Description The Cârța Monastery, a former Cistercian monastery, is pictured here from one of its sides, conjuring the romanticism that is beloved in medieval ruins. The photo was taken on a sunny fall afternoon in the Țara Făgărașului region of Romania in southern Transylvania. Cârța Monastery was started around 1202 by a group of Cistercian monks from
Gracious BL.
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LUX INCORPORATA. The Theme of Light and Its Ancient Sources in the Imagery of Christian Art [PDF]
This study attempts to identify the theme of light in the imagery of ancient Greco-Roman and Christian art through a comparative analysis of the context and evolution of artistic language before and after the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
Mihail M. Gheațău
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“Serving to unity”: how to correctly raise the question of primacy at the universal level [PDF]
Primacy in the Church at the universal level is the key issue in the current Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. The most promising theological approach seems to be one that combines historical research with systematic investigation.
Adalberto Mainardi
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Medieval templon with inseparable objects of prostration. A case of Saints Joachim and Anna church in the Studenica Monastery [PDF]
The architecture of templon (stone sanctuary barrier), did not change significantly during the Middle Ages. Certain changes can be traced in relation to the position of the representations of Christ and the Holy Virgin, which are important for ...
Rakićević Tihon, Archimandrite +1 more
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Prošlost samostana sv. Marije obilježena je jakim, samozatajnim ženama koje su snagu crpile iz Božje Riječi, štiteći samostan i benediktinski način života. U ovom izlaganju dat ćemo pregled jedanaest stoljeća povijesti samostana sv.
Anastazija Čizmin, Klara Begić
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The Vlachs - People Formed Around a Dynasty [PDF]
Serbian kings were co-heirs to the Arpad dynasty, Stefan Dragutin and his son, Stefan Vladislav, son of the eldest daughter of the last significant Arpad king.
Stefan Staretu
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Serbian Royal Right to the Throne of Hungary at the Basis of the Formation of Medieval Romanian Orthodox States [PDF]
This paper shows that the overall situation in the Pannonian-Balkan area led to the facts in the 14th-16th centuries on the background of which the Romanian medieval states were formed and consolidated.
Stefan Staretu
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Traženje Boga u školi službe Gospodnje svetoga Benedikta
Monaški život nema svoje posebne svrhe. Ne određuje ga rad na nekom posebnom polju djelovanja, nego molitva i dosljednije traženje Boga. Za sv. Benedikta, pisca poznatoga Pravila za monahe, povlašteno mjesto traženja Boga je bratska zajednica.
Jozo Milanović
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Christian Retreats in Europe: Innovative Forms of Religious Tourism Destinations [PDF]
Structural changes in the interconnected social and economic spheres of the functioning of modern states respond with significant transformations in the activities of religious organizations, including recreational ones.
O.A. Balabeikina +2 more
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Theodore the Studite’s eschatological vision (Hilandar 387) in the ktetor hagiography of the Typikon of the Studenica Monastery (IX H 8 [Š 10]) [PDF]
Around 1207-8 St. Sava wrote the preface to the Typikon of the Studenica Monastery (Studenica Typikon). It comprises the hagiography of the monastery’s founder The Life of St.
Rakićević Tihon, Arhimandrit
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