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Sfântul Maxim Mărturisitorul, 1350 De Ani De La Fericita Sa Adormire | Saint Maximus the Confessor, 1350 Years Since His Blessed Passing Pr andela Revistă de spiritualitateordului și cultură editată de Episcopia Ortodoxă Română a Europei de Nord Anul 5 C N A Spiritual and Cultural Magazine edited by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe nr. 5/2012 Editorial 4 Părintele Profesor Alexandru Ciurea – 100 de ani de la naștere Rev. Prof. Alexandru Ciurea –100 Years Since His Birth † Macarie, Episcopul Europei de Nord Patristica 26 Sfântul Maxim Mărturisitorul în Scandinavia: Omagiu lui Lars Thunberg Saint Maximus the Confessor in Scandinavia: Homage to Lars Thunberg Vladimir Cvetkovic Eseu 36 Moarte și demnitate Death and Dignity Andrei Pleșu Ars et cultura 40 Stockholm – mai mult decât o Veneție a Nordului Misiunea Bisericii Ortodoxe Române în afara graniţelor Stockholm – More Than a Venice of the North României este una binecuvântată și roditoare, deoarece un Diana Câmpan locaș de închinăciune, pregătit pentru slujbele ortodoxe, devine prin însăși prezenţa sa nu doar o Poartă a cerului, ci și o mărturie a cultivării identităţii noastre românești, oriunde ne-am afla. † Daniel, Patriarhul României Patristica 24 În Răsăritul creștin, în Taina Liturghiei, Hristos este prezent Sfântul Maxim sfințitor și deplin, fiind reactualizată lucrarea Sa de la Întrupare și până la Jertfa, Învierea, Înălțarea și Venirea Sa întru slavă, Mărturisitorul, manifestându-ne întru El și El întru noi, „pentru că suntem mădulare ale trupului Lui, din carnea Lui și din oasele Lui” 1350 de ani de la (Efeseni 5, 30). Ne este îndeajuns că fiece loc și act liturgic din biserică este plin de adâncă sfințenie și semnificație mistică, fericita sa adormire trăind astfel, încă din această lume, Taina Împărăției. Saint Maximus the Confessor, 1350 Years † Macarie, Episcopul Europei de Nord Since His Blessed Passing 5/2012 CandelaNordului An 5 nr. 5/2012 Revistă de spiritualitate și cultură editată de Episcopia Ortodoxă Română a Europei de Nord A Spiritual and Cultural Magazine edited by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe CandelaNordului 5/2012 CUPRINS CONTENTS Editorial 4 Părintele Profesor Alexandru Ciurea – 100 de ani de la naștere 5 Pastoralia 8 Pastorală la Nașterea Domnului: „Hristos Emanuel, Izvorul Vindecărilor” 9 Pastorală la Învierea Domnului: „Hristos Cel Înviat – Mântuitorul și Tămăduitorul Cel Milostiv 18 Patristica 26 Porunca iubirii și Legea harului: Sfântul Maxim Mărturisitorul și antinomismul (postmodernist) 27 Sfântul Maxim Mărturisitorul în Scandinavia: Omagiu lui Lars Thunberg (1928-2007) 30 Eseu 36 Moarte și demnitate 37 Ars et cultura 40 Constantin I. Karadja și „lucrul apostolesc” al lui Coresi 41 Stockholm – mai mult decât o Veneție a Nordului 47 Memoria 56 Silviu Dragomir – 60 de ani de la trecerea sa la cele veșnice 57 Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson – un prieten al poporului român,180 de ani de la naștere 61 Un preot smerit, blând și iertător - Preotul Prof. Univ. Dr. Ștefan Sandu Misionar în Scandinavia (1944-2012) 66 Pelerinaj 70 Pelerinaj scandinav la Sfinții tămăduitori din Grecia (18-25 iunie 2012) 71 Pelerinaj pe urmele Sfântului Rege Martir Olav, în orașul Trondheim din Norvegia 82 Tineretul 86 „Tinerețea care alină boala: grija tinerilor față de cei aflați în suferință”. Întâlnirea generală a tinerilor ortodocși din Scandi- navia, 3-6 mai 2012 87 Evenimente 94 Sfințirea picturii bisericii românești din Malmö 95 Mesajul Preafericitului Părinte Daniel, Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, adresat cu ocazia sfințirii picturii bisericii românești din Malmö – Suedia 98 Simpozion dedicat Centenarului nașterii Părintelui Alexandru Ciurea (1912-2012) 102 Sărbătoarea Sfântului Apostol Andrei și Adunarea eparhială în Epis- copia Ortodoxă Română a Europei de Nord 106 Două decenii de la târnosirea bisericii românești din orașul Göteborg, Suedia 114 Mesajul Preafericitului Părinte Daniel, Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, adresat cu prilejul aniversării a 20 de ani de la sfinţirea bisericii românești din orașul Göteborg, Suedia 118 Poesis 122 Poeme 123 Știri 126 Din viața eparhiei 127 Agenda 146 Itinerariul pastoral-misionar al Preasfinţitului Părinte Episcop Macarie al Europei de Nord 147 Colegiul de redacție Președinte PS Episcop Macarie Drăgoi Redacția Pr. Culai Enache, consilier cultural, Pr. Daniel Dascălu, Pr. Horațiu Octavian Mureșan, Ieromonah Avraam Gînju, Laurențiu Drăghicenoiu Traduceri Pr. John Downie, Anca Oița Grafca Ioana Bita Giulea – Bidimensional Studio (www.bidimensional.ro) Desene Ștefan Câlția Tehnoredactare Laurențiu Drăghicenoiu Adresa Hässlingbyvägen 7 Hässlingby Gård,136 91 Stockholm-Haninge, Suedia, e-mail: [email protected] CUPRINS CONTENTS Editorial 4 Rev. Prof. Alexandru Ciurea –100 Years Since His Birth 5 Pastoralia 8 Pastoral Letter at the Nativity of the