Alexandru Ioan Cuza | Martyria

Studia Theologica No. II (VI) / 2018 The Administration of Church Property in the Manual of Church Rules by Saint Calinic of Cernica Hieromonk, PhD candidate Iachint Vardianu

The Rule of Saint Calinic, published in 1861 by the Râmnic Diocese printing house under the supervision of Saint Calinic of Cernica, governs the legal status of church property through provisions concerning the acquisition, possession, administration and disposal of monastic property, prohibiting simony and imposing strict conditions on any sale of ecclesiastical property.

Studia Theologica No. II (VI) / 2018 New information about Saint Calinic’s relationship with other denominations Hieromonk Antim Motorga

This article analyses the correspondence of Saint Calinic of Râmnicu Vâlcea concerning relations with non-Orthodox denominations in the 19th century: the refusal to allow the construction of a Calvinist church in the centre of Craiova (1852), the rejection of the transfer of the Diocese’s land to the Franciscans (1855) and the denunciation of the sale of counterfeit icons by Austrian merchants (1863).

Studia Humanitatis No. II (II) / 2016 An anthology Dinu Săraru

Saint Calinic of Cernica is portrayed as a senator and active politician in the General Assembly of Wallachia during the reign of Barbu Știrbei, based on archive material made available by Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic. His speech of March 1855 defends the Orthodox faith against atheism and proclaims union as the foundation of national invincibility.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (I) / 2016 A justification for a project born of passion and faith Dinu Săraru

The author recalls how, at the urging of the Archbishop of Râmnic, Dr Varsanufie, he began to explore the life of Saint Calinic of Cernica, bishop of Râmnic for nearly eighteen years, a supporter of the Union of the Principalities and of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, a statesman, a builder, a visionary and a model of patriotism within 19th-century Romanian Orthodoxy.