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RUGĂCIUNEA LA PREADOLESCENŢII ŞI ADOLESCENŢII FORMAŢI ÎNTR-UN MEDIU TEOLOGIC. STUDIU DE CAZ

Author(s): Monica Opriş,Dorin Opriş / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The article includes the main results of a research that used the questionnaire-based survey as a method of collecting data from students aged 13-19 years, from the Orthodox Theological Seminary "Saint Simion Stefan" in Alba Iulia. The research did not include students from high school classes with a theological vocational profile and benefited from 237 responses to the questionnaire administered online. The analysis of the data shows that education in a theological environment trains students including aspects related to the pedagogy of prayer. Also, the data of our research show that through an education that values the role of personal prayer and of common prayer in the church, the differences according to gender in relation to prayer (motivations, states of mind that generate it, effects over time) decrease considerably. At the same time, the data show that girls pray more than boys, have a greater capacity to show gratitude to God for the help received, and feel the peace of mind that personal prayer provides to a greater extent than they do.

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THE EUCHARISTIC DIMENSION OF CHRISTIAN ЕDUCATION ACCORDING TO SOME HOLLY FATHERS AND ОRTHODOX AUTHORS

Author(s): Cvetelina Sapundzhieva / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The purpose of this paper is to present the dimension of the Eucharistic education in two directions: first, to determine that the Eucharist as the chief factor of Christian Education as viewed by some Orthodox authors; second, to revel the position of some Holy Fathers, concerning the importance of the Holy Eucharist for education. The introduction points out that the pivot of Christian upbringing is man’s incorporation into the living Body of Christ in the sacrament of the Holy communion trough faith, communion, and grace of the Holy Spirit. Christian authors emphasize the fact that the goal of Eucharistic upbringing is achieving on over all alteration of the person which means transformation of the human mind, heart and will. The most important part of this process is the alteration of the heart as viewed by the Holy Fathers quoted in this paper, namely, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory Palamas and St. John Damascene, St. John of Kronstadt . The inference from their writings synthesizes the chief aspects of Eucharistic education which are: reaching „deification", acquiring the Holy Spirit as well as changing one’s life trough thanksgiving, repentance for wrongdoing and love for God and the fellowmen.

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EFFECTIVENESS OF PREACHING IN TIMES OF CRISES: CHRISTIAN VALUES AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

Author(s): Ventsislav Popivanov / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Preaching to contemporary Bulgarian flock, we sincerely believed that concerns as civil or world war and local or global pandemics are not highly likely to reappear from the near past of homiletics as holy church tradition. Church literature is rich in providing support to people in crises, but our generation hoped that in our lifetime in our advanced civilisation of post-post-modern age, such issues are not central to our life, because of value and cultural advancement. These years, global human society has been preoccupied with problems seemingly new to Orthodox spiritual healing tradition. The emergent global situation challenged especially those of us who had grown up yet in the 20th century, or before Internet, social media, and artificial intellect. And nowadays the risk of our preaching effectiveness is not only to sound outdate, and be unable to meet recent needs of our parishioners. Loss of interest in church preaching is even milder problem, than the danger to reach the hearts of believers by a homily leading to troubles as discrimination or incrimination, and church message that is populist and ideologised and could divide and polarise Eucharistic community. Given that we had reached certain homiletic effectiveness, but suddenly we were influenced by civic spirit, it is better for our parishioners to be rigid to our messages for some time, as they manage to overcome media noise and fake news, instead of leaving church gathering.

