Frăsinei Monastery

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XIX) / 2025 Ilie Lăcătușu, a saint in the communist prisons Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

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 forced-labour camps at Galeșu, Peninsula and Periprava during the Communist era. On 4 February 2025, he was officially canonised by the Romanian Patriarchate; his feast day is 22 July, and his incorrupt relics are housed at Giulești Cemetery in Bucharest.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XV) / 2023 Additional documentary evidence concerning the life and work of Saint Calinic of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic Dr. Oana-Mădălina Popescu

The study presents previously unpublished documents from the Library of the Romanian Academy relating to Saint Calinic, covering the period of his abbotship at Cernica Monastery and his episcopate in Râmnic, including deeds, letters to the abbots Nicandru and Diomid, documents concerning the Pupăza estate and the baptism of the Jew Moise, as well as an analysis of the two types of seals of Cernica, dating from 1819 and 1842.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XII) / 2021 Bishop Antim Petrescu — the shortest tenure in the See of Râmnic (II) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Bishop Antim Petrescu of Râmnic (1918–1919), elected in July 1918 and dismissed by government decree in November of the same year, carried out an intensive pastoral ministry in Oltenia, visiting parishes, supporting the construction and renovation of churches, and taking an active interest in the social issues facing the peasantry and war orphans, and leaving behind the memory of a self-sacrificing hierarch, as recalled by Nicolae Iorga, Gala Galaction and Archimandrite Iuliu Scriban.

Litterae No. I (VIII) / 2019 The Wonderful Land Virgil Oprescu Runceanu

Voicu, the son of Catinca and Spirea – a former revolutionary from 1848 who had been imprisoned at Văcărești – sets off from Piscul Măgurii towards the Frăsinei Hermitage, across the River Olt, to ask Father Policarp to unlock a bag of sworn gold coins, an inheritance from his father, in order to buy back Greere’s Mill.

Studia Theologica No. II (VI) / 2018 Saint Calinic of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic, 150 years after his birth into the eternal Kingdom His Eminence Varsanufie

Saint Calinic of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic (1850–1868), is presented as the most prominent figure of the Archdiocese of Râmnic, 150 years after his passing. This article examines his spiritual work, rooted in Paisian spirituality, his charitable foundations and the printing press at Râmnic, the reorganisation of the Seminary, and his decisive contribution to the reconstruction of the town following the fire of 1847.

Studia Theologica No. II (VI) / 2018 Mystical Confession and the Ascetic Life in the Legacy of Romanian Neo-Hesychasm. Saint Calinic of Cernica – Father of the Fathers in the Oltenia Region Lecturer, Dr Ioniță Apostolache

This article analyses the ascetic and mystical profile of Saint Calinic of Cernica, the bishop of the Diocese of Râmnic, situating him within the tradition of Paisian Neo-Hesychasm and Romanian Philocalic spirituality. Through the writings of Father Dumitru Stăniloae, Metropolitan Antonie Plămădeală and Metropolitan Nestor Vornicescu, the article highlights the original synthesis achieved by the saint between prayer, strict asceticism, charity and charitable building projects in 19th-century Oltenia.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (VI) / 2018 An architect with neoclassical views, in a neo-Romantic world – Saint Calinic of Cernica Professor, PhD Mihael Palade

The study analyses the charitable work of Saint Calinic of Cernica and Râmnic, focusing on four monastic complexes — the churches of the monasteries of Cernica, Pasărea, the Diocese of Râmnic and Frăsinei — which were built or rebuilt in the first half of the 19th century. The study examines the three-conch plan, the three-towered structure, the mouldings of the façades and the neoclassical elements that define the founder’s architectural style, in contrast to the dominant neo-Gothic trend of the period.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (VI) / 2018 Popânzălești Monastery, founded by Saint Calinic of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic Luiza Barcan

Popânzălești Monastery in the former county of Romanați, founded in 1678 by the logothete Hamza Popânzălescu and dedicated to Saint Gregory the Decapolite, has undergone several phases of restoration over the years, the most significant being the restoration in 1853 by Saint Calinic of Cernica, and its re-establishment as a monastery in 1992, at the suggestion of Metropolitan Nestor Vornicescu.

Theatrum No. II (VI) / 2018 The penniless monk Ina Sterescu

This radio play depicts the life of Saint Calinic of Cernica, from the time he first entered the monastic community of Cernica Monastery as the young Constantin Antonescu, under the guidance of his spiritual father, Pimen, right up to his passing in 1868, illustrating through dramatic scenes his monastic virtues, his charitable endowments, the miracles he performed and his role in supporting the Union of the Romanian Principalities.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (IV) / 2017 Iosif Gafton of Râmnic Dan Ciachir

Bishop Iosif Gafton of Râmnic and Argeș is remembered through a personal encounter in the summer of 1983, at the age of 87, painting a portrait of a cultured hierarch with a fiery temperament and a remarkable gift for preaching. The article also touches upon the history of Frăsinei Monastery, founded by Saint Calinic of Cernica, the only monastery in Romania which, under the communist regime, maintained a ban on women’s entry, alongside several illustrative episodes relating to breaches of this rule.

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