NOV/DEC 2016 VOL. LXXXI, No. 11-12

THE HERALD JACKSON, MI SOLIA — THE HERALD (ISSN 0038-1039) VICE-CHAIRMAN: is published bi-monthly for $15.00 per year: 5LJKW5HY%LVKRS,ULQHX'XYOHD United States, $20.00 per year: Canada, and $25.00 per year in other countries by The Ro- manian Orthodox Episcopate of America, 2535 ENGLISH EDITOR / SECRETARY: Grey Tower Road, Jackson, MI 49201-9120. 5HY)U'DYLG2DQFHD Periodicals postage paid at Jackson, Michigan, DQG DGGLWLRQDO RIÀFHV 3KRQH    )D[    (PDLO VROLD#URHDRUJ ROMANIAN EDITOR: Internet: http://www.roea.org. 5HY)U'DQ+RDUVWH POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: SOLIA — THE HERALD, P.O. Box 185, Grass STAFF: Lake, MI 49240-0185, U.S.A. CHAIRMAN: Photo submissions: Use high resolution/ 95HY'U5HPXV*UDPD quality digital camera settings (at least 300 dpi). 0RVW5HY$UFKELVKRS Mr. Mark Chestnut Articles and news published in SOLIA do not QHFHVVDULO\UHÁHFWWKHYLHZVRUWKHHQGRUVHPHQW Nathaniel Popp 0U5LFKDUG&*UDERZVNL of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America. CONTENTS PASTORAL English Section Pastoral Changes ...... 2 HANGES Pastoral Letter 2016 – The Birth of Our Lord, C His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel ...... 3-4 ORDINATIONS / ASSIGNMENTS CIUCUREL, Marius, was ordained into the Holy Scholarships Available Through the ROEA ...... 5 Diaconate by His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, 2015 Family Life / All-Auxiliaries Conference ...... 6 on October 15, 2016, at St. Mary Church, Anaheim State Funeral Held for Cairo Cathedral Attack CA, and assigned there. Victims ...... 6, 15 SOREM, Ananias (Erik), was ordained into the Holy Theodoros II: No Place for Politics Diaconate by His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, in Church Matters ...... 7 on October 16, 2016, at St. Mary Church, Anaheim Vatra Generations Appeal ...... 7 CA, and assigned there. Invitation: Romanian Ethnic Art Museum & UNGRIN, Deacon Clayton , was or- St. Mary Cathedral ...... 7 dained into the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, on November 6, 2016, at St. Help for Veterans – Preventing Suicide, George, Winnipeg MB, and assigned there effective Fr. Dn. Wayne Paul Wright ...... 8, 14 December 1, 2016. Guiding the Ark of Salvation – the Theanthropic Role of the Bishop, Bishop Thomas ...... 9-11, 13 SUSPENSIONS Recipients of the Dumitru Golea Goldy-Gemu DONKA, Rev. Fr. Mihaita, was suspended from Scholarship 2015 & 2016 ...... 12-13 his duties as parish priest of St. John the Baptizer Church, Kannapolis NC, effective October 6, 2016. Hierarchal Schedule ...... 15 The suspension was lifted on December 12, 2016, and Financial Report ...... 16 he remains unassigned. Solia Financial Report ...... 16 MUNTEAN, Protopresbyter Vasile, who was sus- Romanian Section pended on April 14, 2016, had his suspension lifted 8Q6IkQW$PHULFDQ0DL3XūLQ&XQRVFXW5RPkQLORU on November 1, 2016, in retirement. Sfântul Herman (Gherman) din Alaska, DEPOSITIONS Diacon Nicolae Marinescu ...... 17, 24 BLEAHU, Very Rev. Fr. Romulus, was deposed 'LQ9LDūD3DURKLLORU...... 18-19 from the Priesthood, and his name removed from the ranks of the clergy of the Romanian Orthodox 6FULVRDUH3DVWRUDOD²1DũWHUHD'RPQXOXL Episcopate of America and the Orthodox Church in nostru Iisus Hristos, America by the Holy Synod of Bishops, effective IPS Arhiepiscop Nathaniel ...... 20-21 October 19, 2016. &ROLQGąP'RDPQH&ROLQG, Cristian Zamrii .....22-23 &RQIHULQūD´9LDūDvQ)DPLOLHµũL Intrunirea  2UJDQL]DūLLORU$X[LOLUDUHDOH(SLVFRSLHL ...24 ADDRESS CHANGE COVER: Nativity of Christ from the the Paphos region Send your change of addresses to: of Cyprus. The icon resides in the Monastery of Panagia SOLIA, PO BOX 185 Chrysorrogiatissa and was reportedly painted by Parthe- GRASS LAKE, MI 49240 USA nios (1790-1848), a Cypriot folk painter. RUVROLD#URHDRUJ

2 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PASTORAL LETTER 2016 THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ´$QG,ZLOOPDNHP\KRPHDPRQJWKHPDQGOLYHZLWKWKHP¶,ZLOOEHWKHLU*RG and they shall EHP\SHRSOH·µ (2 Cor. 6:16; Lev. 26:11-19)

Beloved Spiritual Children in Christ: Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics and Devout Faithful of our God-protected Episcopate: Dearly Beloved, Once again, after a long year, we are today celebrating the birth of the Sun of Righteous- ness, Jesus Christ, the Light of the world! The burden of the weeks and months, the cares and decisions made, are laid aside on this great day of joy and feasting for the gladness in our hearts on the celebration of the birth of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ. In reflecting on his holy feast day, our spirits are renewed with the strength and courage which comes from eternal hope. Today, if we listen with our hearts, we can hear the beat of the angels’ wings as they hov- er over the manger of the