”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, XIVth edition

From the Light of Prayer to the Theology of Light – Aspects of Current Doctoral Research

Iași
9 - 10 May 2022
Coordonator
Rev. Prof. PhD. Viorel Sava
Rev. Prof. PhD Jack Khalil St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
This paper explores the hermeneutical background of the response to the final diaconal acclamation prior to the initiatory dialogue of the Eucharistic anaphora currently used in both Eucharistic formularies of the Orthodox Church, those of St Basil…
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Rev. Conf. PhD Ilie Melniciuc-Puică Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Gospel of Luke, with its universal message addressed to Jews and Gentiles alike, has been an “invitation” to Christian introspection and fortification. Christian cultic ministry has recorded the reception of the biblical text in its most…
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Rev. Lect. PhD. Paul-Cezar Hârlăoanu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In the Orthodox funeral service is used the expression „Abraham’s bossom”. Borrowed from Luke’s gospel, mainly the parable of rich man and Lazarus, the expression itself speaks about eternal life. Actually, the entire parable the opposition between…
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Rev. PhD. Marius Nicolae Magherca Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Dans cette étude j’ai essayé de déchiffrer l’un des plus difficiles textes du livre du prophète Ezéchiel (20,25), qui a soulevé de nombreuses controverses dans le groupe des exégètes juifs, mais aussi parmi les exégètes chrétiens. Le verset fait…
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Hierom. PhD. Sofian Gaman Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
Regarding the way Saint Gregory Palamas interacts with the Holy Scripture we notice that he is similar to other Great Fathers of the Church before him, for the reason that, when he refers to the word of God expressed in the Scriptures, he constantly…
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Rev. PhD. Andrei-Tiberiu Zlăvog Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
The call of Paul by Christ to the apostolate, but also the reception of this call, are essential moments in the complex process of transforming a candidate into an apostle. Stating that “...the most important ones did not add anything to my Gospel”…
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Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. Pablo Argarate „Karl Franzes”​​​​​​​ University of Graz, Austria
Symeon is representative of Christian maximalism, which makes no concessions to human weakness. Preacher of the μετάνοια, in love with Christ, he directs himself entirely to the vision of God or the vision of light. Therefore, on every page of his…
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Prof. PhD. Miltiadis Vantsos Faculty of Theology, School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
While God is the creator and giver of life, man can become co-creator in having offspring by following His command to “increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen 1: 28). Man's synergy in the creation of life is expressed by the…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Georgi Porphyrios St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
Two saints, Symeon the New Theologian and Gregory Palamas, played a crucial role in reviving Patristic theology during the period preceding the Great Captivity of Constantinople. Both monastic writers are known as the theologians of the Uncreated…
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Rev. Conf. PhD Dan Sandu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Pre present context views the Church as a construct of human mind, promoting religiosity and a certain ritual (mostly needed by the people with no reference to a living God) whose main role is to provide social services in a given society, or, in a…
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Assist. PhD. Ilche Micevski-Ignat Faculty of Orthodox Theology "St. Kliment of Ohrid", Skopje
Man is created for communion with God. Communion with God is essential to man's spiritual life and salvation. If man does not maintain his communion with God, he moves away not only from God but also from those close to him. Removal from God creates…
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Phd. Rita Faraj Faculty of Islamic Studies, Makassed University of Beirut, Lebanon
The present study sheds light on priest Youakim Moubarak, as an important theologian and islamologist, in the Maronite church as well as in the Arab world and Europe. This study presents two angles: first, the Christian - Muslim dialogue in the…
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Assist. PhD. Gheorghe Mihalache Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The divine name or the name of the divinity represents a cardinal element of particular importance for a religious system. The invocation of the divine name legitimizes the relationship that the Divinity has with the one who recognizes it as the…
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PhD. cand. Ionuț-Paul Anea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In the desire for an anatomical conformation to the gender that certain transgender people claim to have, they resort to modern medical technology. These interventions mainly refer to hormone therapies, genital surgeries and specific psychotherapies…
