Author Archive

Studies and articles in Theotokology

compiled under the coordination of

Rev. Prof. Dr. Viorel SAVA and Rev. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lucian FARCAȘIU

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EDITORIAL

The Mother of God – “The Guide”

Rev. Prof. Dr. Viorel Sava

STUDIES

† Damaschin DORNEANUL

The Canon of the Lamentation of the Mother of God at the Cross. An Exegetical Introduction

Daniel AYUCH

The Canticle of Mary in Luke’s Gospel (Lk 1, 46-55) Its Composition and Intertextual Connections with the Book of Psalms

Pablo ARGÁRATE

You Carry the Burning Coal without Being Burned. The Mother of God in the Liturgy

Viorel SAVA

Mother of the Lord – Evermore Prayer for Us

Ciprian-Ioan STREZA

Father Dumitru Stăniloae’s Understanding of Mariology through Liturgy

Nicușor TUCĂ, Petre-Octavian TUCĂ

The Mother of God in the Eastern Church Cult

Lucian Vasile PETROAIA

Theological and Spiritual Exegesis of the Prayer “Pure, spotless…”, with Some Proposals to Improve the Translation in Romanian Language   

Lucian FARCAȘIU

The Nativity of the Theotokos as the Beginning of the World’s Salvation, Reflected in the Hymnography of the Feast on September 8

Gabriel PIȘTEA

The Presence of the Mother of God Beside the Lord Christ in the Divine Liturgy

BOOK REVIEWS

Arhim. Dr. Arsenie Hanganu, Sărbătoarea Adormirii Maicii Domnului în tradiția ortodoxă. Aspecte istorico-liturgice și teologico-duhovnicești (The Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Orthodox Tradition: Historical-Liturgical and Theological-Spiritual Aspects), Editura Doxologia, Iași, 2024, 302 pp.

(Ph.D. student Alin-Florin Ciotea)

Remus Rus, Rev. Adrian Cazacu, ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΣ. Theological Encyclopedia, printed with the blessing of His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, Crimca Publishing  House, Suceava, 2023, 712 pp.

(Rev. Ph.D. student Flavius – Alexandru Lazăr)

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou, Mariam – The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life, St. John the Baptist Stavropegic Monastery, Essex, United Kingdom, 2023, 96 pp., ISBN 978-1-915687-23-4, translated by Nuns Thekla and Porphyria, Lyhnia A.E. Press, Athens, Greece, edition of the Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex, UK

(Rev. Ph.D. student Mihai-Gavriil Piroc)

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Suffering and Its Spiritual Meaning or What We Need to See beyond Suffering

Rev. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Caius CUŢARU

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Sabino CHIALÀ

La prière du cœur chez Saint Isaac le Syrien

Gheorghe ISTODOR

Seeing the Light of God in the Current Context of De-Christianization and De-sacralization. A Missionary Perspective

Teofan MADA

The Limits of the Classical Culture and Philosophy Reception in “The Mystery of Theology”

Vasile-Doru FER

The Election of Matthias and the Completion of the Apostolic College (Acts 1, 15-26)

Ionel CHIRA

The Church History of the Episcopal See of Giula between Metropolitan Bishop Sofronie I (1641-1651) and the Archpastorship of His Holiness Father Bishop Sofronie II (1999-2007)

Casian RUŞEŢ

Metropolitan Andrei Șaguna and the Diocese of Caransebeș – People, Facts, Places          

Gabriel PIȘTEA

The Opening Greeting and Response from the Pre-Anaforal Dialogue of the Divine Liturgy – Textual Evolution and Commentary

Alexandru LAZĂR

Shall All Be Saved? Current Orthodox Clarifications to Pope Francis’ Statements

Ioan-Simion HODEAN

The Inferiority Complex between Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology and the Pathologies of Pride in Patristic Thought

BOOK REVIEWS

Pr. Lect. Univ. Dr. Ioan Lazăr, Demian Tudor (1912-2001). Preotul, mărturisitorul și duhovnicul tinerilor teologi, Colecția Teologi arădeni 5, Editura Universității “Aurel vlaicu”, Arad, 2023, ISBN 978-973-752-940-4, 313 pp.

