The Eastern Orthodox Church

1965 ◽  
Vol s3-VII (173) ◽  
pp. 321-322
Author(s):  
Bibliothecar Chetham
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

Ideological Attempts to Build a Sustainable Program of Ecodomical Decommunistization in Post-1989 Romania by Promoting the Notion of National Identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Corneliu C. Simuț
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Political System ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
Religious Convictions ◽  
The Way ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

In December 1989, Communism died in Romania—if not as mentality, it surely met its demise as a political system which had dominated almost every aspect of life in the country for over four decades. Thus, at least in theory, an ideological vacuum was created and concrete steps towards filling it with different values and convictions were supposed to be taken as early as possible. The Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church seized the opportunity and initiated a series of measures which eventually created a distinct perception about what culture, ethnicity, and religion were supposed to mean for whoever identified himself as Romanian. This paper investigates these ideological attempts to decontaminate Romania of its former Communist mentalities by resorting to the concept of ecodomy seen as ‘constructive process’ and the way it can be applied to how the Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church dealt with culture, ethnicity, and religion. In the end, it will be demonstrated that while decommunistization was supposed to be constructive and positive, it proved to be so only for the Romanians whose national identity was defined by their adherence to the Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church and its perspective on culture, ethnicity, and religion. For all other Romanian citizens, however, decommunistization was a process of ‘negative ecodomy’ because their cultural ideas, ethnic origin, or religious convictions were perceived as non-Romanian and non-Orthodox. In attempting to reach decommunistization therefore, the Romanian majority still tends to be xenophobic and even anti-Muslim, as plainly demonstrated by the Bucharest mosque scandal which rocked the country in the summer of 2015.

Johannes Chrysostomus

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 370-376
Author(s):  
Daniel Buda
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
Short Biography ◽  
Theological School ◽  
Eastern Orthodox Church

AbstractThis paper contains a short biography of St. John Chrysostom, as well as a presentation of his main theological points. He is the most important theologian of the so-called »Antiochian Theological School«. His writings are better known for their ethical and pastoral aspects, than for their speculative-dogmatical ideas. This paper presents the following aspects of John Chrysostom`s theology and activities: Christology, ecclesiology, the role of the Bible, the role of ethics, his portrait as pastor, the role of philosophy, John Chrysostom as supposed author of the most celebrated liturgy in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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