Hrisant Notara | Martyria

Studia Theologica No. II (IX) / 2019 Hieromonk Antim Ivireanul – printer at the Metropolis of Ungrovlahia and abbot of the Monastery of Saint Sava in Bucharest (1691–1694) Archimandrite, PhD candidate Mihail Stanciu

The article reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the arrival of the hieromonk Antim Ivireanul in Bucharest, based on key documents: Hrisant Notara’s letter to Ianache Văcărescu (1709), Metropolitan Antim’s first letter of defence to Constantin Brâncoveanu (1712) and the preface to the 1706 Evhologhion written by Mihail Iștvanovici. It is argued that Antim was brought from Iași to Bucharest in 1689 by Hrisant Notara, at the behest of Patriarch Dosithei, to learn the art of printing under Bishop Mitrofan, and that he also served as abbot of the Monastery of Saint Sava.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (II) / 2016 Saint Antim of Ivire and the Diocese of Râmnic at the height of ancient Romanian culture and during the modern national revival Dan Zamfirescu

The article traces the life of Antim Ivireanul from his release from slavery by Patriarch Dositei Notara, through his time as abbot at Cetățuia Iașilor and his apprenticeship in printing alongside Bishop Mitrofan, right up to his episcopate in Râmnic (1705–1708), where, through the printing of the 1706 Evhologhion — which contained the first complete Romanian-language Liturgy — he established the Romanian language as the irreversible foundation of the Orthodox church service.

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