"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.

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?

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.

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.

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

Around the Bloc: Russian Patriarch Gives Blessing to Bombing Campaign in Syria

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/12/2016

Orthodox Church head backs Moscow's ‘defensive war’ in Syria, as activists slam Russia’s alleged use of cluster bombs.

ASPECTE FUNDAMENTALE ALE ECLESIOLOGIEI ORTODOXE LA SFÂNTUL IOAN GURĂ DE AUR

Author(s): Dacian But-Capusan / Language(s): English,Romanian / Issue: 2/2015

Sfântul Ioan Gură de Aur tratează toate aspectele eclesiologiei ortodoxe. Biserica, Trupul lui Hristos este o comuniune sacramentală, a credincioșilor cu Hristos și întreolaltă. Comuniunea dintre uman și divin se realizează în Biserică, prin Sfânta Euharistie. Biserica este îndreptar divin, rolul ei este sfințitor, în afara ei omul nu poate realiza mântuirea. Hirotonia nu este o simplă ceremonie, ci are caracter de Taină. Prin punerea mâinilor arhiereului candidații primesc harul preoției. Ierarhia este o realitate permanentă, de natură sacramentală. Iar termenul de instituție și cel de eveniment, despre care se vorbește atât de mult în eclesiologia actuală, reprezintă în concepția hrisotomică două aspecte ale unei singure acțiuni divine în istorie.

Autocephaly in the Light of the Preparations to the Pan-Orthodox Council

Author(s): Andrzej Borkowski / Language(s): English / Issue: 18/2016

Among the topics submitted, but finally not elaborated and discussed at the Pan-Orthodox Synod, is found the manner of granting autocephaly. Calling the Great Synod signifies a revival of the institution of conciliarity’s activity at the Pan-Orthodox level in a similar manner as at the Great Ecumenical Councils. Unfortunately, the issue of autocephaly was not approved at the Fifth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference. The topic of autocephaly and the means by which it is proclaimed did not receive the required unanimous voting (consensus) despite the in-depth discussion at the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission and the Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference meetings. The resolutions of the abovementioned meetings and lively discussion provoked by the topic, gave the question of autocephaly a new dimension and produced new elements and theories. The manner of granting autocephalous status in the Orthodox Church is an extremely important question today and is awaiting a solution by establishing commonly accepted canons which guarantee the preservation of Orthodox unity. The difficulties experienced in the discussion are caused a the lack of specific and clear canonical resolutions regarding the meaning of autocephaly, the conditions of granting it, who is the responsible organ for its granting or deprivation, and also concerning the internal relations of daughter Churches with their Mother Churches and their relations with the remaining Autocephalous Churches.

Biblioteca Mănăstirii Neamț — reper pentru misiunea scriitoricească monahală

Author(s): Ierod. Efrem Docan / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 5-8/2015

About the Library of Neamt Monastery we don’t have much information. Unfortunately, the considerations on the importance and value of the library of Neamt Monastery for the springs of our religious culture need to be limited, on the one hand, to study the collection of manuscripts and documents preserved at the Library of the Romanian Academy, and, on the other hand, to study the few manuscripts that still remain today in the Library of Neamt Monastery, various records made in the past about this library, before and after the fire in 1862, when, at the same time with the monastery, most precious books and manuscripts were burnt. Through the loss of this priceless treasure it was lost one of the cultural links which ensure the continuity of cultural and spiritual activity of monks from this great monastery. The study highlights the importance that the monks of Neamt Monastery have given for purchasing, copying and preserving a rich cultural treasure: the Library of Neamt Monastery.

Bioethics in the light of orthodox anthropology

Author(s): Constantine Scouteris / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

This article presents the bioethics in the light of orthodox anthropology. Bioethics is called to face the new ethical issues that were and are created by research in the fields of Biology and Medicine. Its subject matter is completely fresh and in the main unexpected. Bioethics has a mission to evaluate this bold progress and to see if, and to what degree, it is compatible with the generally accepted values which govern human life. The Orthodox tradition steadfastly promises that greater value than what it is, has that what human person can become, god by grace.

Biserica Ortodoxă Română (1885-2015) - 130 de ani de la recunoașterea autocefaliei. Demersuri și realizare

Author(s): Silviu-Marcel Costin / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: Sup. 1/2015

The Romanian Orthodox Church has intensified its efforts to obtain autocephalous status after the Union of the Romanian Principalities. In this context the number of requests received from the Romanian hierarchy, in order to recognize the Romanian Orthodox Church’s autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, rose significantly since the previous period. The results came only after two and a half decades. The Romanian clergy's efforts to obtain recognition of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Autocephaly were also supported diplomatically by some Romanian politicians. On 25th April 1885 the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognized the autocephalous status of the Romanian Orthodox Church that represented a very important step in shaping its future.

BOSKO I. BOJOVIC – L'EGLISE ORTHODOXE SERBE. HISTOIRE – SPIRITUALITE – MODERNITE, INSTITUTE DES ETUDES BALKANIQUES, BELGRADE, 2014, 372 P.

Author(s): Maxim (Iuliu-Marius) Morariu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The history of the Serbian Orthodox Church is not very well known in the Ro-manian space. Some pages from the works about the history of the universal Church published by authors like Father Ioan Rămureanu , Father Nicolae Chifăr , Father Vasile Muntean or Father Mircea Păcurariu show some aspects of it (especially from the medieval period, when this Church had also a Patriarch) and some works present the relationships between this Church and the Romanian Orthodox Church . However, these works only give a general vision (and not always a complete one) about the history of this important ecclesiastic institution.