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A Textual-Critical Study and Interpretation of the Liturgical Response

Author(s): Jack Khalil / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This paper explores the hermeneutical background of the response to the final diaconal acclamation prior to the initiatory dialogue of the Eucharistic anaphora currently used in both Eucharistic formularies of the Orthodox Church, those of St Basil and St John Chrysostom. Specifically, this study examines the response, «Ἔλεον εἰρήνης, θυσίαναἰνέσεως», to diaconal command, «Στῶμεν καλῶς· στῶμεν μετὰ φόβου· πρόσχωμεν τὴν ἁγίανἀναφορὰν ἐν εἰρήνῃ προσφέρειν». After presenting the historical data and variants of the above response (as found in patristic quotes, liturgical commentaries, manuscript variants, ancient Latin translations and other Eucharistic formularies such as the Hagiopolite Liturgy of St James), this study provides an outline of the way in which contemporary experts in the field of liturgiology have understood this phrase. To follow, this paper explores the syntactical structure of the response in relation to the preceding acclamation. Particular analysis will be made of the grammatical and syntactical use of the present, active, infinitive«προσφέρειν». Finally, this paper demonstrates that the response in its current form offers a specific biblical hermeneutical understanding of the Eucharistic oblation (anaphora) in relation to the Old Testament sacrificial offerings.

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Implicații bioetice în intervențiile medicale specifice persoanelor transgender

Author(s): Ionuț-Paul Anea / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In the desire for an anatomical conformation to the gender that certain transgender people claim to have, they resort to modern medical technology. These interventions mainly refer to hormone therapies, genital surgeries and specific psychotherapies. The principles of Christian bioethics that aim at the uniqueness and integrity of the human person, his dichotomous structure, his psycho-physical well-being are the basis for accepting or not any medical intervention on the human person. Mainly, Christian bioethics considers a few references: the cause, the way and especially the purpose for which a person requests or requires a certain medical act. Christianity has always viewed with aversion and canonically sanctioned any mutilation of the person's body, the famous case of the castration of Origen being well known. Preserving bodily sexual integrity is a Christian bioethical principle, given the sacredness of the human body, "the temple of the Holy Spirit" (I Cor. 6:19). Interventions that can be accepted aim at the same principles that reject unnatural medical interventions. The cause that determines the desire for such an intervention is pursued, if this cause is a just one and in accordance with Christian ethics; likewise, the way in which it is intervened, as well as the purpose for which it is intervened, being accepted only the therapeutic medical interventions, those interventions that seek to restore the affected psycho-physical health (for example, reparative surgery of genital malformations).

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The Benefit of the Patient in the Hippocratic Oath and the Golden Rule of Christian Ethics

Author(s): Marlena Zerva / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Modern medical science aims at the benefit of the patient which is achieved through the treatment of the patient. The physician must act in the best interest of the patient and consequently his health. In an ideal world every doctor besides treating a patient would also love him. In this text, there will be examined two fundamental ethical imperatives that can be applied in the doctor – patient relationship. On the one hand the position, do not do unto others as you would not like to do unto you, on the other hand the positive formulation of that sentence which is, do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. The first of those two positions can be found in the ancient oath of Hippocrates, whereas the second position is the basis of the Golden Rule of Christian ethics. These two ethical imperatives will be examined in the context of modern bioethics as well, since the benefit of the patient is the major concern of two of its basic principles, namely the principle of beneficence and that of non-maleficence. The oath of Hippocrates moves in the realm of the moral idea that you should not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself. The above position is based on the affirmative propositions that are imprinted within the oath. On the other hand, the Golden Rule of Christian ethics consists of a positive exhortation, to do to the other what you would like to happen to you. Each Christian is called to love his fellowman as he loves himself, since the supreme good in Christian morality is the love of God and fellowman that fulfills the purpose of man’s existence, which is the communion with God. Both positions examined in the text have relevant content, aiming at the benefit of the patient, the patients good, either by a direct positive obligation, or by preventing the doctor from harming the patient.

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Activitatea social-umanitară a societăților de binefacere în vreme de război

Author(s): Ema Bogdan / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Metropolitan Pimen Georgescu shepherded at a time when the Romanian Orthodox Church and our country have crossed a tense period through the prism of the First World War. During the Wars, the Church accompanied the military troops on the battlefield. In monasteries have been established orphanages, hospitals and charity societies that provided both, spiritual and material aid. Romanian priests contributed to the creation of the Romanian National State offering hope to the soldiers to obtain the Glory of our country.

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