newborn Christ child and the mighty rush of their flight as they descend to the shepherds to announce the great tidings: The Christ is born! What joy was in the heart of the ever- Mary, of the Protector, of the shepherds, magi. Even the EHDVWVRIWKHÀHOGDQGWKHFDYHDQGPRXQWDLQVUHMRLFHG Since the fall of and Eve, all of creation, nature and man, has striven to find its true and proper relationship with its creator. Man, in his search but in his pride fell farther and farther from heaven, growing more and more distant from the Almighty; and God saw that his image and likeness was darkened by sin and had become overwrought with despair. ´:KDWZDV*RGWRGRLQWKHIDFHRIWKLVGHKXPDQL]HGPDQNLQGWKLVXQLYHUVDOKLGLQJ RIWKHNQRZOHGJHRIKLPVHOIE\WKHZLOHVRIWKHHYLOVSLULWV"µasks St. Athanasius the Great. ´:KDWHOVHFRXOGKHSRVVLEO\GREHLQJ*RGEXWUHQHZKLVLPDJHLQPDQNLQGVRWKDW WKURXJKLWPDQPLJKWRQFHPRUHFRPHWRNQRZKLP"µ God had sent prophets and even angels to call man back to him, but it was necessary for the Creator himself to stoop to earth to lift man to heaven. ´:KDWZRQGHUIXOSURJUHVV«µexclaims St. . ´+HÀUVWVHQGVDQJHOVWRPHQWKHQOHDGVWKHPHQWRKHDYHQO\WKLQJV$ KHDYHQLVPDGHRQHDUWKVLQFHKHDYHQPXVWWDNHWRLWVHOIWKHWKLQJVRIWKHHDUWKµ the Patriarch cried out: ´+HLVFRPLQJDQGWKHSHRSOHZLOOJDWKHUDURXQGKLPµ The coming of the Savior was to wipe off the dust from the image of God in man and to restore him to his rightful place as heir of his Father’s kingdom. St. Athanasius also tells us that, ´7KH:RUGRI*RGFRPHVLQKLVRZQSHUVRQEHFDXVHLWZDVKHDORQHWKHLPDJHRIWKH )DWKHUZKRFRXOGUHFUHDWHPDQDIWHUWKH,PDJHµquoting the words of our Lord: ´,FDPHWR VHHNDQGVDYHWKDWZKLFKZDVORVWµIt was therefore necessary for God himself to come to us, announces St. Leo the Great, ´)RUXQOHVVKHZHUHWUXH*RGKHFRXOGEULQJXVQRDLGDQG ZHUHKHQRWWUXHPDQKHFRXOGRIIHUXVQRH[DPSOHµ The reason, therefore, for which Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, explains St. John Chrysostom is: ´«WKDWFRPLQJDPRQJXVKHPD\WHDFKXVDQGWHDFKLQJ XVOHDGXVE\WKHKDQGWRWKHWKLQJVWKDWPHQFDQQRWVHH)RUVLQFHPHQEHOLHYHWKDWWKHH\HV DUHPRUHWUXVWZRUWK\WKDQWKHHDUVWKH\GRXEWRIWKDWZKLFKWKH\GRQRWVHHDQGVRKHKDV GHLJQHGWRVKRZKLPVHOILQERGLO\SUHVHQFHWKDWKHPD\UHPRYHDOOGRXEWµ

SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 3 In teaching us, Christ has opened our minds to the Scriptures and to the prophets, indeed, as said: ´+HVKDOOFRPHGRZQZHOFRPHDVDUDLQRQWKLUVW\VRLOµHis birth is of cos- mic importance. It has value not only for me personally, not merely for my family and nation but for the universe of which he is the Creator. Indeed he is welcome! Coming to know him, we are called to worship him. ´)RULI&KULVWLV*RGDVLQGHHG KHLVEXWWRRNQRWKXPDQQDWXUHXSRQKLPZHDUHVWUDQJHUVWRVDOYDWLRQ/HWXVWKHQ ZRUVKLSKLPDV*RGµsays St. , ´EXWEHOLHYHWKDWKHDOVRZDVPDGH PDQµ Jesus the Savior, Christ the Anointed One, came as ´EUHDG GRZQ IURP KHDYHQ WKDW KHPLJKWIHHGWKHKXQJU\µinvites St. Cyril; and men of every age have hungered and thirsted for the truth of his place in creation; and today’s celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace reminds the world that, indeed, man is the son of the King who calls all to eternal inheritance. Do we rejoice today in his birth? Yes! We do! ´$FNQRZOHGJH2&KULVWLDQWKDWGLJQLW\ ZKLFKLV\RXUVµexhorts St. Leo. Dignity, yes! For we are also the ´WHPSOHVRIWKH+RO\ 6SLULWµ(1 Cor. 6:19) in whom God dwells and with Whom he walks, calling each of us by name. Thus, we are never alone, not even in the darkest hour; not when satanic hands pull down our holiest and churches. “*RGLVZLWKXV8QGHUVWDQGRQDWLRQDQG VXEPLW\RXUVHOIIRU*RGLVZLWKXV” (). Wherever there is a true believer, there is the Church, and there is the temple of God. The steadfast worshipper holds fast to the cradle of the Christ Child and sings out with St. John Chrysostom: ´, UHMRLFH EHDULQJ LQ P\ DUPV WKH FUDGOH RI &KULVW )RU WKLV LV DOOP\KRSHDQGWKLVLVP\OLIHWKLVLVP\VDOYDWLRQWKLVLVP\LQVWUXPHQWRIVRQJWKH KDUSRIP\VRXOµ At the birth of Christ, the angels cried out: ´*ORU\WR*RGLQWKHKLJKHVWKHDYHQVDQG RQHDUWKSHDFHWRPHQZKRHQMR\KLVIDYRUµ(Lk. 2:14). ´7KLVSHDFHZDVPDGHWKURXJK &KULVW+LPVHOIIRU+HUHFRQFLOHGXVZLWKWKH)DWKHUDQGWR*RGµSt. Cyril exclaims. ´,QSHUVHFXWLRQDQGLQVRUURZLQJRRGWLPHVDQGLQUHMRLFLQJWKHSHDFHRI*RGNQRZV QRERXQGVµ(Is. 9:7). Thus, today, our own joy knows no bounds; and we rush forward to welcome the new babe Christ into our world, for he brings reconciliation and peace to all. He is welcome! Let us welcome him, for He is our God, and we His people. For today, ´WRXVDFKLOGLVERUQXQWRXVDVRQLVJLYHQ«´(Is. 9:5); the rain has come onto our thirsty land, the sweet-smelling fragrance covered the earth, the gentle and protecting cloud FRPHLQWRRXUPLGVWWKHSLOODURIÀUHWROHDGXVRXWRIGDUNQHVVLQWREULOOLDQWOLJKWDQGH[WHQGV KLVLQIDQWKDQGWRXVSUHSDULQJXVIRUZKDWLV\HWWRFRPHIRUWKHSURPLVH\HWWREHIXOÀOOHG ´)RUZKHQ&KULVWVKDOODSSHDUZKRLV\RXUOLIHWKHQ\RXDOVRVKDOODSSHDUZLWKKLPLQJORU\µ (Col. 3:3-4).