Lord: “Christ-Emmanuel the Spring of Healing” 9 Easter Pastoral Letter: “Christ the Resurrected One – The Merciful Saviour and Healer” 18 Patristica 26 The Commandment of Love and Law of Grace: St. Maxim the Confessor and the Antinomianism (Postmodernist) 27 Saint Maximus the Confessor in Scandinavia: Homage to Lars Thunberg (1928- 2007) 30 Essay 36 Death and Dignity 37 Ars et cultura 40 Constatine I. Karadja and ”the Apostolic Work” of Coresi 41 Stockholm – More Than a Venice of the North 47 Memoria 40 Silviu Dragomir – 60 Years Since His Passing Away 57 Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson – A Friend of the Romanian People, 180 Years Since His Birth 61 A Humble, Kind and Forgiving Priest – Rev. Prof. dr. Sandu Ştefan Missionary in Scandinavia (1944 – 2012) 66 Pilgrimage 70 Scandinavian Pilgrimage to the Healing Saints of Greece (18 – 25 June 2012) 71 Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Saint Martyr King Olav in Trondheim, Norway 82 Te Youth 86 ”Youth That Relieves Disease: the Care of the Young for Those in Distress”. General Meeting of Young Orthodox from Scandinavia, 3-6 May 2012 87 Events 94 Consecration of the Painting of the Romanian Church in Malmö 95 The Message of His Beatitude Father Daniel, Pa- triarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Addressed on the Occasion of the Painting Consecration of the Romanian Church in Malmö – Sweden 99 Symposium Dedicated to the Centennial of the Birth of Rev. Fr. Alexandru Ciurea (1912 – 2012) 102 Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle and the Diocesan Assembly in the Romanian Orthodox Di- ocese of Northern Europe 106 Two Decades from the Consecration of the Romanian Church in the City of Göte- borg, Sweden 114 The Message of His Beatitude Father Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Ad- dressed on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Romanian Church in Göteborg, Sweden 119 Poesis 122 News 126 Te Agenda 146 Editorial board President PS Bishop Macarie Drăgoi Editors Rev. Fr. Culai Enache, Cultural Counselor, Rev. Fr. Daniel Dascălu, Rev. Fr. Horațiu Octavian Mureșan, Hieromonk Avraam Gînju, Laurențiu Drăghicenoiu Translation Fr. John Downie, Anca Oița Graphic design Ioana Bita Giulea – Bidimensional Studio (www.bidimensional.ro) Drawings Ștefan Câlția DTP Laurențiu Drăghicenoiu Address Hässlingbyvägen 7 Hässlingby Gård,136 91 Stockholm-Haninge, Suedia, e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Editorial † Macarie Drăgoi Episcopul Europei de Nord / Bishop of Northern Europe Părintele Profesor Alexandru Ciurea – 100 de ani de la naștere Rev. Prof. Alexandru Ciurea – 100 Years Since His Birth Biserica Ortodoxă Română s-a af rmat ca o Biserică The Romanian Orthodox Church also made itself known vie și prin preoții și teologii care au cult vat Orto- through the priests and theologians who cult vated doxia în Europa de dincolo de granițele țării. Părin- Orthodoxy in Europe beyond the country’s front ers. Rev. tele Alexandru Ciurea este un ast el de luminător, Fr. Alexandru Ciurea was such an enlightener who took the care a dus experiența câșt gată în mediul teologic experience he acquired in the Romanian university milieu universitar românesc și râvna pastorală până în along with his pastoral ef orts, into Northern Europe. Nordul Europei. Born on 17 November 1912, in the Vaslui region, he began Născut în părțile Vasluiului, la 17 noiembrie 1912, his theological format on at the Seminary of Huşi and at și-a început formarea teologică la Seminarul din the “Metropolitan Veniamin” Seminary of Iaşi. He at end- Huși și la Seminarul „Mitropolitul Veniamin” din ed the courses of the Faculty of Theology of Chişinău, Iași. Facultatea de Teologie a urmat-o la Chiși- where his intellect and spirit were formed with the help nău, unde s-a hrănit intelectual și duhovnicește of the experience and discret on of professors Archiman- din experiența și tactul profesorilor Arhim. Iuliu drite Iuliu Scriban, Ioan Savin, Grigore Pişculescu (Gala Scriban, Ioan Savin, Grigorie Pișculescu (Gala Galact on), Vasile Radu, Toma Bulat, Constant n Tomescu, Galaction), Vasile Radu, Toma Bulat, Constantin brothers Valeriu and Cicerone Iordăchescu, Nicolae Pope- Tomescu, frații Valeriu și Cicerone Iordăches- scu-Prahova, and others. His Orthodox theological forma- cu, Nicolae Popescu-Prahova și alții. Forma- t on was completed by his specialisat on in Strasbourg in a rea teologică ortodoxă a fost completată de very rigorously founded methodology. CandelaNordului 5 perfecționarea la Strasbourg a unei metode de The outbreak of World War II interrupted his doctoral forma- cercetare bazată pe rigoare. tion in the West, so that he returned to Chişinău and then, Cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial a curmat forma- constrained by the vicissitudes of the time, became assistant rea doctorală în Occident, s-a întors la Chișinău și professor
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