#Triode

Patience is examined as a theological and spiritual virtue in contrast to the impatience and irascibility characteristic of contemporary society, which is marked by a fast pace and instant gratification. Taking as its starting point God’s long-suffering revealed in Holy Scripture, through the Holy Fathers such as Maximus the Confessor, Isaac the Syrian and Dumitru Stăniloae, and in the liturgical life of the Church, patience emerges as a means of participating in the divine life and a path to deification.

Bishop Inochentie of Râmnic (1728–1735), successor to Damaschin Dascălul, served as bishop of Oltenia whilst it was under Austrian occupation, vigorously defending the rights of the Church before the Viennese Court and opposing the Administration’s interference in the appointment of abbots and in diocesan affairs. His work also includes a rich body of printed works — the Prayer Book, the Book of Hours, the Triodion, the Liturgy Book, and the Catavasier — which were distributed throughout all the Romanian provinces, including Transylvania.