Climent of Râmnic

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XX) / 2025 Where did Bishop Climent of Râmnic (1735–1749) stay when he took refuge in the Lotru Mountains? Fr. Nicolae Moga

Bishop Climent of Râmnic (head of the diocese between 1735 and 1748) is examined in the context of the Austro-Russian-Turkish War of 1737–1739, when he took refuge in the Lotru Mountains and the episcopal residence was burnt down by the Turks. A Holy Gospel printed in 1746 and donated to the church in Voineasa suggests that the village in the Lotru Valley was his place of refuge during his exile.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XIII) / 2022 The hermitage at Pietrari, founded by Bishop Climent of Râmnic Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

The Buna-Vestire Hermitage in Pietrarii de Jos (Vâlcea County), founded in 1742 by Bishop Climent of Râmnic (1735–1749) together with his brothers, is presented in its entirety from an architectural, artistic and documentary perspective: the inscriptions, the post-Brâncoveanu frescoes executed in 1744 by Popa Gheorghe and his brothers, the founder’s votive painting, the history of the property and its endowments, as well as the biography of Bishop Climent.

Theatrum No. I (VIII) / 2019 Archimandrite John — A play in four acts Rev. Prof. Dr. Codruț-Dumitru Scurtu

The play Ioan Hurezeanu, the Archimandrite recounts the activities of the abbot of Hurezi Monastery between 1719 and 1739, tracing his efforts to defend the autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Râmnic against the Habsburg administration, by drafting a Memorandum together with Bishop Damaschin and through his dramatic encounter with General Steinville and Prince Eugene of Savoy at Cozia Monastery.

Studia Theologica No. II (VI) / 2018 The Life and Work of the Blessed Damaschin Dascălul, Bishop of Râmnic (II) († 5 December 1725) Ioana Iancovescu

Bishop Damaschin of Râmnic (†1725) translated into Romanian almost all the Orthodox liturgical books — the Octoechos, the Triodion, the Pentecostarion, the Miney, the Apostol, the Gospel Book, The Commentary of Theophylact —, drawing on Greek, Church Slavonic and Latin editions; whilst for the New Testament books he relied on the commentaries of St John Chrysostom and St Theophylact, thereby ensuring the patristic accuracy of the translation. His enlightened style, attested to by Chesarie of Râmnic, Radu Tempea and Constantin Erbiceanu, established the Muntenian dialect as the standard for literary and liturgical Romanian; his translations remain in use to this day.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (V) / 2018 The wooden Church of St Nicholas in the hamlet of Cărpinișu, Anghelești village, Pietrari commune, Vâlcea County (II) Luiza Barcan, Alexandru Nancu

The article traces the history of the wooden church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the hamlet of Cărpinișu, Anghelești village, Pietrari commune (Vâlcea County), a monument relocated and restored at the Vâlcea Village Museum in Bujoreni in 2009–2010. By deciphering seven inscriptions discovered during the restoration, including two inscriptions on the tympanum beam between the narthex and the nave, three stages in the church’s history have been established: an early form dating from the late 16th century (a monastery chapel or boyar estate chapel dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helena), a second foundation on 8 December 1655 by the priest Vasilie together with the parishioners, during the reign of Constantin Șerban, with the master builder Ognea Ion, and a third reconstruction in 1736–1737 by Gheorghe, son of Priest Vâlcu, in the hamlet of Cărpinișu. These discoveries refute earlier dates (1737 or 1810) and challenge Radu Crețeanu’s theory that the wooden churches in Vâlcea lack their original inscriptions and were built anonymously by peasants, demonstrating that they were founded by priestly families and wealthy communities, and built by specialist craftsmen.

Studia Theologica No. II (IV) / 2017 Legislation concerning church life in Wallachia in the 18th century Dr. Oana-Mădălina Popescu

The study provides a comparative analysis of a series of ecclesiastical decrees issued in Wallachia during the 18th century — pastoral letters from the Bishops of Râmnic: Inochentie (1731), Climent (1743, 1747) and Filaret (1781–1785), the charter of Prince Mihai Racoviță (1742) and the charter for the Dintr-un Lemn Monastery (1746) —, highlighting their jurisdictional, moral, patrimonial and liturgical provisions. The documents do not introduce new legislation, but reaffirm the canons of the ecumenical and local councils, the writings of the Holy Fathers and Orthodox tradition, with the aim of rectifying the irregularities observed in church life and guiding the faithful towards a pure Christian way of life.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (II) / 2016 Aspects of the work of the clergy in Râmnic in the 18th century: Bishop Climent’s pastoral letter of 1743 Dr. Oana-Mădălina Popescu

The study publishes in full, in transcription and facsimile, the printed work Capete de poruncă by Bishop Climent of Râmnic (1743), preserved in Sibiu, identifying it with the Invățăturile în Postul Mare from the Bibliografia Românească Veche. The text is compared with the pastoral letters of Antim Ivireanul (1714), Inochentie (1731), Climent (1747) and Filaret (1781), highlighting the continuity of the canonical, moral and liturgical concerns of the bishops of Râmnic in the 18th century.

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