the road to Emmaus

Studia Theologica No. II (XX) / 2025 The Saviour’s appearance to the apostles on Resurrection Sunday Rev. Dr. Marcel Stavără

This article analyses the appearance of the Risen Jesus Christ to his disciples on the evening of Easter Sunday, at the house of Mary, the mother of the evangelist Mark, commenting on the passages from John 20:19–23, Luke 24:36–43 and Mark 16:14. It examines the reality of the risen body, the institution of the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Penance, the apostles’ missionary commission and the providential absence of Thomas, with references to St John Chrysostom and St Justin the Martyr.

Studia Theologica No. I (XI) / 2021 The Knowledge of God in Saint Cyril of Alexandria: A Plea for a Eucharistic and Prayerful Epistemology PhD candidate Dragoș-Cătălin Jumugă

This article analyses the Eucharistic gnoseology of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, demonstrating that true knowledge of God is not a rational, individual endeavour, but a mystical experience realised in the Holy Eucharist. Through an interpretation of the pericope John 17:3 and the road to Emmaus, the author demonstrates that the triad of knowledge-mystery-life acquires its full meaning only within the liturgical communion of the Church.

The Words of the Fathers No. I (XI) / 2021 Homily XXIII. Delivered to the people in St Peter’s Basilica on the second day of Easter Grigorie cel Mare

The passage about the journey to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35) is interpreted by Saint Gregory the Great in a homily in which he explains why the disciples did not recognise Christ in His interpretation of Scripture, but in the breaking of bread, and he urges the welcoming of strangers as an essential Christian virtue, illustrated by a story about a householder who welcomed Christ Himself without realising it.

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