In Memoriam Pr. Acad. Mircea Păcurariu (30 iulie 1932-13 ianuarie 2021): gânduri la despărţirea de cel mai mare istoric al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
In Memoriam Fr. Acad. Mircea Păcurariu (July 30, 1932-January 13, 2021): thoughts on the separation from the greatest historian of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Summary/Abstract: On January 13, 2020, father professor Mircea Păcurariu, member of the Romanian Academy, passed away. Born on July 30, 1932, in Ruşi, Hunedoara County, he studied at the Decebal High School in Deva (1943-1951), at the Faculty of History of the “Victor Babeş” University of Cluj (1951-1952) and at the University Theological Institute in Sibiu (1952-1956), then he had his doctorate at the Theological Institute in Bucha- rest (1956-1959), where he received the title of doctor in Theology in 1968. He had a long teaching career at the Orthodox Seminary of Neamţ Monastery (1959-1961), then at the University Theological Institute of Sibiu (1961-1992), which became the Faculty of Theology “Andrei Şaguna” of the University “Lucian Blaga” of Sibiu (1992-2011), where he taught the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church, classical languages, Byzantinology and Romanian paleography. He is also the author and coordinator of about 60 books and over 900 studies and articles in magazines and collective volumes, becoming the most famous and prolific historian of the Romanian Church in the last 50 years. For his didactic, academic, ecclesiastical and cultural merits, he was elected a corresponding member (1997) and full member of the Romanian Academy and was awarded numerous distinctions, titles, orders and dignities in ecclesiastical, civil, academic and cultural fields. The present text is meant to be a brief laudation, an appreciative evocation of his personality and activity shortly after his passing into eternity.

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