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PhD. cand. Maria Camelia Angheluș Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In this article I tried to present the prayer as the rising of the soul to God and also as a secret conversation between man and God, representing the practical dimension of faith because in that moment you are in front of God, sharing his presence…
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PhD. cand. Ciprian Apostol Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Today, when questioning the meaning of life, we identify certain attitudes. In the following lines, I propose to specify some of these attitudes, which I will later analyse from a theological point of view, highlighting the specifics of Christian…
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Rev. PhD. Alexandru Baciu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Man, created by God in His image, is by excellence a Eucharistic and liturgical being, and his purpose is to glorify God in prayer. Prayer, from the perspective of Orthodox theology, is not only a form of dialogue with God, it is also a spiritual…
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Rev. Lect. PhD. Cristian Barnea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
He who delves into the writings of St. Gregory Palamas and strives to understand the meaning of his theology, cannot fail to remain, at one point, amazed by the beauty of such inspired and enlightened thinking, contemplating the richness of Godʼs…
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Assist. PhD. Bogdan-Vlăduț Brînză Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The aim of this article is to present in short the vision over the virtue of courage in the Classical Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle in comparison with some Philokalic Fathers as Peter of Damascus, Elder Barsanuphius, Nikitas Stithatos and others…
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PhD. cand. Emanuel Buta Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This article aims to explore the place of the Christians in society, especially regarding their involvement in the debates about the status of the unborn child. The paper assesses two opposing ways of understanding the Christian life – one of them…
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PhD. cand. Vlăduț Cârlan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Four of the pseudonyms under which Søren Kierkegaard wrote his work reflect the mystical dimension and emphasis on interiority, and two of them have the equivalent in historical figuers: (1) Johannes Climacus - St. John of The Ladder, 7th century…
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PhD. cand. Alexandru Crețu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The importance of paying attention to one's life is important because it is meant to keep the believer more and more from remaining in the way of the Lord. In the writings of the New Testament, the phrase „remembering yourself” is used at least…
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PhD. cand. Mihai-Viorel Hirt Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
In order to establish correctly the present context of the Church's testimony, it is necessary to establish briefly the pluralism and tolerance within modernism and the dialectic between modernism and post-modernism. For this reason, this issue can…
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PhD. cand. Adrian Radu Leș Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Cluj-Napoca
La ressemblance entre les expériences spirituelles décrites par de nombreux Pères de l'Église et la manifestation du Saint-Esprit dans les nouveaux mouvements charismatiques a déjà été remarquée par certains théologiens. Cette étude vise à découvrir…
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Rev. PhD. Cristin Ioan Loghin Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In Orthodoxy, the cult of the deceaseds has a special importance and scope. After the death of a person, the soul, by being eternal, remains in touch with the Church. The foundations of prayer and worship for those who passed are the following: a)…
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PhD. cand. Ionel-Florentin Micu Faculty of Orthodox Theology ,,Sfantul Andrei Saguna”, Sibiu
Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, one of the most accomplished figures of the Romanian spiritual ife in the 18th century, was among the most prominent teachers of large monastic communities and of the Jesus Prayer. His spiritual teachings have left an…
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PhD. cand. Iustinian-Ioan Mîndrilă Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
The Church of the East, or the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, as it is officially called, was known for a long time in the Church History books of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity as well as of all Western Churches as the „…
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Rev. PhD. Ioan Puiu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
How the prayer and the work of the Church was seen at the beginning of the XX century by the great researcher and teacher Simeon Mehedinți, the one that said “the value of one people, and also of every human in part, can be measured by how much one…
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Rev. PhD. Simion Purice Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This paper analyses from a missionary perspective, in accordance to the writings of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the importance that spiritual growth has in the lives of the faithful. The growth of the Church can be explained…
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Rev. Prof. PhD. Marcelo Singh Universidad Católica de Salta, Argentina