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4 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX EPISCOPATE (ROEA) All information and some application forms may be accessed via the internet at: http://roea.org/scholarships.htm.

A.R.F.O.R.A. SCHOLARSHIPS DUMITRU GOLEA GOLDY-GEMU A.R.F.O.R.A./MARTHA GAVRILA SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN Offers two undergraduate scholarships of $1,500 The A.R.F.O.R.A./Martha Gavrila Scholarship for each, which may be awarded annually to undergrad- Women is offered to women in post-graduate studies. uate students of Romanian origin according to the It was established in memory of Mrs. Martha Gavrila, established requirements and rules. The applicant must long-time president of A.R.F.O.R.A. who worked tire- have completed high school or already be enrolled in OHVVO\IRUWKH(SLVFRSDWHDQG9DWUD5RPkQHDVFą7KH college. DEADLINE: 0$<Go to http:// ÀUVWVFKRODUVKLSZDVDZDUGHGDWWKH$5)25$ roea.org/goldygemu.html for requirements and appli- Congress held at St. Mary Church in Chicago, Illinois. cation forms. The sum of $1000.00 may be awarded annually to a selected student. '($'/,1( 0$<   Go THE PAMFIL AND MARIA BUJEA to http://roea.org/arforagavrila.html to download the FAMILY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Application Form & Requirements. SEMINARIAN SCHOLARSHIP A.R.F.O.R.A. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 7KH3DPÀODQG0DULD%XMHD6HPLQDULDQ6FKRODUVKLS FOR WOMEN is a scholarship given once only to a male or female The A.R.F.O.R.A. Undergraduate Scholarship for Canadian or American Orthodox Christian citizen :RPHQZDVRIIHUHGIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHLQ$VFKRO- studying with the intention of serving, for a given arship of $1000.00 may be awarded annually to selected period of time, the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate VWXGHQWVZKRKDYHVXFFHVVIXOO\FRPSOHWHGWKHLUÀUVW of America in Canada. The time to be served is at year of an undergraduate program. DEADLINE: MAY the discretion of the ruling hierarch. The number of Go to http://roea.org/arforaundergrad.html VFKRODUVKLSVDZDUGHGWRTXDOLÀHGVWXGHQWVLVGHWHUPLQHG to download the Application Form & Requirements. by the committee. The scholarship is given directly to the School of Theology at the beginning of the re- A.R.F.O.R.A. HELEN MUNTEAN EDUCATION cipient’s second year of continued theological studies. SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN To be considered for the Autumn-Winter Term, a The A.R.F.O.R.A. Helen Muntean Education Schol- fully completed application must be postmarked on arship for Women is a scholarship of $1000.00 that RUEHIRUH0D\ Applicants may obtain may be awarded annually to women who are working requirements from http://www.roea.org/bujea.html. toward a career in teaching. '($'/,1( 0$<   Go to http://roea. VICTOR POP SCHOLARSHIP org/helenmuntean.html to download the Application The Victor Pop Scholarship was established in Form & Requirements. memory of the late Victor Pop by his family to hon- or his legacy of hard work and perseverance in life WM. R. STANITZ / AROY SCHOLARSHIP which resulted in great achievements. The goal of In August of 1971, the Constantin J. Stanitz family the scholarship is to assist college students who are of Chicago established a Scholarship Fund in memory committed in their academic pursuits to complete of their son, William Robert Stanitz, who met a tragic their studies. ,WLVVSHFLÀFDOO\JHDUHGWRZDUGV-XQLRU death in California. Two undergraduate scholarships and Senior standing college students or graduate of $1,000 each may be awarded annually. The appli- students, who show their commitment and desire to cant must be an active AROY member, a graduate of complete their studies. The Victor Pop Scholarship shall high school or a college student, or one who intends be awarded annually to one person in the amount to enroll in a school or college of university level. of US $1,000.00. For Scholarship Requirements and DEADLINE: JUNE   Go to http://roea.org/ Application, visit http://roea.org/victorpopscholarship. stanitzaroy.html for application requirements. html. DEADLINE-81(. SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 5 2015 FAMILY LIFE/ ALL-AUXILIARIES CONFERENCE 0D\ Descent of the Holy Spirit Church :VW$YH0HUULOOYLOOH,1 ______-RLQ$52<\RXWK$5)25$ 2UWKRGR[%URWKHUKRRGIRUDZHHNHQG RIZRUVKLSIHOORZVKLSDQGSODQQLQJ )ULGD\9HVSHUVSUHVHQWDWLRQ6DWXUGD\'DQFH 6XQGD\%DQTXHWHYHQLQJ3LFQLF ______Events: Worship Services / Auxiliary Meetings / Thematic presentations Youngster activities / Displays / Holy Confession

STATE FUNERAL HELD FOR CAIRO CATHEDRAL ATTACK VICTIMS WITH PRESIDENT SISI’S ATTENDANCE [Egyptian Streets – December 12, 2016] A state fu- Autostrad by Egyptian soldiers holding wreaths. Fol- neral was organized and held in Cairo’s Nasr City for ORZLQJWKHFRIÀQVDQGVROGLHUV(J\SWLDQRIÀFLDOVOHG the 24 people killed in the deadly Cairo Cathedral by the Egyptian President and the Coptic , were terror attack on Sunday [December 11, 2016]. The followed by family members and other mourners. state funeral, which was preceded by a funeral service Following the march, President Sisi shook hands with conducted by Coptic Pope Tawadros II at the Church some mourners and sent his condolences. At the earlier of Virgin Mary, was attended by Egyptian President funeral service, Pope Tawadros II said that the terror Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Pope Tawadros II, and a large attack was not against the church but against all of number of top Egyptian government and religious Egypt. “Whoever did this attack does not belong to RIÀFLDOV the Egyptian people,” said the Coptic Pope after the The event, which was organized by the Egyptian funeral service. Tensions were high outside the funeral Armed Forces and was held amid tight security, took service, with security forces preventing non-family place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Nasr members from entering the church, citing concerns &LW\ &RIÀQV RI WKH YLFWLPV GUDSHG ZLWK (J\SWLDQ of overcrowding. Crowds of protesters outside were ÁDJVZHUHWUDQVSRUWHGWRWKHVWDWHIXQHUDODIWHUWKH heard chanting in solidarity with those killed. Some church funeral service and were marched down the Cont. on page 15 6 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PATRIARCH VATRA THEODOROS II: GENERATIONS NO PLACE APPEAL

