Issue II / 2025 July – December
The anniversary issue marking the twentieth publication, dedicated to the theme of patience as an ‘exercise in spiritual maturity’, explored in depth by His Eminence Varsanufie — ranging from a study…
- 15 studies
- Bilingual edition
The anniversary issue marking the twentieth publication, dedicated to the theme of patience as an ‘exercise in spiritual maturity’, explored in depth by His Eminence Varsanufie — ranging from a study by Father Nicolae Chifăr on the veneration of holy icons as a devout prayer to the depicted prototype, to a text by Father Bogdan Ivanov on the experience of divine light and true authority in the Church, a study by Professor Miltiade Vanțos of Thessaloniki on the ‘slippery slope’ argument in the context of euthanasia; an essay by Professor Evanghel Pepés of Thessaloniki on critical pedagogy and religious education; and a study by Father Marcel Stavără on the Saviour’s appearance to the apostles on Resurrection Sunday; a feature from Râmnic with illuminated manuscripts from the library of Bishop Ghenadie Enăceanu, the monk from Basarabi who became the patron saint of Bucharest, and the former Archangel Hermitage in Râmnic, the first part of a study on Bishop Atanasie Mironescu and Bishop Climent’s refuge in the Lotru Mountains, a Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Saint John Chrysostom, translated by Hieromonk Hariton Popescu, a review by lecturer Elena Dulgheru of Vlad Păunescu’s film Scara and the diary of the stavrofora Theodora Videscu — The Sinai Peninsula and Christian Egypt. St Catherine’s Monastery.
Studia Theologica
6 studiesStudia Humanitatis
6 studiesThe Words of the Fathers
1 studyArs Christiana
1 studyVia Peregrina
1 studyIssue illustration
Editorial masthead
Board of Directors
His Eminence Dr. Varsanufie, Archbishop of Râmnic – Founding President
Fr. Constantin Olariu, Cultural Counselor of the Archdiocese of Râmnic
Editorial Board
(in alphabetical order)
- Acad. Prof. Dr. Ilie Bădescu, Romanian Academy
- Prof. Irakli Brachuli, Department of Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion, „Ivane Javakhishvili" Tbilisi State University, Georgia
- Fr. Dr. Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban, Researcher at the Institute for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy
- V. Rev. Archim. Maximos Constas, Professor of Patristics and Orthodox Theology, Director Pappas Patristic Institute, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, USA
- Dan Ciachir, writer – Bucharest
- Prof. Dr. Habil. Ion Marian Croitoru, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Valahia University of Târgoviște
- Prof. Dr. Nae Georgescu, Bucharest
- Lect. Dr. Octavian Gordon, University of Bucharest
- Prof. Dr. Marina Kolovopúlu, Faculty of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Prof. Dr. Giorgi Kvesitadze, President of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences
- Fr. Bassam A. Nassif, Ph.D., D.Min., Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon
- Prof. Dr. Mihaela Palade, University of Bucharest
- Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop, President of the Romanian Academy
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetoslav Ribolov, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Prof. Dr. Ioan Scurtu, member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists – Bucharest
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nicolae Xionis, Faculty of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Prof. Anastasia Zakariadze, Anthim the Iberians Scientific Center for Studying Philosophy and Theology, „Ivane Javakhishvili" Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Editors
- Fr. Constantin Olariu
- Maria-Magdalena Manea
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