”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, IXth edition

Solemn Year of Holy Icons, Iconographers and Church Painters and the Commemorative Year of Patriarch Justinian and of the Defenders of Orthodoxy during Communism

Putna Monastery
8 - 9 June 2017
Coordonator
Rev. Prof. PhD. Viorel Sava
Rev. Prof. PhD Ioan Cristinel Teșu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The following study presents some of the attempts suffered by the Romanian Orthodox Church and its believers during the second half of the 20-th century, caused by the atheistic communist regime. The high moral behavior of some of the most important…
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Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. Pablo Argarate „Karl Franzes”​​​​​​​ University of Graz, Austria
Symeon the New Theologian is undoubtedly the most important religious, spiritual and theological figure to emerge in the seven centuries separating Maximus the Confessor and Gregory Palamas, and one of the most important mystics in history. The…
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PhD. cand. Simon E. Najm Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge, Paris
The motivations behind the Ottoman Empire’s introduction of equality among all its subjects, in the matter of military service from 1839, are controversial. Theoretically, the Ottomans presented this equality to strengthen the empire and enroll non-…
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Prof. PhD. Carmen Maria Bolocan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Notre étude essaie de souligner la force et l’importance du symbole religieux dans les Ecritures et son rôle dans la transmission de la foi chrétienne au milieu du monde. Le chrétien doit prendre une conscience réfléchie de sa foi et de son contenu…
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Lect. PhD. Vasile Roman „Apollonia” University of Iaşi
In the last hundred years the world in general, and Europe in particular, has gone through three political streams: liberal (early century democracy), national socialist (mid-century Nazism) and communist (mid-century). The 21st century seemed to be…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Viorel Sava Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The article entitled: „Particularities of the iconographic program from «Beheading of St. John the Baptist» church built by Martyr Voivode Miron Barnovschi” contains two main parts. Firstly, we pointed out the most important moments in the long…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Vasile Nechita „Saint Andrew the Apostle” Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Constanta
After Adam's fall, the human race was subject to sin. Set's sons were perverted by Cain's sons. So, we can talk about the changing of the spiritual DNA of mankind. Christ, by restoring the human nature, also changed this DNA of the sin. That is why…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Gheorghe Petraru Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This present paper aims at synthesizing some distinctive features of the missionary pastoral methodology, which are compulsory for the priest/theologist in the contemporary Christian context. All missionary strategies that are adjusted to the…
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Deac. PhD. Ilarion M. Argatu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Returning home is a constant theme in the Bible. Moses, Jacob and the Israelites are examples in the Old Testament of the call to return to a physical birthplace to receive God’s promises. The New Testament develops this call with a spiritual…
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Deac. PhD. Mihail Iustin Argatu Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
The present paper intends to put forward a comprehensive analysis and syntesis of the Church in Britain in the fourth century. In order to meet this goal, the paper is structured around the following subjects: the hypothesis of Britain’s…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Marius-Ciprian Babiuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
From the desire to have children, more and more couples in whom infertility appears, appeal to the assisted human reproduction, one of the most preferred methods being in vitro fertilization, IVF abbreviation. This procedure raises many ethical…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Cristian Barnea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
At the time, Church represented our Romanian nation’s last stand facing the Stalinist ideology. Almost 28 years past the events of 1989, the Church’s great sacrifice still cannot be objectively assessed. There have remained open wounds until today.…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Cristian Barnea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
For many people, the idea that the Church collaborated with the Communist authorities is a thesis that no longer requires any further demonstration. Nonetheless, he who is patient enough to open, with due prudence, the published documents from the…
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Rev. Constantin-Adrian Chelaru Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The essay attempts to recompose, based on the Journal notes, the personality, pursuits and inner inquietude of the late Alice Voinescu (1885-1965), the first Romanian female Doctor of Philosophy of Sorbonne, an essayist and drama critic, translator…
