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

Author(s): Daniel-Aron Alic / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-3/2018

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: 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.

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

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.