International Symposium „Studia Theologica Doctoralia”, XIIIth Edition

Doctoral Research in Pandemic – Challenges, Solutions, Opportunities

Iași
10 - 11 May 2021
Coordonator
Rev. Prof. PhD. Viorel Sava
Archim. Prof. PhD. Jack Khalil St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
Throughout the last century, the term “royal priesthood” has fueled many theological discussions and has contributed to the emergence of several theories related to priesthood. However, the core of the problem remains in that those who define and…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Nicolae-Ioan Boboaia Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
The teaching of the Resurrection is specific to Christianity because it is based on a real fact, the Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ in the third day, mentioned in the pages of the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, respectively in the…
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PhD. cand. Cristian Prună Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Ilarion V. Felea", Arad
For laymen, debates over disciplinary measures (called Old Testament punishments or canonical sanctions as they are called in Christianity) are far from over. That is why we considered that such an approach to this issue is necessary, especially in…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Simion Purice Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Word of God brought everything into existence. He is The Life and The Light of men. Saint John The Apostle wrote in the prologue of his Gospel, as in his Epistoles and the Revelation, about this truth that has been revealed throw the Son…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Andrei-Tiberiu Zlăvog Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
Saul's experience on the road to Damascus is the moment of his profound and real transformation, as a result of the encounter with Jesus Who has revealed himself to him, as he went to Damascus to destroy the Church and its believers. The time frame…
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PhD. cand. Pavlina Alexiou Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the quality of healthcare services worldwide and has also led to an unprecedented surge in mortality. Certain countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil. Italy, and more recently India have…
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Phd. Rita Faraj Faculty of Islamic Studies, Makassed University of Beirut, Lebanon
This study presents and analyses Youakim Moubarac's syntheses in two specific parts. The first discusses his vision of Islam, influenced by L. MASSIGNON, as an original Abrahamic religion rooted in the heritage of the biblical covenant and integral…
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PhD. cand. Adamantia Zeziou Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A pandemic seems to know no boundaries and is usually rapidly spread across communities where people interact with each other. Life is usually dramatically altered as a result of the rapidly changing situation while uncertainties and fears…
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Assist. PhD. Ilche Micevski-Ignat Faculty of Orthodox Theology "St. Kliment of Ohrid", Skopje
The present paper, ”The resurrection of Christ and the death of man in the theological thinking of St. Justin the New from Celie and Father Dumitru Staniloae”, analyzes the significance of the resurrection of Christ, especially for Christians but…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Vasile-Lucian V. Goldan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
After December 1989, Romania joined the former Communist states wishing to approach the Western Europe. The opening of the borders, and then the accession of Romania to the European Union, were essential points in what would represent the exodus of…
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PhD. cand. Mihai-Viorel Hirt Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
This study seeks to draw attention to the fact that, ultimately, there is no question of a conflict between Christianity and Islam in Europe, but rather a coagulation of the two religions, both having the same interest, generated by the antagonism…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Irina Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will send a famine on the land not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” (Am 8, 11). Although nowadays preaching the Word of God is not limited, at…
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PhD. cand Adrian Iuga Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alba Iulia
In the Orthodox Church, we have three sacraments by which a person who is not a Christian will be connected to the Body of the Christ. Besides the office of baptism, folk traditions have also been preserved without understanding the significance of…
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PhD. cand. Ionel-Florentin Micu Faculty of Orthodox Theology ,,Sfantul Andrei Saguna”, Sibiu
Monasticism is a specific way of life dedicated mainly to prayer and ascesis, withdrawal from the world under the guidance of a spiritual father. It can either take the eremitic or cenobitic form, communal living within a monastery being the most…
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PhD. cand. Diogene Mihăilă Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Saint Sophriony Sakharov, one of the most recent saints of the Orthodox Church, glorified as saint in 2019, found out from his own spiritual experience what really means to be :„on the side and shadow of the death” (cf. Mt 4, 16). As a part of this…
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PhD. cand. Mihail Siminciuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology ,,Sfantul Andrei Saguna”, Sibiu
People gathered in a virtual agora and the Church must be present in it, bringing the word of the Holy Gospel. It is a much bigger agora than any other and it gets even bigger, much more than we have ever imagined. In what concerns the Church, the…
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PhD. cand. Marcelo Singh Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum – Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, Rome, Italy