In 2 Corinthians 11: 14 Saint Paul warns us about the tricks of Satan that can disguise himself as an angel of light. The exegesis of this text raises in some authors a reflection about the necessity of discernment during prayer. Imagination could…
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Rev. PhD. Marian-Ionuț Ursu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In this study I will show the mystical content of the notions of mind and heart, as well as the relationship between them, presenting some physiological-medical approaches that confirm the spiritual doctrine of the union of mind and heart. An…
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PhD. cand. Iulian Vrabie Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The purpose of this article is to present some aspects related to the concept of personal development as understood in the context of contemporary society, in a critical analysis from the perspective of Eastern theology. The importance and meaning…
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PhD. cand. Marlena Zerva School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Modern medical science aims at the benefit of the patient which is achieved through the treatment of the patient. The physician must act in the best interest of the patient and consequently his health. In an ideal world every doctor besides treating…
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Conf. Univ. Dr. Cristian PETCU „Saint Andrew the Apostle” Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Constanta
For Saint Simeon the New Theologian, the prayer is a spiritual path by means of which the one who chooses to follow this path destroys the passions of the body. In the thoughts of the holy father, the prayer is not a work that belongs to the human…
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Archim. PhD. Benedict Sauciuc Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The life of Saint Paisie is very well known and he dedicated himself to God from his youth. During his time in Mount Athos he discovered the work and thoughts of Saint Gregory Palamas and decided to adopt the hesychastic way of life. His coming to…
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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. During the Wars, the Church accompanied the military troops on the battlefield…
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PhD. cand. Alin Florin Ciotea Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Ilarion V. Felea", Arad
In the second half of the 18th century, the Diocese of Arad consisted of a number of eleven archdioceses. Among them was the Chisinau-Cris Archdiocese, based in the homonymous town. For 200 years, the history of the Diocese of Arad has been marked…
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PhD. cand. Lucian Corduneanu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This study covers the period of years 1928-1936, of the activity of Metropolitan Gurie of Bessarabia, under several aspects: pastoral, missionary, cultural, ecclesiastical, social and even political. Analysing the writings, speeches, sermons,…
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PhD. cand. Mărioara Drăgan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch", Bucharest
The endeavour of Clement of Alexandria to weave the power of the graceful unity between theology as a prayer experienced in personal life, as a spiritual exercise in the complex process of contemplation, as evidenced by his writings, and theology as…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Gaju Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
In the first half of the 18th century Russia enlarged its borders and became an empire stretching from the steppes of Central Asia to the Baltic Sea. As a result, along with the territories and different ethnic groups, the religious traditions of…
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Rev. PhD. Vasile-Lucian V. Goldan Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Nicholas, the future monk Nicodemus, arrives in the Holy Mount Athos at the moment of the public conviction of “alms”. A situation not exactly favorable for prayer and meditation, given the fact that at that time more and more monks were leaving…
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Phd. Ioannis Ladas School of Social Theology and Christian Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church is admittedly one of the most important Orthodox ecclesiastical events of the 21st cent. The Council’s 2016 convening was finally made possible after a very long and arduous preparatory process of…
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PhD. cand. Andrei Macar Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Göttingen, Germany
Ishoyahb I was Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (the so called “Nestorian Church”) in a time of significant liturgical changes. These started with the patriarchate of Mar Aba (540-552) and continued till the 7th century. In this…
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Rev. Lect. PhD. Ilarion Mâță Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In the context of the Homage Year of prayer in the life of the Church and of the christian and of the Commemorative Year dedicated to the Hesychast saints Simeon the New Theologian, Grigore Palama and Paisie from Neamț Monastery dedicated by the…