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Protos. PhD. Hrisostom Ciuciu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The present paper aims to present a modern and yet spiritual reading of the term "μορφή" (morphe – form), especially within the phrases "μορφῇ θεοῦ" (Filipeni 2, 6) and "μορφὴν δούλου" (Filipeni 2, 7), showing the connection between these syntagmas…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Vasile Costan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In presenting the history of the Christian hymn, Father Professor Petre Vintilescu uses a manner different from the one of analysis, because he has in his view the systematic development and the diversification of the ecclesiastical hymn step by…
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Archim. PhD. Iov Cristea Doctoral School of Orthodox Theology "Isidor Todoran", "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România
This article presents author’s investigation of the role that Optina monastery has played in the lives of the Russian intellectuals throughout the 19th century, focusing specifically on the following four personalities: Ivan Kireyevsky, Nikolai…
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Archim. PhD. Mihail Daniliuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Ciprian Porumbescu belongs to the first generation of Romanian composers from the beginning of the 19th century, alongside Gavriil Musicescu, Gheorghe Dima, Carol Miculi, Isidor Vorobchievici. The context in which he grew and composed is the region…
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PhD. cand. Mihăiţă Lucian Filip Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
One of the theological ways of witnessing to Orthodoxy is popular theology. Even though the communist period had a negative impact on popular theology and, by implication, on caroling through censorship and hostility, these measures did not succeed…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Viorel-Vasile Florea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Mission of the Church in a rural community resides from God's command of foretelling the message of the Holy Bible among all nations. The characteristics of the rural community evoke to the priest a mission plan, which through great effort and…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Vasile-Lucian V. Goldan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Spirituality and the Orthodox missionary work were the basis for the cultural development of the different peoples from the Orthodox space, them identifying in time with the tradition and culture of the people concerned. This constructive symbiosis…
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Protos. PhD. Arsenie Hanganu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The repast or the celebration of the Christian event of Assumption of Mary achieves in the Orthodox liturgy the fulfilment of the desideratum of resurrection, which is an icon, through the Mother of God, of the resurrection of all Christians. As…
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His Grace PhD. Nichifor Botoșăneanul Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Le plus souvent, le service est officié le 1e février ou quand il en est besoin. Ces prières ont un grand impact dans la conscience de beaucoup de chrétiens, surtout dans les zones rurales. Ce n’est pas par hasard que le jour du 1e février est bien…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Irina Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
My paper aims at developing two ideas about the two prisons: one of the recent past, of the contemporary history - the communist prison and one about the prison of our times, the post-communist period. It is very easy to write about the martyrs from…
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PhD. cand. Claudiu Lefter Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Any icon, doesn’t matter of its artistic modesty, is not limited to the presentation of a character or a scene, but also assumes a theological substrate. We could say that the icon, as an image of holiness, manages to render through color, the…
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Phd. Cezar Login Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
The Vespers of the Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ follows la order of the daily Vespers. This structure allows the use of hymns at Lord, I have cried..., at Aposticha and as Apolitikia. The stichera used at Lord, I have cried..., are different…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Florentin-Eugen Lupașcu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Freedom is a dezideratum of human person always. But the approch of freedom is very differnt, thus, what seems to be liberty for some people, is the supreme enslavement for the others. In general, two modes to understand freedom imposed themselves…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Macar Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
The Liturgy of the Holy Apostles Addai and Mari (or The Liturgy of the Apostles) occupies the most important place among the liturgies of the Church of the East (the so called „Nestorian Church”). The Romanian theology got in touch for the first…
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PhD. cand. Ilche Micevski-Ignat Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
St. Justin Popovich, when talking about the image of God in man, refers to the creation of man in the image of the Holy Trinity, confirming thus the trinitarian character of the human person. The image of God in man is the supreme essence of the…
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PhD. cand. Diogene Mihăilă Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Most Holy Theotokos and the Ever Virgin Mary is a very discreet presence in the Gospel Books and throughout the whole Bible, but, at the same time, a prominant and vivid presence in the Church’s iconograghy, ceremonial services and especially in…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Florin Moldovan Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alba Iulia