FOR POLITICS IN $600,000 CHURCH MATTERS [Pravoslavie.ru – December 2, 2016] Politicians should not interfere in Church matters, and it’s necessary to observe the principle of the indivisi- bility of the Church, declared Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa in an interview with RIA-Novosti, commenting on the situation with the efforts to create an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. “I know Ukraine very well—both bishops and laity—and have a very good understanding about what incentives the people are pursuing, who are trying now to sow discord in Ukraine. From the very beginning, when the problem of the Church schism had only just arisen, the Alexandrian Patriarchate and I, as its representative, have taken the position that the Ukrainian Church is an integral part of the Russian Orthodox Church. When I served the Divine $86,800 collected as of Liturgy in the Kiev Caves Lavra, I stated that for December 31, 2016 the Alexandrian Church the canonical primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is Metropolitan Vladimir Mail your check payable to: of Kiev and All Ukraine. Then when the schismatics Romanian Orthodox Episcopate attempted to forcibly enter, without invitation, into PO Box 309, Grass Lake MI 49240-0309 the Holy Trinity Church which was then a property To read about the project and donate via credit card, of the Alexandrian Church in Odessa, I stood in the go to: roea.org and click on the DONATE button. doorway and said: ‘It’s not going to happen.’ The Donations are tax-deductible. ancient Alexandrian Church formulates its position thus: we stand before God together with the Russian Orthodox Church and call for the Orthodox Church to be one and undivided, as it always has been. There is no place for politics in Church matters. Politicians INVITATION come and go, but the Church abides unto the ages of ages,” said the primate of the Alexandrian Church. Romanian Ethnic Art Museum & There is currently operating in Ukraine the canonical St. Mary Cathedral, Cleveland Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is a self-govern- We are happy to announce the upcoming confer- ing part of the Moscow Patriarchate, and also other ence “Art Treasures from the Romanian Pavilion at ecclesial structures, the “Kievan Patriarchate,” and the the New York World’s Fair 1939-1940” to be hosted “Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church,” which by the Romanian Ethnic Art Museum and are unrecognized by the Orthodox world. Mary Romanian Orthodox Cathedral on Sunday, Translated by Jesse Dominick $SULO   DW  SP. A Reception and the Lecture by Mr. Adrian Buga, art historian and critic from Romania, will follow the Divine Liturgy at 10 am. This conference is an act of cultural cooperation between the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and the Romanian Ethnic Art Museum of Cleveland. Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Remus Grama, Parish Priest/ Curator - (216) 941-5882 / [email protected]. SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 7 HELP FOR VETERANS — PREVENTING SUIDICE Imagine a pain so great that it seems inescapable, In the context of combat, the choice may have been that the only way to end it would be to end every- simple: kill or be killed. However, in the aftermath thing. This is a situation that far too many people in that follows, this simple choice is no longer simple. It our society face; and among our nation’s Veterans, creates an avalanche of doubt - questioning yourself suicide occurs at a rate 21% higher compared to the and what you thought were your core values, beliefs, civilian population. Regardless of the rate of suicide or morals, and principles. number of cases, one life lost to suicide is too many. I think that the old adage of “it takes a village to To begin to reduce the loss of life to this tragedy, raise a child” needs to be updated to “it takes a vil- we need to work together as a community to raise lage to live a healthy life.” The numbers may seem awareness and increase efforts in prevention, support, daunting, but we can all play a role in preventing this and encouragement for those experiencing suicidal tragedy. It takes a village. You can start to grow your ideation to seek help. village within your own community. You can make a Nationally, suicide is the 10th leading cause of difference in so many ways. Even recognizing these death (approximately 42,773 deaths annually). More signs and symptoms with one individual, taking the than 100 people a day die by suicide. A person dies time to give them support, validating their feelings by suicide every 12.3 minutes. 18% of these deaths and challenges, and encouraging them into treatment is are our nation’s Veterans. Nationally, over 1 million making a difference. Knowing the available resources suicide attempts occur annually which averages to an in your community is making a difference. Supporting attempt every 30 seconds. 950 suicide attempts monthly organizations who conduct awareness, research, advo- are reported just for those Veterans who are engaged cacy, and treatment is making a difference. There are with VA healthcare. These numbers are staggering and so many opportunities to make a difference. even more of a crisis than homicide, which is the 17th There are many ways that someone can help mitigate leading cause of death comparatively. their risk. Getting treatment for treatable disorders is The Department of Veterans Affairs has recently an intervention that can help reduce risk. The VA’s undertaken the most comprehensive analysis of Veteran research has proven that those Veterans who are en- suicide in our nation’s history. More than 55 million gaged in healthcare with the VA are at a reduced risk. Veteran records were examined from the years 1979 In 2014, 20 Veterans died by suicide each day. Six to 2014 from all 50 states and four territories. The of the 20 were users of VA healthcare. The following analysis occurred to ensure we have an accurate un- are some resources for mental health within the VA: derstanding of the scope of the problem and to begin ‡ 0HQWDO+HDOWK to inform best practices to target solutions. — VHA provides specialty inpatient and outpatient 7KHUHDUHPDQ\IDFWRUVWKDWLQÁXHQFHVRPHRQH·VULVN mental health services at its medical centers There is no exact predictor to determine someone’s risk and community-based outpatient clinics. All level, but there are many warning signs and signs of mental health care provided by VHA supports risk to be mindful of. If someone is discussing suicide, recovery, striving to enable a person with engaging in risk-taking behaviors, posting concerning mental health problems to live a meaningful messages on social media, etc., these are signs that life in the community and achieve his or her warrant immediate attention. There are many other full potential. risk factors. Mental health disorders such as major — For more information on VA Mental Health depression are associated with an increased risk for Services, visit www.mentalhealth.va.gov. suicide. Hopelessness, lack of purpose, anxiety, mood ‡ 9HW&HQWHUV swings, sleep disturbances, anger/irritability, increasing — Vet Centers are VA community-based centers alcohol/drug use, and withdrawing from friends or that provide a range of counseling, outreach, family are some other common signs. We know that and