Lent | Martyria

The Words of the Fathers No. I (XV) / 2023 A homily by [Saint John Chrysostom] on the week halfway through the [days] of fasting [during Lent] The Saint Ioan Gură de Aur

This text presents the Romanian translation of Saint John Chrysostom’s homily In mediam hebdomadam jejuniorum (PG 59, col. 701–704), delivered in the middle of Lent, in which the author urges the faithful to persevere in fasting, citing biblical examples such as Adam, Elijah, Moses and Eve, and emphasising the connection between fasting, charity and salvation.

Studia Theologica No. II (IX) / 2019 The Lord’s Entry into the Non-Eucharistic City. The Didache of Palm Sunday. A Micro-History of the Sacraments in Romania in the Time of Saint Antim of Ivire Associate Professor, Dr habil. Jan Nicolae

The five homilies of Saint Antim of Ivire, delivered on Palm Sunday, constitute the most substantial homiletic collection in his Didachies, offering a vivid picture of sacramental practice in Wallachia at the beginning of the 18th century. Analysed in turn, these sermons reveal the theology of repentance, Baptism and frequent communion, a scathing critique of the boyars’ hypocritical penance, and an urgent call to confession during the three days of Holy Week.

Studia Theologica No. I (III) / 2017 The Triodion in Orthodox spirituality Rev. Prof. Dr. habil. Constantin Necula

The Triodion is presented in its dual significance: as an important Orthodox liturgical book used for ten weeks, from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee to Great Saturday, and as a period of spiritual preparation for the Resurrection of the Lord. The article highlights the structure, hymnography and specific liturgical rites of the Triodion — including the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete, the Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian and the Lamentation of the Lord — emphasising the indissoluble link between repentance, fasting and the Resurrection.

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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