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Priest Ilie Lăcătușu (1909–1983), originally from Vâlcea County, served as an Orthodox missionary in Transnistria and Odessa during the Second World War, and subsequently endured imprisonment in the…

This article presents the life and work of Bishop Iosif Gafton (1896–1984), from his origins in a priest’s family in Puțeni-Tecuci, through his parish ministry in Rotari and Bucharest, to his long…

St Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula, one of the oldest Orthodox monastic settlements in the world, is presented in the context of its biblical history, the role of Empress Helena and…

The film Scara (2021), directed by Vlad Păunescu from a screenplay by Constantin Chelba, follows the existential journey of the actor Andrei Avram, inspired by the life of Dragoș Pâslaru, set against…

The First Homily on the Epistle to the Galatians, attributed to Saint John Chrysostom, analyses the context and theological content of the epistle’s opening verses, explaining why Paul affirmed that…

The organisation of the Georgian Christian Churches during the first three centuries, founded by the Holy Apostles in Cappadocia, Pontus and Iberia, is analysed in the light of the fundamental…

Bishop Climent of Râmnic (head of the diocese between 1735 and 1748) is examined in the context of the Austro-Russian-Turkish War of 1737–1739, when he took refuge in the Lotru Mountains and the…

Bishop Atanasie Mironescu (born Alexandru Mironescu, 1856, Trohan, Vaslui County) is presented from his formation at the Socola Seminary and the University of Chernivtsi, through his academic career…

The Archangel Hermitage on Priba Hill, on the outskirts of Râmnicu Vâlcea, is a monastic settlement first documented in 1490, founded by Jupan Stoica Vel Paharnic in 1522 and rebuilt on several…

The article traces the history of the transfer of the relics of Saint Dimitrios the New to Bucharest on 13 July 1774, against the backdrop of the Russian military occupation and the plague epidemic,…