Being a concrete picture of the abstract ideas of the Christian dogma, proclaimed as the absolute novelty of the Universe with the Incarnation of the Lord (John 1, 14), which required a new approach, different from all the technical and stylistic…
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PhD. cand Octavian Negru Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Man as a subject of research for man is probably an inexhaustible subject in his nature, because man is just as in the beginning (as a psychosomatic structure), but at the same time different in every historical period. Man is indefinable and…
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PhD. cand. Petronela (Polixenia) Nistor Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Iasi
The present study is looked at as an approach that addresses several aspects regarding the role of monasticism in the contemporary society, the spiritual and social mission of the monk in a secularized world, and the valorization of authentic…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Marius Obreja Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Father Justin Pârvu, the great confessor of the Petru Voda Monastery, is an emblematic model of the perfect monk who dedicated his whole life to the service of God and his fellow human beings. Many believers, who stepped into his cell, felt the…
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PhD. cand. Gabriel Piștea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In the present study, we have tried to follow a baptismal analysis of the Odos of Solomon, of remarkable depth, which deserves the appellation of creations of the most beautiful, yet still enigmatic, of early Christendom. From their content, we…
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PhD. cand. Alexandru Prelipcean Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The kontakion εἰς τοὺς νεοφωτίστους or to those who have recently received the mystery of Saint Baptism or to those recently illuminated has as a first ermineutical perspective the importance of receiving by the Christians the Mystery of the Holy…
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Phd. Ioan-Lucian Radu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
One of the most controversial metaphors in the Bible is the metaphor of the divine marriage between God and man. The first prophet who speaks of the marriage relationship between God and Israel is Hosea. He emphasizes the infidelity of Israel, who…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Filaret Mihai Ruscan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
When we analyse and describe a totalitarian regime, we should look for the profound resorts which made possible the ascension of the governing system established and maintained by hatred and force. Concretely, we can state that the force of…
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PhD. cand. Constantin C. Rusu Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Iasi
The aim of the present paper is to analyze the Orthodox homiletics from the perspective of a major discursive category in Aristotle’s Rhetoric: pathos. As a definition, we can say that pathos is the whole ensemble of psychological experiences which…
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Archim. PhD. Benedict Sauciuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The main purpose of this article is to underline some aspects of monastic life from Romanian Orthodox Church. First of all the paper speaks about the most important characteristics from a monk's life. It is necessary to know what it means to be a…
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Archim. PhD. Dumitru (Dosoftei) Șcheul „Saint Andrew the Apostle” Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Constanta
The 19th century, also known as ‘the century of the European Nations’, was a time when the tumult of the French Revolution continued to disrupt the spiritual peace and steadiness of those who really wanted to forge the new. For this reason,…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Bogdan Țifrea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The contemporary society is mainly preoccupied with the material and financial aspects of the human's life. Especially in the developed countries, the health issues of the society as a whole are strongly connected to the financial aspects,…
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Deac. PhD. Hrisant (Antonios) Tsachakis Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This study, "Saint Paisie Velicikovski and the Slavonic Church" examines and highlights, one of the greatest Father of the Romanian Orthodox church and not only, the Saint Paisie Velicikovski from Neamts and his relationship and influence with the…
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Phd. cand. Rev. Mihai-Daniel Voicu Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Constanța
The great ghostly father Arsenie Boca will become known by bringing back to life the brâncovenesc monastery of Sâmbăta de Sus. Because of this, the monastery will become a part of the vaste plan of spiritual renewal of the Ardeal Orthodoxy by…
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Prof. PhD. Oana-Paula Zaharia Technical College "Gheorghe Asachi" from Onești
Replacing the landmark values of education implies the assumption of major risks in the formation of the personality of youth, but especially in writing the history of a nation. The establishment of a new political regime in Romania for the years…
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