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PhD. cand. Lucian Mihail Moisei Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The uninterrupted existence of thousands of hermits and hundreds of hermitages with monastic life in the Romanian Lands, since the 14th century, was the reason why, monks from neighbouring countries, such as Vasile de la Poiana Mărului (1692-1767),…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Viorel Sava Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Our article is concentrated on the main significances of the liturgical space. The idea to concentrate on such a topic was inspirated by the Prayer year as 2022 was dedicated in Romanian Patriarchate. Speaking about prayer we need to refer to the…
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His Grace PhD. Emilian Crișanul Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Ilarion V. Felea", Arad
The life of Father Ilarion V. Felea's life, in its various aspects, sacramentally, in the parishes in which he served, academically-scientifically, as a teacher at the Theological Academies of Sibiu and Arad, but especially the ordeal of…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Bassam A. Nassif St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology University of Balamand, Lebanon
Saint Ephrem the Syrian has a special message to offer to theology today. The model he gives in opening the spiritual eyes for the light of Christ to radiate in his body, leads to radiating this light into pastoral action. Thus, pastoral theology…
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Rev. Prof. PhD Lucian Petroaia Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galati
Few Christians know that, apart from what it is seen in the church (movements, gestures or small liturgical rituals), the priest also performs unseen ordinances, required by his status as a sanctified person and by the liturgical services. Some of…
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PhD. cand. Ammar Awad Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Since the twenties of the last century, the Anaphora of the Apostles, which is the subject of this study, has been the focus of attention of liturgical scholars. This is due to Patriarch Rahmani's discovery of the striking similarity between it and…
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Rev. PhD. Daniel Duca Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The service of the Sanctification of the Water has a clear mariological character. The hymnography proper to the liturgical service consists of numerous prayers dedicated to the Mother of God. Although originally the current service was served as a…
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Rev. PhD. Mihăiţă Lucian Filip Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The church singer is a trained person with musical abilities who sings and reads in and out of the church, along with the priest, in religious services, and who deals with the training of believers to learn religious songs. The church singer, in…
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Rev. PhD. Petru-Ionuț Irimia Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Hierarch Pimen Georgescu, also known as the “Metropolitan of War”, in his activity of 25 years as Metropolitan of Iassi, was careful to intervene not only in healing the aftermath of the war - the wounded, sick, orphans, widows, poverty, fear…
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Rev. PhD. Dănuț-Bogdan Palcău Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Romanian Church has came up with 17 editions of the Euchologion after received the autocephaly. From the rites presented in this book, without a doubt, the one which is mostly used is the funeral of the laity.…
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Deac. PhD. Ciprian Rusu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Within the complex process of appearance, development and crystallization of the service book called Arhieraticon in Romanian, the role and importance of the 1890 edition is a fundamental one. In a period characterized by a great variety and…
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Deac. PhD. Ciprian Rusu Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
Archieratikon (slav. Chinovnik, eng. Bishop's Service Book) is the name for the service book that includes on one hand the liturgical guide (gr. typikon), together with the content of the services officiated only by the bishops: like cheirotonia and…
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Protos. PhD. Gherasim Soca Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
In the theology and hymnography of the liturgical period of the Pentecostarion, the Theotokos holds a prominent place as the one chosen by God the Father to offer human nature to His Incarnate Son and, therefore, as the first one to see her…
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PhD. cand. Iuliana Timofti Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
This study aims to present the history of the feast celebrating the Presentation of the Lord at the Temple (otherwise called the Hypapante feast, from the Gr. Ὑπαπαντή - meeting) in the Eastern part of the Christendom from a theological and a…
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Arhim. Dr. Hrisant (Antonios) Tsachakis Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Dumitru Stăniloae", Iași
It is very well known in the orthodox balkan world that the holy Abbot Paisie Velicikofski from Neamts, is one of the greatest ascetic and spiritual father of our Orthodox Church and represents an example for all Christians. For those who are living…
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9 May 2022 - 10 May 2022
”Studia Theologica Doctoralia” International Symposium, XIVth edition
Topic: From the Light of Prayer to the Theology of Light – Aspects of Current Doctoral Research
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