Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs – Model of Sacrifice and Supporters of Christian Culture
Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs – Model of Sacrifice and Supporters of Christian Culture
Author(s): Emilian CrişanulSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Brâncoveanu; saint; Church; sacrifice; culture; family;
Summary/Abstract: In this study I wrote about the sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ on the Cross, as a prototype for the sacrifice of martyrs, a sacrificial work of confession of the Church continued by the family of the Holy Voivode Martyr Constantin Brâncoveanu until the martyrs of the communist period and today. Saint Constantin Brâncoveanu and Lady Maria were responsible parents, with love for God, lovers of children, having a family with eleven children, to whom they offered a Christian education and inspired them in cultivating Orthodox spirituality and confessing the faith until the sacrifice of life. Both Saint Constantine and Mary Brancoveanu and their children gave the Romanian people and our Church many spiritual-cultural works: buildings they founded (churches and monasteries), houses, schools, books, various objects, etc., all remaining in our country’s heritage.
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 89/2021
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 10-25
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
