Pavel Evdokimov | Martyria

Studia Theologica No. II (XVI) / 2023 The Presence in the Icon

The Orthodox icon is analysed from the perspective of the theology of the divine presence, following the thought of Pavel Evdokimov, Boris Bobrinskoy, Michel Quenot, Leonid Uspensky and Pavel Florensky, with an emphasis on the distinction between the icon and the religious painting, on the Christological foundation of the icon, and on Florensky’s triad of ‘face–image–mask’, through which humankind is called to bear the likeness of God.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XIII) / 2022 Mihai Eminescu, a Christian poet? Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Stancu

Mihai Eminescu’s poetry is analysed from a Christian Orthodox perspective, focusing on the theological reflection found in A Dacian’s Prayer, Angel and Demon, Melancholy and The Morning Star. The themes of the Trinity, the Incarnation, suffering and joy, human freedom, and the relationship between the Church and the Romanian people are explored through references to Lossky, Evdokimov and the Holy Fathers.

Studia Theologica No. I (X) / 2020 The Holy and Divine Eucharist – The Sacrament of union with Christ in the Church Lecturer, Dr Ioniță Apostolache

The Holy Eucharist is examined as the central Sacrament of the Church, in its ecclesial, cosmological and eschatological dimensions, with reference to the theology of Saint Maximus the Confessor in his Mystagogy, to Father Alexander Schmemann and to His Eminence Irineu Popa. The article explores the connection between the liturgical assembly, the Eucharistic consecration and the journey of the Church—as a ship—towards the Kingdom of God.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (I) / 2016 Monastic samizdat Dan Ciachir

Based on diary entries from 1982–1983, the article recounts the author’s visits to the monasteries of Oltenia and Muntenia – Dintr-un Lemn, Surpatele, Hurez, Frăsinei, Cozia, Căldărușani, Dragoslavele – in the company of the vicar bishop Gherasim. Through portraits of monks such as Father Paulin Lecca and Sister Mihaela Ghișoiu, and through references to church samizdat, a picture of Romanian monastic life under the communist regime emerges.

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