Issue I (XIX) · 2025

Martyria, January–June 2025, Issue 1

January - June 2025
Published
June 2025
Contents
14 studies
Bilingual edition
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Studia Theologica

4 studies
01 Wisdom, from the heights of the divine throne to the depths of knowledge His Eminence Varsanufie 02 On God’s goodness and man’s part in it Rev. Prof. Dr. Constantin Coman 03 Christian virtues in contemporary knowledge-based society and 21st-century humanism Kostadin Nușev 04 Man’s communion with God Lecturer, PhD Mihai Burlacu

Studia Humanitatis

8 studies
05 Orthodoxy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges Professor, PhD Constantin Cotziópulos 06 Patristic views on the relationship between humans and animals Professor, PhD Miltiade Vantzos 07 The importance of studying the Church Fathers in young people’s culture Rev. Prof. Dr. habil. Constantin Necula, Prof. (PhD candidate) Constantin Ioan Necula, Associate Professor, Dr. habil. Alina Pătru 08 Ilie Lăcătușu, a saint in the communist prisons Florin Epure 09 Bishop Iosif Gafton, a gentle and capable hierarch (1949–1984) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi 10 The Spread of Christianity among the Georgians in the 1st–3rd Centuries and the Organisation of the First Churches of that Period (Part I) Rev. Prof. Dr. Aleksi Kshutashvili 11 The tattoo craze Rev. Dr. Marcel Stavără 12 The Candle of Saint Dimitrie the New of Bucharest, from the Patriarchal Cathedral to the church in Ciunget Fr. Nicolae Moga

The Words of the Fathers

1 study
13 [Homily by John Chrysostom] on Psalm XXXVI, 1: ‘Do not envy those who act deceitfully’ The Saint Ioan Gură de Aur

Ars Christiana

1 study
14 The phenomenon of the TV series ‘Saint Paisios – From Farasa to Heaven’ is more than just a cinematic experience! [Part I] Elena Dulgheru

Issue illustration

This issue features images of the works created during the International Painting Camp at Cozia Monastery in 2025.

Watercolour of a whitewashed Orthodox church with a tall bell tower, two small figures passing in front and autumn trees, in a loose, luminous style.
Watercolour of a whitewashed Orthodox church with a tall bell tower, two small figures passing in front and autumn trees, in a loose, luminous style.
Watercolour of a town square, with a bell tower and whitewashed buildings and many small figures, like a market scene.
Watercolour of a town square, with a bell tower and whitewashed buildings and many small figures, like a market scene.
Watercolour of a fortified monastery set on a rocky shore, with mountains behind and reflecting water in the foreground.
Watercolour of a fortified monastery set on a rocky shore, with mountains behind and reflecting water in the foreground.
Winter watercolour of a monastery complex with several Brâncovenesc domes, snow on the roofs and bare trees.
Winter watercolour of a monastery complex with several Brâncovenesc domes, snow on the roofs and bare trees.
Watercolour of a white church with a bell tower, small figures passing in front and autumn shrubs, with blue accents.
Watercolour of a white church with a bell tower, small figures passing in front and autumn shrubs, with blue accents.
Watercolour of a monastery church with a tall blue-domed tower, sunlit white walls and a few small figures in front.
Watercolour of a monastery church with a tall blue-domed tower, sunlit white walls and a few small figures in front.
Watercolour of a wooden porch with many brightly coloured potted flowers, in a loose style.
Watercolour of a wooden porch with many brightly coloured potted flowers, in a loose style.
Watercolour of an Orthodox church with a large central dome and an arcaded porch, seen through tree foliage, in vivid blues and warm tones.
Watercolour of an Orthodox church with a large central dome and an arcaded porch, seen through tree foliage, in vivid blues and warm tones.
Watercolour of a well canopy with a tent-shaped roof and a painted arch, with greenery and a potted plant, in sunlight.
Watercolour of a well canopy with a tent-shaped roof and a painted arch, with greenery and a potted plant, in sunlight.
Watercolour of a white church with a tall tower, figures in colourful dress passing in front and bare trees.
Watercolour of a white church with a tall tower, figures in colourful dress passing in front and bare trees.
Watercolour of a monastery complex with several domes in winter, snow-covered roofs, bare autumn trees and water in the foreground.
Watercolour of a monastery complex with several domes in winter, snow-covered roofs, bare autumn trees and water in the foreground.
Watercolour landscape: a monastery in a valley, with a forested mountain behind and a golden autumn field in the foreground.
Watercolour landscape: a monastery in a valley, with a forested mountain behind and a golden autumn field in the foreground.