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The 1050 anniversary of the baptism of Mieszko I attributable in 2016, generated a multiform process of historical reflection on this issue. Re- searchers rendered a complementary analysis of sources relating to the beginnings of Christianity on Polish soil. They systematized existing histo- riography of this issue, pointed out the religious and cultural consequences of the baptism of Poland, and interpreted this memorable act of Mieszko I as a special keystone of the Polish nation and the process of conscious and spiritual rebirth of Poles
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The basic sources concerning the issue of baptism of Mieszko I, is one foreign chronicle (bishop Thietmar of Merseburg), a much younger chronicle of Gall Anonim and growing through centuries various Polish yearbooks. And although they contain numerous references to the fact and circumstances of the baptism of the first Polish historical ruler, they give discrepancies as to the annual date of the act itself and the most important events that accompanied it. Thus, in the historiography of the origins of Christianity there is still a lot of discussion and hypotheses.
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The year 2016 marks 1050 years since the most decisive moment in the history of our country, which defined its identity for centuries. This anniversary is the topic of this article which will attempt to generalize and systematize Polish historiography devoted to the issues of the circumstanc- es, the significance and consequences of the baptism of Poland. Analysis of the literature clearly demonstrates that baptism radically changed the face of the whole nation in terms of cultural, social, moral and political state. More importantly – from that moment the history of Christianity and the Polish state were always closely related. At the same time Poland has become a part of Western, Christian civilization and found itself in the circle of Latin culture. We then obtained a special place in Europe, and almost all of our cultural heritage, remaining in contact with the cultural space of Europe, was based on ideological patterns of Christianity. Taking into account the achievements of our ancestors, we owe all past generations our respect and memory. In the current politically, socially and morally disturbing situation, in which Europe found itself, we should remind ourselves about our Christian origin. Especially when many rel- egate faith and Christian traditions in the Polish nation on the margin and Europe is threatened by Islam. We need everyone to realize that only coming back to Christian roots can save Europe and Poland strong in its faith and tradition has a special task. Let us remember that the baptism of Mieszko was not only his personal act, but the baptism of the Nation, baptism of Poland. Without understanding the historical role of Christi- anity in our country one cannot fully understand Polish History, and the year 966 is (and always will be accounted for) as a central caesura, form which the past and the future of Poles is counted from.
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The analysis of the texts of dyptichs from two churches in Iaşi dating from the second half of the 17th century, St. John Chrysostomos (Zlataust) and the White Church (whose feast day is the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Stratenia), both (re)built by the princely family, during Gheorghe Duca’s third rule in Moldavia (1678-1683), confirms and gives a more refined expression of data on the members of the princely family and of the significance of their initiative, and it contributes to the more precise picture of the features of an age of grand Romanian cultural projects.
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An important personality of the spiritual and cultural life of Moldavia in the second half of the eighteenth century was, undoubtedly, the Metropolitan Iacob Putneanul, past, following the decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, among the saints of the Romanian nation. Even though Metropolitan Iacob Putneanul’s pasture lasted no more than ten years at the Moldavian Metropolitan Church (1750 – 1760), this is a remarkable period for the history of Romanian culture, when several books of worship and teaching have seen the light of the printing. In the same period of time, at his request, some important texts from Greek and Slavonic were translated, some of them remaining in the form of a manuscript. In order to carry out the necessary translation and printing work, Metropolitan Iacob Putneanul appointed round him experienced scholars, perhaps more or less known in the present day, reminding in the present study of some of the most important ones: the Greek typographer Duca Sotiriovici, hieromonk Cozma Vlahul, teacher Evloghie, hieromonk Nathanail and, last but not least, the Archimandrite of Putna, Vartolomei Mӑzӑreanu, to whom the last part of the present study is reserved.
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Separation of Christianity, the Great Schism of 1054, as a result of the struggle for power between Rome and Constantinople, in Orthodox and Catholic, can be considered the moment when Europe was split up for many years until our days. The Western Europe Church expansion had manifested itself in the Middle Age in Transylvania when after 1437 the Unio Trium Nationum had excluded the Romanian Orthodox from social, political and economic life. The separation of Christian religions between East and West led to severe consequences reflected in the development of the society in Transylvania, which propagated even until present days.
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