the God that the patriarchs of the Old Testament and all the Jews of their time honored him. It was God, who called them to a monotheist faith. Therefore, for the Jews, the words „the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob“ are loaded with emotional and historical significance. Essentially, the worship of the Patriarchs consists of sacrifices, prayer and circumcision. It was a worship of the covenant between God and Abraham.

ACTIVITATEA NAȚIONALĂ A CLERICILOR DIN BANATUL DE SUD, ÎN PREAJMA MARII UNIRI

Author(s): Daniel-Aron Alic / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01-03/2018

The Romanian Orthodox Church from Banat, faithful to the Orthodox principles and commandments, has always been an institution in service of her flock. Thus, because the Romanians from this region desired to be united with the Romanians from all other provinces, the Church, through its ministers, supported this desideratum. After the World War II, when the moment for this unification came, the bishops, the deans and the entire clergy from Banat were, alongside all political representatives of the people, the first fighters for the national ideals of unity.

Activitatea unui erudit slujitor al Bisericii

Author(s): Dan Marius Goga / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01-03/2016

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.

Activities of Father Nikolai Velimirovich in Great Britain during the Great War

Author(s): Slobodan G. Markovic / Language(s): English / Issue: XLVIII/2017

Nikolai Velimirovich was one of the most influential bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century. His stay in Britain in 1908/9 influenced his theological views and made him a proponent of an Anglican-Orthodox church reunion. As a known proponent of close relations between different Christian churches, he was sent by the Serbian Prime Minister Pašić to the United States (1915) and Britain (1915–1919) to work on promoting Serbia and the cause of Yugoslav unity. His activities in both countries were very successful. In Britain he closely collaborated with the Serbian Relief Fund and “British friends of Serbia” (R. W. Seton-Watson, Henry Wickham Steed and Sir Arthur Evans). Other Serbian intellectuals in London, particularly the brothers Bogdan and Pavle Popović, were in occasional collision with the members of the Yugoslav Committee over the nature of the future Yugoslav state. In contrast, Velimirovich remained committed to the cause of Yugoslav unity throughout the war with only rare moments of doubt. Unlike most other Serbs and Yugoslavs in London Father Nikolai never grew unsympathetic to the Serbian Prime Minister Pašić, although he did not share all of his views. In London he befriended the churchmen of the Church of England who propagated ecclesiastical reunion and were active in the Anglican and Eastern Association. These contacts allowed him to preach at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster and other prominent Anglican churches. He became such a well-known and respected preacher that, in July 1917, he had the honour of being the first Orthodox clergyman to preach at St. Paul’s Cathedral. He was given the same honour in December 1919. By the end of the war he had very close relations with the highest prelates of the Church of England, the Catholic cardinal of Westminster, and with prominent clergymen of the Church of Scotland and other Protestant churches in Britain. Based on Velimirovich’s correspondence preserved in Belgrade and London archives, and on very wide coverage of his activities in The Times, in local British newspapers, and particularly in the Anglican journal The Church Times, this paper describes and analyses his wide-ranging activities in Britain. The Church of England supported him wholeheartedly in most of his activities and made him a celebrity in Britain during the Great War. It was thanks to this Church that some dozen of his pamphlets and booklets were published in London during the Great War. What made his relations with the Church of England so close was his commitment to the question of reunion of Orthodox churches with the Anglican Church. He suggested the reunion for the first time in 1909 and remained committed to it throughout the Great War. Analysing the activities of Father Nikolai, the paper also offers a survey of the very wide-ranging forms of help that the Church of England provided both to the Serbian Orthodox Church and to Serbs in general during the Great War. Most of these activities were channelled through him. Thus, by the end of the Great War he became a symbol of Anglican-Orthodox rapprochement