referral services. our nation’s Veterans are dealing with other unique — For more information about Vet Centers and to stressors such as service-related injuries, combat ÀQGWKH9HW&HQWHUFORVHVWWR\RXYLVLWwww. deployments, exposure to extreme stress in hostile vetcenter.va.gov. HQYLURQPHQWVHWFZKLFKFDQLQÁXHQFHRUH[DFHUEDWH ‡ 0DNHWKH&RQQHFWLRQ some of the risk factors they exhibit. — MakeTheConnection.net is a one-stop resource Notably, Veterans are also at higher risk for expe- where Veterans and their families and friends riencing moral injury that can magnify many other can privately explore information about physical symptoms and risk factors, particularly shame and guilt. Cont. on page 14 8 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 GUIDING THE ARK OF SALVATION - THE THEANTHROPIC ROLE OF THE BISHOP by Bishop THOMAS (Joseph) and Peter Schweitzer DVSUHVHQWHGDWWKH&KXUFKRI6W3DWULFN:DUUHQWRQ9$ There is a common tendency in our Western it is Egyptian, in which language it may designate a culture to equate the One, Holy, Catholic, and Ap- ER[DFKHVWHYHQDFRIÀQ,WVXVHLQRQO\WKHVHWZR ostolic Orthodox Church to corporations which are biblical passages cries out for an explanation. I can institutional structures that are driven by commerce think of a single reasonable answer: Namely, that the and production. In so doing, we equate bishops with biblical author had in mind to tie these two accounts CEOs and priests and deacons as mid-level managers. together in a very explicit way, so that the correspon- Accordingly, parish councils operate as ecclesiastical dence between them would be unmistakable.” boards of directors, bishops operate at the pleasure of This imagery was not lost on the holy fathers who the parish councils, and priests and deacons implement employed it in describing the Church founded by the directives and goals set forth by the councils. The Christ. Saint of Carthage writes, “If anyone adoption of this corporate model for the Church can who was outside the ark could have escaped, so would EHHQWLFLQJDWWLPHVVLQFHLWLVHIÀFLHQWJRDORULHQWHG he escape who was outside the Church.” In the fourth and produces tangible results. It is especially tempt- century, Saint John Chrysostom continues the use of ing when a parish is intent on building a new temple, this imagery in his Homily on Lazarus: “The narrative school, or other worthy project. However, it’s a model of the Flood is a mystery, and its details are a type that betrays the original nature and purpose of the of things to come. The ark is the Church; is Church according to the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16). Christ; the dove, the Holy Spirit; the olive branch, While the corporate model is a necessary vehicle for the divine goodness. As in the midst of the sea, the commerce and economic vitality, it has no place in ark protected those who were within it, so the Church the Church founded by Christ. Since it is impossible saves those who are saved.” The Church is the ark, as WRHQYLVDJHWKHHSLVFRSDORIÀFHDVZHOODVWKHFOHULFDO real and concrete as an ark of wood and as essential ranks of priest and deacon outside of the context of the IRUVDOYDWLRQIURPWKHÁRRGVRIWKLVZRUOGDVDVKLS &KXUFKLWLVÀUVWQHFHVVDU\WRH[DPLQHWKHQDWXUHRI is for those drowning at sea. WKH&KXUFKEHIRUHZHUHÁHFWXSRQWKHRIÀFHRIELVKRS $VWKHDUNRIVDOYDWLRQSUHÀJXUHGLQWKH2OG7HV- and how he relates to the clerical orders and the laity. tament and fully realized in the New Testament and The Sacred Scriptures and the holy fathers provide the life of the Church, the one, holy, catholic, and us with the true model of the Church which is the Ark apostolic Church enjoys a character which no human of Salvation. This notion of the Church as the Ark of institution may claim. The Church is theanthropic. 6DOYDWLRQLVSUHÀJXUHGLQWKH2OG7HVWDPHQWÀJXUHVRI This is a term that is central to Orthodoxy for it un- 1RDKDQG0RVHV6DLQW&\SULDQRI&DUWKDJHDIÀUPV dergirds the manner in which we speak about God, this in stating, “the one ark of Noah was a type of the understand the Church, and most importantly, engage one Church.” Father Patrick Henry Reardon notes that in the spiritual struggle. Unlike the West which relies this symbolism is found in Noah’s ark as well as the on philosophical systems of thought, the East, specif- LQIDQW0RVHVÁRDWLQJRQWKH1LOH5LYHU´7KHURRWRI ically the Orthodox Church, employs theanthropicity such symbolism is found in the Old Testament’s own to orient and provide the proper context for every- portrayal of Noah’s ark. Genesis calls it a WHYDKa thing pertaining to the history of salvation. Simply word used in only one other place in the Hebrew SXWWKHWHUPUHIHUVWRWKHXQLRQRI*RGDQGPDQÀUVW Scriptures, namely, to designate the little box in which and foremost, in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ and WKHLQIDQW0RVHVÁRDWHGRQWKH1LOH,QGHHGWKHMX[- following directly from that to the Church and the taposition of the two stories seems clearly intentional mission of the Church - the salvation of mankind. if we examine the manifest similarities between them. Theanthropicity implies an understanding of man’s First, in respect to both Noah and , the tevah is existence and salvation in relation to His Creator and DÁRDWLQJFRQWDLQHUWKDWSUHVHUYHVOLIHIURPWKHSHULO Savior. Just as Noah and Moses relied upon God of drowning. That is to say, the threat comes from to make manifest the divine will, so too the Church water. Second, in each case the container is daubed acknowledges this synergeia between God and man with pitch to keep out the threatening water (Genesis to preach the Good News of salvation. God must act 6:14; Exodus 2:3). Third, both stories contribute to ÀUVWDQGWKLVPXVWEHDFNQRZOHGJHG:HGRQRWDQG the ongoing biblical theme of God’s deliverance of His cannot save ourselves. However, God’s action must servants in times of crisis. There is an even subtler be reciprocated by our response. This notion has been element here, however. The word tevah is not Hebrew; relegated to the background in the West. God alone SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 9 can satisfy the unquenchable human desire for life divine wisdom of the cherubim and the zeal of without end. This is also the reason why the Church the seraphim. Understandable, therefore, is the is principally the Divine Liturgy, and not a worldly ÀHU\]HDOZKLFKDQLPDWHGWKHKRO\IDWKHUVRIWKH or social organization. Church in all cases of division and falling away As Saint Justin Popovic writes, and the stern attitude toward heresies and schisms. “The attributes of the Church are innumerable In that regard, the holy ecumenical and holy local because her attributes are actually the attributes councils are preeminently important. According of the Lord Christ, the God-man, and, through to their spirit and attitude, wise in those things Him, those of the Triune Godhead. However, pertaining to Christ, the Church is not only one the holy and divinely wise fathers of the Second but also unique. Just as the Lord Christ cannot Ecumenical Council, guided and instructed by the have several bodies, so He cannot have several Holy Spirit, reduced them in the ninth article of Churches. According to her theanthropic nature, the Symbol of Faith to four — I believe in one, the Church is one and unique, just as Christ the holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. These attri- God-man is one and unique.” butes of the Church — unity, holiness, catholicity This theanthropic character of the Church not only (sobornost), and apostolicity — are derived from sets her apart but provides us with indications concern- the very nature of the Church and of her purpose. ing how we relate to one another within the Church. 