The Rule of Govora

Studia Humanitatis No. II (IX) / 2019 The Coat of Arms of Saint Antim of Ivire – possible stylistic interpretations Professor, PhD Mihael Palade

The coat of arms of Saint Antim Ivireanul, a silver snail in a vertical position (in pale) bearing a six-pointed star between its horns, is analysed from a heraldic and symbolic perspective in the context of the Foundation Charter of the Monastery of All Saints (1713) and the Archiepiscopal Charter of 1715, revealing that the choice of the snail expresses detachment from earthly things and the ascent towards heavenly things.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (VI) / 2018 Bishop Teofil, a distinguished hierarch of the Church of Vâlcea (II) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Metropolitan Teofil of Wallachia (†1648), Bishop of Râmnic and later Metropolitan during the reign of Matei Basarab, was a key champion of Romanian culture and language within the Church, supporting Mihail Moxalie’s translations and publications in Romanian, such as the Pravila de la Govora (1640) and the Evanghelia învățătoare (1644), and is regarded as one of the founders of the Romanian liturgical language.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (V) / 2018 The Fourth Renaissance of the Romanian Tabor Dinu Săraru

Arnota Monastery, founded in 1633 by Matei Basarab and hailed as the ‘Mount Tabor of Romanian Orthodoxy’, has undergone four phases of revival, the most recent of which began in January 2018 on the initiative of the abbess, Mother Stavroforă Ambrozia Rucăreanu, as part of a major restoration project coordinated by the architect Aurel Botez. The restoration work aims to uncover and restore the architectural ensemble to its former glory, linking this endeavour to the continuity of a great tradition of church-building embodied by Voivode Matei Basarab, the founder, amongst other things, of the Pravila of Govora.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (III) / 2017 Matei Basarab, a witness to the Christian faith Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia from 1632 to 1654, is presented as the foremost medieval Romanian ruler in terms of church building, cultural patronage, and Orthodox devotion, having founded or restored over forty churches in Wallachia, Transylvania, Moldavia, and Mount Athos. His reign established printing presses at Govora and Câmpulung, introduced Romanian into liturgical use through works such as the Pravila de la Govora, and created the cultural foundation that made the later Brâncovenesc flowering possible.

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