(Protosyngellos lect. dr. Nicolae M. Tang)

Pr. Prof. Univ. Dr. Cristinel Ioja, Pr. Conf. Univ. Dr. Caius Cuţaru, Pr. Lect. Univ. Dr. Adrian Murg, Protos. Lect. Univ. Dr. Iustin Popovici, Pr. Lect. Univ. Dr. Filip Albu (coordonatori), The Significance of Theology in Today’s Society and Culture, Editura Universităţii „Aurel vlaicu” din Arad, Arad, 2023, 615 pp. ISBN: 978-973-752-936-7

(Rev. Dr. Florin Ioan Gașpar)

David W. Congdon (ed.), Varieties of Christian Universalism: Exploring Four Views, Baker Academic a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2023, 175 pp.

(Rev. Deacon Alexandru Lazăr, PhD Candidate)

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Special issue

Papers presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Biblical Exegesis, held in Timişoara, Romania, between the 10th and the 12th of November 2022

Editors: Rev. Lect. Dr. Ioan Mihoc and Rev. Lect. Dr. Adrian Murg

Editorial

The International Symposium on Biblical Exegesis, Timișoara, 2020-2022

Rev. Ioan Mihoc

Studies And Articles

John Applegate

“Do not pray for this people …” (Jer 7, 16; 11, 14; 14, 11; 15, 1): Prayer as an Intensifying Lens in the Book of Jeremiah

Marek Iréneusz Baraniak

The Jewish Kaddish and Christian Lord’s Prayer

Nenad Božović

The Understanding of War in St. John Chrysostom’s Homily on Psalm 44

Stefano Cavalli

Wisdom in the Book of Wisdom as a Typical Hebrew Door to Jesus Christ

Irina-Marinela Deftu

Some Philological and Linguistic Observations on the Editions of the Bible Used by the Orthodox Community in Poland and Romania

Anthony Giambrone

“Unworthy to be Heard” (Lab 50.4)? Hannah’s Prayer and Anxiety for the Fate of Israel in the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo

Dragoș Andrei Giulea

Biblical Theophanies and Hesychast Visions: A Theological Consistency on God’s Presence in Creation

Mihai Handaric

The Interpretation of the Books of Moses in Protestant and Neo-Protestant Theology – A Case Study: Brevard S. Childs, Walter Brueggemann, Richard Elliot Friedman, and John Saillhamer

Wojciech Kosek

The Anamnesis Sacrifice of Christ (1 Cor 11, 23–26) as An Offering to the Father for His Victory in the Battle Against the Devil and for His Glorious Return to Those Gathered in the Cenacle

Traian Gheorghe Mocan

The Verb phaneroō in the Gospel of John: A Christocentric Perspective

Iriney Pikovskiy

The Technique and Theology of the Psalm 132/131 Translation in the Septuagint

Giuseppe G. Scollo

The Lion/Lamb of God and the Messiah ben Joseph/ben David: The Impact of the Living and Dynamic Tradition of the Church on the Interpretation of the Word of God 

Emilija Vuković

An Investigation on a Little-known Baroque Orthodox Icon of the Crucifixion from the Church of Kraljevac

Book Reviews

Dr. Hans Bruno Fröhlich, Darul cel unic. Taina Botezului în Biserica Evanghelică și Biserica Ortodoxă. Recunoașterea sa și practica în România (The Unique Gift. The Sacrament of Baptism in the Evangelical Church and the Orthodox Church. Its Recognition and Practice in Romania), Honterus Verlag Hermannstadt, Sibiu, 2023, 390 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan)

Chrysostomos A. Stamoulis, Holy Beauty. Prolegomena to an Orthodox Philokalic Aesthetics, translated by Norman Russell, James Clarke & Co., Cambridge, 2022, 236 pp.

(Rev. Lecturer Dr. Florin Tomoioagă)

Florin Duţu, Părintele şi pictorul bisericesc Arsenie Boca (1910-1989) –monografie (Father and Church Painter Arsenie Boca [1910-1989] – A Monograph), “Florea Albă de Colţ” Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021, 491 pp.