7KH\FOHDUO\DQGDFFXUDWHO\GHÀQHWKHFKDUDFWHU 6SHFLÀFDOO\LWJLYHVXVLQVLJKWLQWRKRZWKHELVKRS of the Orthodox Church of Christ whereby, as a the icon of Christ, is to relate to priests, deacons, and theanthropic institution and community, she is laity. St. Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch, distinguishable from any institution or community links the Bishop and Jesus Christ together to such a of the human sort. degree that everything which happens to a visible Just as the Person of Christ the God-man is Bishop of the Church is attributed and ascribed to the one and unique, so is the Church founded by invisible Bishop, Christ our Savior. Him, in Him, and upon Him. The unity of the The following is precisely what the Saint says: “For Church follows necessarily from the unity of the the honor, therefore, of Him Who desired us, it is right Person of the Lord Christ, the God-man. Being that we obey (the Bishop) without any hypocrisy; for an organically integral and theanthropic organism a man does not merely mislead this Bishop who is unique in all the world, the Church, according to seen, but seeks to deceive Him Who is invisible.” all the laws of Heaven and earth, is indivisible. In a spiritual talk entitled “The Place of the Bishop Any division would signify her death. Immersed in the Orthodox Church”, Archimandrite Cyprian (now LQWKH*RGPDQVKHLVÀUVWDQGIRUHPRVWDWKH- Bishop) asked, “What is the Church?” anthropic organism, and only then a theanthropic 1. The Church is the Assembly of the People of God organization. In her, everything is theanthropic: for the celebration of the Mystery of the Divine nature, faith, love, baptism, the Eucharist, all Eucharist, wherein the local Church actually be- the holy mysteries and all the holy virtues, her comes and is revealed as the Body of Christ, as teaching, her entire life, her immortality, her a Theandric organism, in which the Holy Trinity eternity, and her structure. dwells. Yes, yes, yes; in her, everything is theanthrop- 2. The visible center and head of the Eucharistic Assem- LFDOO\ LQWHJUDO DQG LQGLYLVLEOH &KULVWLÀFDWLRQ bly is the Bishop: It is he who leads the Assembly VDQFWLÀFDWLRQGHLÀFDWLRQ7ULQLWDULDQLVPVDOYD- and preaches the word of God; it is he who offers tion. In her everything is fused organically and the Eucharist, as an Icon of Christ, the Great High by grace into a single theanthropic body, under Priest, and as the one who presides in the place of a single Head — the God-man, the Lord Christ. God, according to St. . All her members, though as persons always whole 3. In the early Church, only the Bishop offered the and inviolate, yet united by the same grace of Divine Eucharist in each local Church; that is, there the Holy Spirit through the holy mysteries and was only one Eucharist, and this was centered on the holy virtues into an organic unity, comprise the Bishop. one body and confess the one faith, which unites 4. The Bishop, when he offers the Divine Eucharist, them to each other and to the Lord Christ. offers Christ in His wholeness, imparting the Holy The Christ-bearing apostles are divinely Mysteries to the Faithful with his own hands; in inspired as they announce the unity and the ancient times, the People of God partook of Christ uniqueness of the Church, based upon the unity only from the living Icon of Christ, the Bishop. and uniqueness of her Founder — the God-man, 5. Therefore, the Bishop not only embodies the local the Lord Christ, and His theanthropic personality. Church, but also expresses in time and space the Like the holy apostles, the holy fathers and the , that is, the whole Church; for teachers of the Church confess the unity and that which embodies Christ in His wholeness, and uniqueness of the Orthodox Church with the wherein one receives Christ in His wholeness, 10 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 is that which embodies the One, Holy, Catholic, to leave the glorious splendor of czarist, Orthodox and Apostolic Church. Wherever Jesus Christ is, Russia to go to a non-Orthodox country. He had spent says St. Ignatius, there is the Catholic Church. all his years surrounded by Orthodox culture, growing 6. For precisely this reason, when one is united with up in Damascus, Syria and being educated in Halki. the Bishop in the Mystery of the Divine Eucharist, Now he was being asked to go to a religiously foreign then he is also united with the Catholic Church. St. culture here in America. He had been surrounded by Cyprian of Carthage emphasizes this ecclesiological the glories of Orthodox architecture, art, liturgical truth in the following striking terms: “The Bishop music, and monastic piety. Now he was being asked is in the Church and the Church in the Bishop; and to go where there was no monastic life and very few if one is not in communion with the Bishop, he is Orthodox Churches.” And yet, he did this with apostolic not in the Church.” zeal in obedience to His Lord Jesus Christ. The synergy between the laity, the priests and dea- 6DLQW 5DSKDHO ´H[HPSOLÀHG WKH LPDJH RI D WUXO\ cons, and the bishop is required if we are to imitate the traditional Orthodox bishop. He received the faith theanthropic quality of the Lord Jesus. As Christ was from his forefathers and he sought faithfully to hand obedient to His Father, so too we have a duty to be that faith over to his spiritual children. He was a great obedient and cooperate with the bishop in imitation of man of prayer. He loved and lived the liturgical life of Christ. Since the relationship between the members of the Church, and it was his spiritual support. He was the Church and the bishop is a necessary one, it is an not an innovationist; he did not change anything. He ascetic practice which will bear fruit unto eternal life. brought to his pastoral work no agenda other than to 7KLV DSRVWROLF WHDFKLQJ FRQVLVWHQWO\ FRQÀUPHG be faithful to the charge which he had received. It was by the holy fathers, is grounded in the theanthropic the people he served who consumed his every thought nature of the Church. Without it, the divine-human and every scheme. How to