The death of death and the resurrection of life. The Widow's carol Cover Image

Moartea morții și învierea vieții. Colind de văduvă
The death of death and the resurrection of life. The Widow's carol

Author(s): Sabina Ispas
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: EDITURA ARHIEPISCOPIEI DUNĂRII DE JOS
Keywords: life; death; mystery; Resurrection; Kingdom of Heaven; tradition;

Summary/Abstract: Life and death are the two great mysteries that mark human destiny. Life is the miracle whereby man comes from non-existence to being, to existence, out of God’s gift, on the foundation of his parents’ love. Death is the passing from this life to the eternal life - which is the supreme ideal of human existence on this earth. For this reason, life here is a preparation for the other Life. In our Romanian traditional culture,this training starts from the babyhood and the climax is in the very moment of crossing to the Beyond. Folk tradition,combined with the Orthodox Christian spirituality generated, throughout the time, a whole treasure of traditions and rites, with regional particularities, but all having as a core the same message - the human desire to gain the eternal life, with God.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 481-492
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian