Studia Humanitatis No. I (XXI) / 2026
The Venerable Sava of Iezere - a historical and theological study of the holiness of his life and work
Prof. Dr. Florin Epure The Venerable Sava Iezereanul (c. 1750-after 1804), hieroschemamonk and founder of Bradu Monastery in the Băile Olănești area, is portrayed through a convergence of historical sources, the testimony of Chiriac Râmniceanu, inscriptions, the 2017 archaeological excavations and local monastic tradition, as a figure representative of the Athonite-style hesychasm of Oltenia and of the continuity of Romanian monasticism in the Carpathians.