reconcile enemies? How to FKDUDFWHURIWKHHSLVFRSDORIÀFHZRXOGEHORVW$V restore the lapsed? How to raise the children? How to the icon of Christ, the bishop imitates his master as plant a mission? How to educate a priest? The legacy of the minister of conciliation in the Church, uniting all his accomplishments is outstanding: he founded thirty those desirous of salvation in Christ. Drawing upon parish churches, authored or translated fourteen books, this parallel, the bishop is to be obedient unto death to including both the Small and the Great Euchologion, the teachings of Christ and His Church in the service founded St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, created of love to His people. If there is one word that may and authored many articles in 7KH:25'. But these encapsulate the relationship of the bishop to the priests, accomplishments do not reveal the true sanctity of his deacons, and laity he serves, it is love. “For God so soul nor do they give us the measure of the man. These loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, are to be found rather in the lives of the people he led that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, to Christ and His Church. The thousands who attended but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) his funeral and paid their last respects all recognized in 3HUKDSV WKLV FDQ EH QR EHWWHU H[HPSOLÀHG WKDQ St. the image of the God he loved and served. in the life of our father among the Raphael Like his Chief Shepherd, St. Raphael laid down his Hawaweeny of Brooklyn. Saint Raphael’s entire life life for his sheep. Like the great pastor, the Apostle manifested the love of Christ for His people. As Paul, he made up in his body that which was lacking Christ’s love knew no boundaries, Saint Raphael’s holy in the sufferings of Christ (Colossians 1:24). He was zeal knew no end. Like the saintly hierarchs Saint not a hireling; having loved his own, he loved them John of San Francisco and Saint Nektarios of Aegi- to the end. It is this love which united him to God, na, Saint Raphael’s love for his people was manifest and it is this love which unites him to us, his spiritual in his tireless apostolic efforts, his scholarship, and FKLOGUHQ,WLVWKLVORYHZKLFKVDQFWLÀHGKLPDQGLWLV his pious life. As Saint Nektarios and Saint John this love in which he dwells in the heavenly Kingdom. are venerated in their blessed repose by the faithful The words of our venerable and God-bearing Father from various backgrounds, cultures, and languages, -RKQ&OLPDFXVÀQGWKHLUHPERGLPHQWLQ6W5DSKDHO so too Saint Raphael is fondly recalled by Orthodox ‘Love grants prophecy, miracles. It is an abyss of il- Christians of different jurisdictions and languages. OXPLQDWLRQDIRXQWDLQRIÀUHEXEEOLQJXSWRLQÁDPH The similarities concerning the three sainted bishops the thirsty soul. It is the condition of angels and the do not end there. All three hierarchs toiled in foreign progress of eternity’.” lands, demonstrated unquestioning obedience to their In this brief portrait of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, we superiors even in trying circumstances, and suffered have the ideal of a bishop and how he relates to his for the sake of the Gospel. As Father David Bleam ÁRFN'HPDQGLQJVWULFWDVFHWLFLVPIURPKLPVHOIKH notes, “When Dr. Ibrahim Arbeely and the Syrian was gentle and loving with his clergy and the many Benevolent Society asked for Fr. Raphael Hawaweeny laity who sought his counsel and solace. As a true to be sent to Brooklyn, NY to minister to them, Fr. VKHSKHUGRI&KULVW·VÁRFNKHZDVYLJLODQWLQSURWHFWLQJ Raphael was being asked to leave the Kazan Theolog- his spiritual children from false teachings and error. ical Academy in Imperial Russia. He was being asked Cont. on page 13 SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 11 RECIPIENTS OF THE DUMITRU GOLEA GOLDY-GEMU SCHOLARSHIP – 2015 & 2016 ($1,500) 7KLV VFKRODUVKLS LV DZDUGHG WR XQGHUJUDGXDWH Lakewood High School in college students of Romanian origin. In addition to Lakewood, OH. After de- DOO WKH UHTXLUHG GRFXPHQWV HDFK DSSOLFDQW ZULWHV scribing Irina’s excellent DQHVVD\RQWKHWRSLF´+RZP\5RPDQLDQ+HULWDJH performance in a particularly +HOSV0DNH0HD%HWWHU$PHULFDQµ demanding and rigorous course, a professor in the Patricia Palade is a Molecular and Cellular Bi- recipient of the Goldy ology Department at Harvard Scholarship for 2015. wrote: “Irina is an ambitious She completed her high and talented student, with a school career at Cactus diverse set of interests and High School, Glendale accomplishments, as evi- AZ, with a 4.0 average denced by her involvement and ranked #1 in a class of in both the Harvard Astron- Irina Vatamanu 284 students. In addition omers and the Biotechnology to her academic work, DVVRFLDWLRQ ,ULQD LV FHUWLÀHG WR RSHUDWH D WHOHVFRSH Patricia participated and in the Harvard observatory, where she continues to KHOGRIÀFHVLQ.H\&OXE develop her love for science by observing the night Med Start Club, National sky. She is also a talented musician, and has studied Patricia Palade Honor Society, and Jour- the harp for over eight years. Her numerous roles in nalism Club. She also was both the Model UN Club and the Lakewood High a member of the badminton team and the girls’ soccer School Interact Club, amongst others, are a testament team. Her community activities included volunteering to her strong organizational and leadership skills. Iri- at the Glendale Public Library, Foothills Elementary na is extremely dedicated to her faith and continues School program, Theater Works, Arizona Humane to worship and volunteer at the St. Mary Church in Society and Arrowhead Hospital. She attended Ryla Chelsea whilst at university here in Boston.” In her Leadership Camp and Midwester’s Health Careers essay, Irina writes: “To me, being a better American Institute Camp. Awards received include: Student means appreciating the opportunities we have and using of the Month, Marine Corps Scholar Award, Soccer my talents to help others. Romania has suffered under Offense MVP, Badminton MVP. She entered Barrett political oppression and dire economic conditions, but Honors College at Arizona State University in 2015 to through it all, Romanians have remained steadfast in major in Microbiology. Her biology teacher’s reference their commitment to their culture and country. My letter says: “Being Romanian has helped Patricia as it Romanian heritage has taught me to appreciate the has prepped her academically, as school is harder in value of tradition and commitment. It compels me to Romania than it is here. It has also helped develop her PDNHVXUHWKDWWKHUHODWLYHDIÁXHQFH,H[SHULHQFHLQ character and manners by the way her parents have WKH8QLWHG6WDWHVEHQHÀWVPRUHWKDQMXVWP\LPPH- raised her. Finally, being bilingual is truly an asset to GLDWHIDPLO\«µ 3DWULFLDLQKHUFKRVHQÀHOGRIVWXG\«,VHHKHUUHDFKLQJ her goal in the future of Trauma