Saint Nicholas Cabasilas

Studia Theologica No. I (XIX) / 2025 Man’s communion with God Lecturer, PhD Mihai Burlacu

Communion (koinonia) is analysed from etymological, philosophical, sociological and theological perspectives, with an emphasis on its ecclesial-Eucharistic dimension in the thought of Saints Nicholas Cabasilas, Dumitru Stăniloae and Maximus the Confessor. The article demonstrates that true communion presupposes objective knowledge grounded in God and is fully realised through the Eucharistic communion, in which Christ offers Himself to humankind at every level of their being.

Studia Theologica No. II (XVI) / 2023 The ecclesiological nature of the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony Associate Professor Dr Nicolae Xionis

The Holy Sacrament of Marriage is analysed from an Orthodox theological perspective as an icon of Christ’s union with the Church, possessing an ontological and ecclesiological character, not merely a moral or social one. Drawing on the Holy Fathers — John Chrysostom, Athanasius the Great, Nicholas Cabasilas and Gregory of Nyssa — the article interprets the themes of creation, divorce, submission and idolatry in the light of the communion between God and humankind.

Studia Theologica No. I (X) / 2020 The Holy and Divine Eucharist – The Sacrament of union with Christ in the Church Lecturer, Dr Ioniță Apostolache

The Holy Eucharist is examined as the central Sacrament of the Church, in its ecclesial, cosmological and eschatological dimensions, with reference to the theology of Saint Maximus the Confessor in his Mystagogy, to Father Alexander Schmemann and to His Eminence Irineu Popa. The article explores the connection between the liturgical assembly, the Eucharistic consecration and the journey of the Church—as a ship—towards the Kingdom of God.

Spiritalitas No. II (IX) / 2019 The ills of education in our time. Proposals for a cure Professor (Dr), Emeritus Dimitrie Țelenghídis

This article proposes a diagnosis and a programme for remedying the ills of contemporary Greek education, identifying the root cause as the gradual estrangement of the people from Christ. Drawing on Canon 102 of the Quinisext Council, Saint Gregory Palamas, Saint Nicholas Cabasilas and Saint John of the Desert, the author argues that existential repentance and the sacramental life of the Church constitute the only effective remedy.

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