Diadochus of Photike composed a paradigmatical doctrine the continual prayer. In his One Hundred practical texts he explicitly refers to the invocation of the Lord and his Name, fundamental bases for the Hesychasm. At the same time, he polemically…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Vlad-Cristian Todoran Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
The phenomenon of cultural pluralism is understood in terms of other terms, such as  "nationalism", "ethnicity", "communism" or "identity politics", terms that are used in relation to this phenomenon in an interchangeable way. In an overview,…
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PhD. cand. Marian-Ionuț Ursu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In contemporary society, most people spend a lot of time on digital screens of phones, tablets, televisions, etc., which leads to a metamorphosis of the work of the human mind and, consequently, to a redefinition of contemporary man as a digital…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Ionuț-Costinel Voicu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
Faced with new communication technologies through the Internet, the Church has the chance to use, in the interest of its evangelistic mission, what they offer. According to studies, human happiness comes from social connections and their quality,…
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PhD. cand. Ionuț-Paul Anea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In order to correctly understand the problem of people with homoerotic inclinations, it is most necessary to know the theological concept of love, given the fact that pro-gay organizations base their activities and promotion campaigns on the idea of…
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PhD. cand. Elena Aramă Marianuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology ,,Sfantul Andrei Saguna”, Sibiu
Far from being a series of names and deeds of Romanian educators, this paper is intended to be a reminder of the spiritual need necessary for any type of educator. Virtues such as faith, love of the Romanian language and the people, devotion,…
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PhD. cand. Valentin Bogdan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This study aims to present the need for communication between Christian moral conscience and political conscience. Saint Anthim the Iberian was one of those who have drawn some objective demarcations with regard to relationship between Christian…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Ioan-Tănase Chiș Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
Modernity creates its own symbols as an alternative to those already consecrated by the source, fundamentally, Christian. Their cohabitation gives rise to tensions and social failures, because the prospect of a peaceful cohabitation is almost…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Ștefănel Stelian Ciurciun Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Inculturation is a complex process that has a multitude of branches, all starting from the Christian mission. From ancient times, we see how those who wanted to preach the word of God met with different cultures and the most appropriate attitude to…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Ioan G. Clapa Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
The present study lays out the context and the causes of wandering in oriental mysticism of Father Sophrony in his youth. The pious Father discloses in his writings the traps that trenscendental meditation opens before those who thus seek forms of…
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PhD. cand. Alexandru Crețu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
From the philokalic teaching, one can learn that those who do not pay attention (to every aspect of) the spiritual life cannot grow their spiritual life, their knowledge of God and their likeness of Him. Not paying attention during prayer leads to…
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PhD. cand Mihaela-Simona Vulcănescu (Ouatu) Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Sfântul Nicodim", Craiova
Contemporary society is an unprecedented environment in history, it has a much changed configuration compared to the emergence of Christianity, which is why both priests and laity have to face serious challenges, often difficult, in educating…
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Phd. Bogdan-Vlăduț Brînză Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Happiness is a concept which kindles the interest of many when it is called into question. This happens since ancient times to nowadays. One of the greatest philosophers, Aristotle, was preoccupied by the concept of happiness defining it by using…
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Arhim. Dr. Benedict Sauciuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
After a short description of the pandemics during world history and Romanian history, the paper underlines the historical role of the hospital founded at the Neamt Monastery by Saint Paisie. There are also described the social aspects that were the…
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PhD. cand. Panteleimon Champidis Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
Alexander Lykurgos (1827-1875), Orthodox Archbishop of Syros and Tenos in the newly formed state of Greece and professor at the first Faculty of Theology at the University of Athens contributed in the Inter-Christian dialogue as well as in the Inter…
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PhD. cand. Iustinian-Ioan Mîndrilă Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
The political climate between the Byzantine and the Persian empire conditioned not only the peace in the region but also the situation of the Christian subjects under Sassanian authority. The fifth century, which is considered the Golden Age of the…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Gaju Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
The fall of the Tsarist Empire is associated traditionally by the general public with the coming to power of the Bolsheviks after the Revolution of 1917. Furthermore, most often the Church crisis of the first half of the twentieth century is related…
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PhD. cand. Ema-Elena Bogdan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Metropolitan Pimen Georgescu shepherded at a time when the Romanian Orthodox Church and our country have crossed a tense period through the prism of the First World War. His whole life answered the call of God, carrying out, in Moldova, in the first…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Alexandru Socaciu Faculty of Orthodox Theology ,,Sfantul Andrei Saguna”, Sibiu
