Saint Ephrem the Syrian

Studia Theologica No. II (XVIII) / 2024 Temperance, the right path, the guardian of mind and body against the defilement of sin His Eminence Varsanufie

The virtue of temperance is examined as an essential means of attaining holiness, through self-control, discernment and the restraint of the passions, with reference to the teachings of Saints Basil the Great, John Cassian, Maximus the Confessor and Ephrem the Syrian. The sins of intemperance — gluttony, avarice and sexual immorality — are examined as forms of estrangement from God, whilst fasting and philanthropy are proposed as remedies.

Studia Theologica No. I (XIII) / 2022 The Biblical and Patristic Theology of Prayer and its Existential Necessity Lecturer, Dr Ioniță Apostolache

This article analyses prayer in Holy Scripture, tracing its roots in the Jewish tradition (the synagogue, Temple, Shema Yisrael, Amidah) and in the Psalms of David, drawing on patristic exegesis by Saints Basil the Great, Ephrem the Syrian and John Chrysostom, and culminating in its liturgical, confessional and Eucharistic dimensions within the life of the Church.

Theatrum No. I (I) / 2016 The Parents of the Desert Alex Ștefan

The play depicts the spiritual struggles between a group of abbots from the Paterikon – Anthony, John the Less, Arsenius, Moses, Pamvo, Karion and Gelasius – and the devil, who in turn attempts to tempt them through pride, fornication, the love of money and delusions. Over the course of two acts, the audience witnesses how humility, prayer and repentance repel every diabolical scheme, including the conversion of a robber and a courtesan.

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