Episcopul şi Mitropolitul NICOLAE COLAN (1893-1967) – arhiereul conştient de înalta sa chemare
Metropolitan bishop Nicolae Colan (1893-1967) - a hierarch aware of his high vocation
Author(s): Iustin TiraSubject(s): History of Church(es)
Published by: Renaşterea Cluj
Keywords: Metropolitan Nicolae Colan; Theological Academy in Sibiu; Orthodox Bishopric of Cluj; Vienna Diktat; „Viaţa ilustrată” magazine; Romanian Academy
Summary/Abstract: The text highlights some aspects regarding the personality of Metropolitan Nicolae Colan, as professor at the Theological Academy in Sibiu, as bishop of Cluj (during which time he had to face the Vienna Diktat and the communist regime), as a journalist and a writer of great talent, regularly publishing in magazines and being rewarded for his cultural contribution with the title of member of the Romanian Academy. Crainic said about him: “Nicolae Colan, the Orthodox Bishop of Cluj, is the most significant personality of Romanians in Northern Transylvania, the man with the most profound cultural profile.”
Journal: TABOR. Revistă de cultură şi spiritualitate românească
- Issue Year: X/2016
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 17-28
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian
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