From a geographical and historical point of view, Făgăraș County is a homogeneous territory. It has been documented since March 11, 1291, making this region one of the oldest Romanian communities in Transylvania about which there are documents and…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Alexandru-Gheorghe Matei Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Founded at the beginning of the 17th century, the monastic settlement of Zagavia developed from the status of a hermitage to that of a monastery, growing in prestige through royal care and donations, and was a hotbed of culture for this region, the…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Viorel Sava Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Our article deals with the theological thought of Father Nicolae Necula concerning Funeral services in the Orthodox liturgical tradition and several aspects which arise in the parish practice today. We started underlying the place of the work of…
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His Grace PhD. Nichifor Botoșăneanul Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Le rite d’introduction dans l’église de l’enfant quarante jours après la naissance s’inspire, sans doute, des rites juifs décrits dans la Sainte Écriture. Il a suscité, au fil du temps, des interprétations différentes. Les parents de l’enfant,…
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Archim. Romanos Al Hannat University of Balamand, Lebanon
The search to trace the spread of Church music in various languages before and after the nineteenth century is continuous but remains in its initial stages despite many efforts. Coordinating efforts in the Arabic language research may uncover what…
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Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. Pablo Argarate „Karl Franzes”​​​​​​​ University of Graz, Austria
Egeria’s Itinerarium, which is part of a series of travels and pilgrimages to Palestine. In the first part (1-23), she reports her journeys (to Sinai and back [1,1-9,7], to Mount Nebo [10, 1-12,11], to the tomb of Job [13,1-16,7], and to Mesopotamia…
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Prof. PhD. Basilius (Bert) Groen „Karl Franzes”​​​​​​​ University of Graz, Austria
In giving attention to the increasing presence of Orthodoxy and its liturgy in the Western world, the paper concentrates on three key aspects: the architectural setting of worship; consequences for ecumenical relationships; and the veneration of…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Bassam A. Nassif St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
Orthodoxy is the personal self-disclosure of Divine Beauty. The challenge for the Orthodox Church today is to appeal to postmodern thinkers. The author proposes to focus on the Beauty revealed in the glory of Orthodoxy. On the one hand, both…
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Archim. Parthenios Latty University of Balamand, Lebanon
Reading the original text of 28th canon of Chalcedon, one should exclude the misunderstood translations and the consequent interpretation. The canon does not grant by any means a general jurisdiction to one church or another to practice her…
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Phd. David H. Pereyra Faculty of Theology, University of Toronto, Canada
Many countries, communities, and individuals are working on helping refugees and migrants by creating a welcoming environment to receive millions of dislocated people around the world. Given the tremendous global increase in forced migratory flows,…
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PhD. cand. Mihail Khalid Qaramah Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alba Iulia
The current Euchologion contains only one prayer for the blessing of the kollyba, namely ‘O Lord, Who hast perfected all things through Thy Word…’, which is the generic prayer for kollyba dedicated to saints. However, at least in the particular case…
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Protos. PhD. Gherasim Soca Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
There are many studies and articles which analyze Liturgical books, their composition, and evolution. They especially focus on the Octoechos, the Triodion and the Menaia. The Pentecostarion has been less studied. In this article, we wish to briefly…
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PhD. cand. Florin-Ioan Avram Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Ilarion V. Felea", Arad
The Holy Eucharist has been, is and will forever be the center of the spiritualbranching life of every Christian baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity, who believes and confesses that the Body and Blood of Christ is for the forgiveness of sins…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Cristian-Florin Cristea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Suffering, pain, sickness and death are realities of our world. No matter how much the man of the 21st century tries to bypass them through biotechnologies, they exist in our lives and will exist until the end of the ages. The topic I want to debate…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Marius-Cristian Dima Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This paper focuses mainly on theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating Christian-Orthodox Religious and Theological education in Romania, as it has been designed after the fall of communism. All forms of education guided by the…
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Phd. Eleni Konstantinidou Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
In the present article the role of the Orthodox Religious Education during and after this pandemic is being explored. Main principles are being presented as these emerge from the dogmatic teaching of the Orthodox Church. In this context emphasis is…
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10 May 2021 - 11 May 2021
International Symposium „Studia Theologica Doctoralia”, XIIIth Edition
Topic: Doctoral Research in Pandemic – Challenges, Solutions, Opportunities
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