(Ph.D. student Ionuț Mîlcomete)

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EDITORIAL

Human Being in the Image of God

Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Cristinel Ioja

Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence.  A View on New Technologies from the Perspective of Orthodox Anthropology

Ioan Tulcan

The Mystery of the Holy Trinity – Reflected in the Quality of Man as the “Image” of God

Dorin-Gabriel Pandele

The Divine Union of God with Man at Plotinus and Saint Dionysius the Areopagite. A Comparative Study

Gheorghe Butuc

Orthodoxy versus Phyletism. A Solution for a Balanced Experience of Romanianism in Orthodoxy

Radu Tascovici

The Political Thought and Foreign Policy of Saint Voivode Neagoe Basarab (1512-1521)

Filip Albu

Liturgy Catechesis in the Manuscript of Catechism Lessons from the Diocese of Arad. Liturgy

Ioan Lazăr

The Heart and the Mind as Mirroring of the Spiritual Life at Kallistos and Ignatius

Emanuel-Ioan Pavel

The Christian Family between the Challenges of the Present and its Ideals. Spiritual and Moral Considerations

NEWS

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE 7TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODOX DOGMATIC THEOLOGIANS (IAODT) 

Paralimni, Cyprus 5-7 March, 2024

BOOK REVIEWS

Daniele Cogoni – Anca Mariana Nechita, La vizione ecumenica di Padre Dumitru Stăniloae. Aspetti esistenziali, teologice ed ecclesiastici. (Viziunea ecumenică a Părintelui Dumitru Stăniloae. Aspecte existențiale, teologice și ecleziale), Prefazione (Prefață): Prof. Univ. Dr. Cristinel Ioja, Cittadella Editrice, Assisi, 2024, 355 pp.

(Rev. Dr. Caius Claudius Cuţaru)

Jean-Claude Larchet, Athosul şi duhovnicii pe care i-am cunoscut. Însemnări 1974-2015 (Mount Athos and the Confessors I Met. Notebooks 1974-2015), translation by Marinela Bojin, Sophia Publishing House, Bucharest, 2023, 245 pp.

(Archm. Casian Ruşeţ)

Ioan Bude, O necesară și mai corectă interpretare – dimpreună cu Sfinții Părinți – a textelor biblice despre „nașterea” dintâi a lumii, Editura Învierea / Editura Eurobit, Timișoara, 2023, 107 pp.

(Rev. prof. dr. Sorin Cosma)

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EDITORIAL

The Importance of the Liturgical Hymns and the Way of Their Interpretation in the Church

(Rev. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lucian Farcașiu)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Daniele Cogoni

The Trinitarian Ecclesiology of D. Stăniloae Compared to That of J.M.R. Tillard. Its Value for Ecumenical Dialogue – Second Part – 

Daniel Lemeni

Monks and “Others”: Acceptance of Diversity and Ascetic Tolerance

Lucian Farcaşiu

The Theology of the Church through Liturgical Hymnography and Theological and Spiritual Aspects of Psalmody

Maximilian Pal

The Contribution of the Cappadocian Fathers to the Formulation of the Trinitarian Doctrine

Teofan Mada

The Martyrdom: An Important Aspect of Early Christian Eschatology 

Liviu Vidican-Manci

Prédication orthodoxe roumaine en ligne: entre l’offre de moteurs de recherche et la sélection éclairée

Casian Ruşeţ

The Resources of the Christian Mission – Brief Theological Reflections in a Postmodern Context

Rafael Povîrnaru

The Archetypal Love of the Holy Trinity and the Communion with Her, according to Father Dumitru Stăniloae’s Vision

Mădălin-Ștefan Petre

The Struggle between Postmodern Deism and the Eschatological Tension of the Church

BOOK REVIEWS

Rev. Prof. Dr. Viorel Sava, Slujirea sacerdotală în context contemporan. Studii de teologie liturgică şi pastorală (Priestly Service in a Contemporary Context. Studies of Liturgical and Pastoral Theology), Crimca Publishing House, Suceava, 2023, 384 pp. 

(Rev. Dr. Lucian Farcașiu)

Bernadin Duma, Personalismul comunitar la Emmanuel Mounier. Un alt mod de a gândi despre persoană (Communitarian personalism of Emmanuel Mounier: Another Way of Thinking about the Person), Serafica Publishing House, Roman, 2023, 378 pp.

(Rev. Dr. Maximilian Pal)

Vasileios Thermos, Stephen Muse, Cuvinte în Duhul. Perspective pastorale despre Taina Spovedaniei (Words into Spirit: Pastoral Perspectives on Confession), translated by Valentin Radu Trandafir, Doxologia Publishing House, Iași, 2021, 384 pp.

(Archm. Dr. Casian Ruşeţ)

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