printing and the Romanian language

Studia Theologica No. I (V) / 2018 The Life and Work of the Blessed Damaschin Dascălul, Bishop of Râmnic († 5 December 1725) Ioana Iancovescu

Damaschin Dascălul, Bishop of Buzău (1702) and subsequently of Râmnic (1708), was one of the great scholars of the Brâncoveanu era, dedicated to the translation and printing of liturgical books in Romanian. This article examines his education, his printing activities in Buzău and Râmnic, and the canonical and cultural resistance he offered to the Austrian occupation of Oltenia (1716–1739), when his Romanian publications, such as the Ceaslovul (1724) and the Învățătura pentru șapte Taine (1724), circulated clandestinely in Transylvania to support the Orthodox Christians there.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (III) / 2017 Matei Basarab, a witness to the Christian faith Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia from 1632 to 1654, is presented as the foremost medieval Romanian ruler in terms of church building, cultural patronage, and Orthodox devotion, having founded or restored over forty churches in Wallachia, Transylvania, Moldavia, and Mount Athos. His reign established printing presses at Govora and Câmpulung, introduced Romanian into liturgical use through works such as the Pravila de la Govora, and created the cultural foundation that made the later Brâncovenesc flowering possible.

Studia Theologica No. II (II) / 2016 Saint Antim Ivireanul, Metropolitan – founder of the ‘All Saints’ Monastery, patron of Romanian art Professor, PhD Mihael Palade

The study analyses Metropolitan Antim Ivireanul’s direct involvement in shaping the architectural and artistic profile of the Monastery of All Saints in Bucharest, arguing, on the basis of the miniature of the church featured in the 1713 Foundation Charter and the 1715 Royal Decree, that the hierarch personally contributed to the plans, sculptures and ornamentation of his foundation.

Related tags