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EDITORIAL

The Holy Priest Martyr Hilarion Felea as a Defender of the True Faith

(Rev. Caius Cuţaru, Ph.D.)

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Gheorghe Butuc

The Triad of Full Authority in Orthodoxy: The Biblical Canon, The Dogmatic Canon, The Liturgical Canon

Teofan Mada

The Ethos of the Church’s Sacraments in Family Pastoral Care

David Gabriel Carpen

Theological Debates and Theft of Holy Relics: The Participation of the Church of Persia’s Delegation in the Aleppo Conference of 630

Marius Dumitru Hanganu

Basilian Hermeneutics – Paradigmatic Foundation for Religious Education and Current Christian Pedagogy

Tiberiu Ardelean

Choral Art in the Renaissance. Stylistic Evolution and Aesthetic Landmarks

Damian Buchiu

Defending the Orthodox Faith: The Teaching Ministry and Missionary Preaching of Bishop Grigorie Comșa

Cătălin Adrian Moisescu

Akedia or “The Noon Demon” (Daemonium Meridianum): The Unnamed Spirit of Our Time

Ilarion (Dragoș-Florin) Postolică

Illness and Healing through Christ

PATRISTIC TEXTS IN TRANSLATION

Avva Dadişo din Qatar, Epistola către Abkoş

(Introducere, traducere şi note de Ieromonah Agapie Corbu)

Cartea treptelor, Despre supunerea trupului (Memra a 29-a)

(Introducere, traducere şi note de Ierodiacon drd. Filothei Vîlcu)

Imn Euharistic al Sfântului Efrem Sirul

(Introducere, traducere şi note de Elena Dinu)

BOOK REVIEWS

Sfântul Preot Mucenic Ilarion Felea, Spre Tabor, vol. 1: Pregătirea, 367 pp.; vol. 2: Curățirea, 371 pp.; vol. 3: Luminarea, 463 pp.; vol. IV: Desăvârșirea, 331 pp., Introducere de Pr. Prof. Univ. Dr. Cristinel Ioja și Prof. Drd. Alin Florin Ciotea, Editura Universității “Aurel Vlaicu” din Arad, Arad, 2025 

(Rev. Lect. Ștefan Negreanu, Ph.D.)

Iuliu-Marius Morariu, Religions and Communism: Andre Scrima’s Ecumenical Activities Reflected in Securitate Archives, coll. Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue, Springer Nature, Zurich, 2025, 178 pp. 

(Rev. Archdeacon Alexandru Lazăr, Ph.D. candidate)

Alexandru Lazăr, Străvezimea Împărăției – de la simplitatea lucrurilor la profunzimea iubirii divine, Editura Renașterea, Cluj-Napoca, 2025, 188 pp. 

(Alexandru Iovu, Ph.D. candidate)

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The Theological and Ecclesiastical Significance of the Recent Canonizations in the Romanian Orthodox Church

Adrian Murg

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Viorel-Cristian Popa

The Premises of the Israelite Kingship

Florin Dobrei

The Orthodox Deanery of the Land of Zarand – History and Contemporary Reality

Vasile-Doru Fer

The Manifestation of the Presence of the Holy Spirit and Its Extraordinary Effects Reflected in the Book of Acts 2, 1-13

Ciprian Iulian Toroczkai

Love as Ontological and Eschatological Principle in Vladimir Solovyov’s Thought: A Philosophico-Theological Analysis of The Meaning of Love

Mihai Brie

Exceptional Religious Musical Pages from the Interwar Period. „Have mercy upon me, O, God!”, by Gheorghe Cucu

Ştefan Negreanu

Priest Confessor Alexandru Budai

Gabriel Valeriu Basa

Father Tudor Demian – Confessor and Mentor (Spiritual Father) to Young People and Later to Theologians in Arad

Filothei Vîlcu

St. Dumitru Stăniloae’s Position Regarding a Possible Dogmatic Development for the Sake of Unity with the Oriental Churches

Emanuel-Ioan Pavel

Famille, Eglise, Ecole – l’importance fondamentale d’une coopération fructueuse pour réaliser l’éducation religieuse dans un monde de migration

BOOK REVIEWS

Sfântul Preot Mucenic Ilarion Felea, Duhul Adevărului, coll. Ilarion V. Felea – Opere complete 2, Editura Universității “Aurel Vlaicu” din Arad, 2025, 460 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Tulcan)

† Irineu Popa, Acestea vi le-am spus, ca bucuria voastră să fie deplină. Cuvântări la Praznice Împărăteşti şi Sfinţi cu polieleu (I Have Told You These Things so That Your Joy May Be Complete. Sermons on Imperial Feasts and Saints with Polyeleos), Editura Academiei Române, Bucureşti, 2025, 574 pp.

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Vasile Vlad)

Joel F. Williams, Mark, Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament, (ed.) Andreas J. Köstenberger, Robert W. Yarbrough, B&H Academic, Nashville, Tennessee, 2020, xlii + 298 pp.

(Hierod. Filothei Vîlcu)

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New Holy Martyrs and Confessors in Our Church

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

STUDIES AND ARTICLES

Eugen Ștefan, Nicușor Tucă

The Holy and Great Myrrh: Theological, Liturgical and Historical Dimensions in the Perspective of the Orthodox Church

Călin Ioan Dușe

Apologists, the First Defenders of Christianity

Ioan Mihoc

Meekness and Inheritance: A Biblical and Patristic Analysis

Ciprian Iulian Toroczkai

Chess and Artificial Intelligence: A Cognitive Laboratory and an Ethical Challenge

Hrisant (Alexandru) Bache

Ezra and Nehemiah – The Reconstruction of the Temple and the Theocratic Jerusalem

Traian Nojea

Moscow: The Third Rome? A Historical and Canonical Analysis

Veronica Anton

Prayer as the Poetry of the Soul in The Great Canon

Alexandru Letea

Foolishness-for-Christ in Byzantine Spirituality and the Russian Tradition. Historical-Theological Contextualization and Comparative Conceptualization

Ioan Marga

Reverend ANDREI BUZDUG (1891-1939) – An Eminent, though Less Known Homiletics Professor from Ardeal. Pastoral and Didactic Transylvanian Context of His Service

BOOK REVIEWS

Rev. Prof. Dr. Florin Dobrei, Dr. Sebastian-Dragoș Bunghez, Preotul profesor Teodor Botiş (1873-1940). O viaţă în slujba Bisericii, a învăţământului teologic şi a neamului românesc (Reverend Professor Teodor Botiș (1875–1940). A Life in the Service of the Church, Theological Education, and the Romanian Nation), “Aurel Vlaicu” University Press, Arad, 2022, 576 pp

(Rev. Prof. Dr. Sorin Cosma)

Rev. Prof. Dr. George Grigoriţă (coord.), Forme de organizare și funcționare ale monahismului ortodox: tradiție bimilenară și provocări contemporane. Actele simpozionului organizat de Patriarhia Română în zilele de 24–26 mai 2021 (Forms of Organization and Functioning of Orthodox Monasticism: Two-Millennia-Old Tradition and Contemporary Challenges. Proceedings of the Symposium organized by the Romanian Patriarchate on May 24–26, 2021), Basilica Publishing House, Bucharest, 2024, 952 pp.

(Rev. Dr. Traian Nojea)

Daniel Lemeni (ed.), Ascetism şi hagiografie în Antichitatea Târzie, coll. Patristica, seria Studii 34, Ed. Doxologia, Iaşi, 2023, 526 pp.

(Hierod. doct. stud. Filothei Vîlcu)

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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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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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CONTENT

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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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