Surgeon or anything Alexandra Manaila is a recipient of the Goldy HOVHLQWKHPHGLFDOÀHOGµ,QKHUHVVD\3DWULFLDZULWHV Scholarship for 2016. She completed her high school ´:KHQLWFRPHVWRKHULWDJH«,NQRZZKDWLWLVOLNHWR career at Henry Ford II High School with a 4.05 GPA cherish my country and want to continue the traditions and ranked #9 in a class of 479 students. Alexandria in my everyday life and pass it on to my children. I was involved in National Honor Society, Health Oc- attribute my qualities of effort and strength to where cupation Students of America (HOSA), and Key Club. and how I grew up as a Romanian native.” She also attended the Utica Community Math, Science and Technology program, a highly selective high school Irina Vatamanu is a recipient of the Goldy Schol- program that targets academically gifted students and arship for 2015. In 2014, she was admitted to Har- offers an accelerated preparatory curriculum. Other of vard College, Cambridge, MA, to study Biomedical her many activities included: the National Technical Engineering, after graduating as valedictorian from Honors Society, St. John Pharmaceutical Internship, 12 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 Beaumont Health and Well- Nicholas enrolled in the North East Ohio Medical ness Center Medical Clerk, University – University of Akron Program in 2016, Competitive Gymnastics and majoring in Pre-Med and Biochemistry in the BS/MD Henry Ford Macomb Health program. Nicholas’ college counselor writes: “Quiet- System Hospital Volunteer. ly cheerful and intensely studious, Nick has worked Honors received include: AP very hard in every aspect of his life in order to succeed, Scholar with Honor; Honor in part because of his own drive, but also to repay his Roll; Utica Center for Math, SDUHQWV IRU DOO RI WKHLU VDFULÀFHV IRU KLP ,W·V QRW Science, and Technology something you see that often any more in the United Top Ten Academic Award; 6WDWHV«5HJDUGOHVVRIWKHVXEMHFW1LFNDSSURDFKHV High School Valedictorian; each with a methodical plan for success; this plan Falcon Scholar. She entered includes, of course, going beyond the required, read- the College of Literature, ing beyond what is necessary, and discussing the Alexandra Manaila Science, and the Arts at the subject matter with his teachers whenever possible. University of Michigan in He demonstrates all the qualities of a real learner, and 2016 to major in Biology / Pre-Med. One of Alex- WKHSURRILVLQKLVDFDGHPLFUHFRUG«1LFNKDVUHPDLQHG andra’s instructors wrote the following: “In addition very active in his Romanian cultural activities, both to her academic endeavors, Alex is a personably through his Romanian Orthodox church and in local intelligent young woman who is very conscientious Romanian organizations.” In his essay, Nicholas states: and works extremely hard to achieve her goals. While “Even though I left Romania, my heritage has been maintaining a highly rigorous academic schedule, she IRUPHGDQGLQÁXHQFHGE\VXPPHUWULSVEDFNKRPH is involved and successful in many extra-curricular the relationships with family and friends, and my activities. Alex uses and develops her outstanding involvement within my church. Through my church character in everything she is involved in.” In her community, I was able to grow in my faith and my HVVD\ $OH[DQGUD ZULWHV ´%HLQJ 5RPDQLDQ«LV WKH understanding the importance of being a man for ODQJXDJHWKHFXOWXUHDQGWKHUHOLJLRQ«WKDWPDNHVXV RWKHUV«,WUXO\HPEUDFHP\5RPDQLDQFXOWXUHDQG, “Romanian”. The Romanian culture that I was raised ZLOOFRQWLQXHWRDSSO\P\YDOXHVDQGFXOWXUDOLQÁXHQFH in pushed me to be hard-working and goal-oriented. within my American community in order that I can ,QHYHUOHWP\VHOITXLWDQ\WKLQJWKDW,VWDUW«%HLQJ be a source of inspiration for everyone.” both Romanian and American has shown me what it is like to have my own background and identity, and it has made me an accepting person who sees the value Guiding the Ark ... of other people’s religions and cultures.” Cont. from page 11 At the time of his repose, Saint Raphael had founded Nicholas Prescurea is a 30 Orthodox churches spanning the United States and recipient of the Goldy Schol- including Canada and Mexico. arship for 2016. He complet- As Saint Raphael has taught us, the bishop is to serve ed his high school career at WKHÁRFNRI&KULVWDVLWVVSLULWXDOIDWKHUFROODERUDWLQJ Saint Ignatius High School, with the priests and deacons, by rightly dividing the Cleveland, OH with a 4.18 word of truth. (2 Tim 2:15) GPA. Nicholas’ activities in The theanthropic nature of the Church guarantees its high school included: Na- authenticity, indivisibility, and its mission - the eternal tional Honors Society, Pre- VDOYDWLRQ RI &KULVW·V ÁRFN  -XVW DV 1RDK·V DUN DQG Med Society, Carpatina So- the Mosaic tevah ensured their safety from physical ciety, Youth Group President, peril as typological structures, the Orthodox Church CYO Basketball, Environ- guides and protects those who desire eternal salvation. mental Service Associate, The role of the bishop is to preserve the integrity of Metro Health Hospital OB- WKHVDOYLÀFYHVVHODQGSURFODLPWKURXJKKLVOLIHDQG GYN Lab Research Project, Nicholas Prescurea preaching the divine economy in the midst of turbulent Viral Genome Annotation seas. The bishop does not act alone, just as salvation Research Project, Kairos Retreat Leader, Fairview is not achieved through God’s intervention solely but Hospital volunteer, Metro Hospital volunteer, “Spring requires the active response and participation of man; into Action” community aid leader, Altar boy, Choir so too, the Church requires a synergeia between the member, Sunday school member, Food Drive Coor- bishop, his priests and deacons, and the laity. The dinator, Homeless Shelter volunteer, Church fundrais- Lenten Triodion perfectly summarizes this in the ing dinners helper. He also was the recipient of 1st vesperal stichera of the Second Sunday of Great Lent place in the Religious Olympiad (2012, 2013, 2014) celebrating the memory of Saint Gregory Palamas: and the Silver award for the National Spanish Exam. Cont. on page 14 SOLIA NOV/DEC 2016 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 13 Help for Veterans ... through the gracious assistance of the Suicide Aware- ness Coordinator at the Veterans Administration, Ms. Cont. from page 8 Amber Miracle, and a synopsis of a current Reuters and mental health symptoms, challenging life article, are staggering to believe. They are, however, events, and mental health conditions. On this the facts. As Orthodox Christians and knowing we site, Veterans and their families and friends can each have veterans of all ages in our communities, learn about available resources and support. please reach out in our shared love for Jesus Christ our Visit www.MakeTheConnection.net to learn Savior and assist those you know that may be in need. more. Fr. Dn. 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