Covid-19 | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XX) / 2025 Monk in Basarabi, Patron Saint in Bucharest Architect, PhD candidate Macarie Grigoriu

The article traces the history of the transfer of the relics of Saint Dimitrios the New to Bucharest on 13 July 1774, against the backdrop of the Russian military occupation and the plague epidemic, and examines the role of these relics in protecting the capital during times of crisis, from the processions of the 18th and 19th centuries through to the Covid-19 pandemic and the anniversary celebrations in 2024.

Studia Theologica No. I (XVII) / 2024 The Death of Contemporary Society. The Link between Pastoral Care and Science, Using the SARS-CoV-2 Virus as a Pretext Associate Professor Dr Nicolae Xionis

The article argues, drawing on the teachings of Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint Maximus the Confessor, that the Church cannot be isolated from medical and political issues, as it perceives the human being as an integral psychosomatic entity. Through a theological analysis of death as disintegration and of the Covid-19 pandemic, the author demonstrates that compulsory vaccination and the social and moral divide between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated constitute a form of social death, to which the Church must oppose the unity of sacramental life.

Studia Theologica No. II (XII) / 2021 Anthropological conflicts concerning the correlation between dogma and ethos within the Church Associate Professor Stoyan Chilikov

This article analyses the relationship between dogma and ethos in the tradition of the Orthodox Church, examining how secularisation – from Paul of Samosata and the schism of Novatus right up to the modern era – gives rise to two opposing distortions of this correlation: fundamentalism and liberalism. The reader comes to understand that both extremes share a common root in secularism and represent deviations from the authentic synthesis of dogma and ethos, as illustrated by Scripture, the Holy Fathers and hymnography.

Studia Theologica No. I (XI) / 2021 Let us stand firm, let us stand in fear, in faith and in love! Professor (Dr), Emeritus Dimitrie Țelenghídis

The pandemic is interpreted as an event of apocalyptic significance and as a pedagogical punishment permitted by God, calling upon the clergy and the people to sincere repentance. By drawing an analogy with the people of Nineveh and the words of Saint John Chrysostom, the text shows that profound repentance, accompanied by charity and prayer, can overcome any trial sent by God.

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