On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the consecration of the Church \u201eSaint Great Martyr Gheorghe\u201d of the Monastery \u201eSaint John the New\u201d, the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor organizes a series of events aimed to bring to light some of the most significant aspects of the cultural-historical and religious heritage that the Musatine dynasty left us through the monuments and heritage objects, but especially through their actions in defense of our ancestral faith, undertaken by the most important ruling dynasty of Moldavia.<\/p>\n
The program of events dedicated to this anniversary year includes the National Symposium \u201eThe Muscatine Heritage. Faith - Culture - History\u201d, held with the blessing of His Most Reverend Father Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, between September 15-17, 2022, at the University \u201eStefan cel Mare\u201d in Suceava.<\/p>\n
The event, broadcasted online on the official Facebook page of the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor and its media partners, brought together representatives of the Romanian cultural space and professors from the theological faculties in the country, historians, philologists and archaeologists, as well as state officials.<\/p>\n
The opening ceremony began with a prayer of blessing pronounced by Fr. Constantin Oprea, counselor of the Cultural Sector of the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, in the presence of many clergy and professors, important guests and the audience consisting of delegates of the Eparchial Center Suceava, representatives of local authorities, university teachers, but also students and seminarian students, as well as abbots and abbesses of the monasteries of Bucovina.<\/p>\n
This was followed by the online intervention of Dr. Madlen \u0218erban, Secretary General of the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, which highlighted the monuments located in the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor that are part of the list of this cultural and natural heritage of humanity, but especially the need and importance of their transmission to future generations.<\/p>\n
The symposium, organized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, under the patronage of the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, was moderated by Archbishop Vasile M. Demciuc, diocesan advisor in the Monuments, Heritage and Church Architecture Sector.<\/p>\n
The opening speech was delivered by Prof. Dr. Mircea Diaconu, pro-rector of the \u201eStefan cel Mare\u201d University of Suceava, the host institution and partner of the event. He spoke about the need to know the past and the history of our people, emphasizing the potential of Bucovina's religious heritage. In order to emphasize the need to preserve the identity defined by the places of worship, fragments of chronicles related to two of the monumental churches of Suceava, the Church of St. George of the Monastery of St. John the New of Suceava and the Church of Mir\u0103u\u021bi, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Moldova between 1402-1522, were brought to the attention.<\/p>\n
The word of His Eminence Archbishop Calinic on the occasion of the opening of this special event was read by Arch. Vasile Demciuc, 500 years of Byzantine-Muslim continuity and contiguity in Moldova in general and Bucovina in particular<\/em>. \u201eUniversity Stephen the Great<\/em> in Suceava Municipality, a prestigious educational institution, fulfills in these days, and not only, its vocation of being an environment where science, philosophy, theology and culture converge to enhance knowledge. Here, in this sanctuary of the sciences, which not only recognizes and consecrates cultural and scientific personalities, but is also a place of academic research and dialogue between culture and worship, we mark the 500th anniversary of the consecration of the Church Saint Great Martyr George<\/em>, the old metropolitan cathedral of Moldavia, the foundation of the descendants of the Most Holy and Blessed Prince Stephen the Great, namely Bogdan III and Stephen Voda. (...) We are confident that the topics dealing with the Musatin period will not be exhausted during this symposium, as there are still many documents in archives, libraries and museums waiting to be researched and diortized by specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n Arhim. Serafim Grigora\u0219, abbot of the Monastery \u201eSt. John the New from Suceava\u201d, delivered a word of welcome, emphasizing the importance of the anniversary event for the community he represents, but also for the entire city of Suceava.<\/p>\n Present online, Mr. Lucian Roma\u0219canu, Minister of Culture, spoke about the Muscat Heritage as European spiritual permanence<\/em>. \u201eNow, 500 years after the consecration of the Church Saint Great Martyr George<\/em> of the Monastery St. John the New from Suceava<\/em>, a monument inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, we understand in a special way why cultural heritage unites two essential spiritual dimensions: continuity<\/em> over time and news<\/em> diversity. In the national cultural heritage we see a people's capacity for creation and communion, the capacity for communion with past generations, tradition and the creative capacity to assimilate new influences without alienation, as well as the capacity to open up new perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n Pr. Constantin Oprea read the message sent by the Vice President of the Romanian Academy, acad. R\u0103zvan Theodorescu, about \u201eSt. George\u201d Church - \u201eSt. John the New from Suceava\u201d Monastery - the old metropolitan cathedral of the Moldavian Country on its anniversary. <\/em>\u201eIt is the place to which thousands of pilgrims have been heading for so many centuries, seeking protection at the shrine with the relics of St. John the New from Suceava - the patron saint and patron of the Land of Moldavia, a shrine which is also a landmark in the art and civilization of medieval South-East Europe. Saint Great Martyr George<\/em> of the Monastery St. John the New from Suceava<\/em> has been a great success and I hope that the restoration and conservation work that will soon begin under the care of His Eminence Calinic, Archpriest of this historic diocese, will be of the same high standard.\u201d<\/p>\n Speech by Prof. Prof. Dr. Stefan Purici, Vice Rector of \u201eStefan cel Mare\u201d University, entitled The Mussatinian heritage, cherished and transmitted through university analytical programs to students of the Faculty of History and <\/em>Geography, was read by Prof. Florin Pintescu, Dean of the Faculty of History and Geography.<\/p>\n At the end of the opening ceremony, Archbishop Vasile M. Demciuc, one of the initiators of the event, spoke about the imprint that the Muscatines left on the Romanian people. \u201eOn the map of our soul, the name of Suceava is written with the most beautiful lines and colors, with the living substance, with the purple of the blood of the soldiers led by the Muscatines, in defense of this holy land, with gold, coming down from the haloes of the saints painted on the walls of the Muscatine churches, with the blue coming down from the sky on the shoulders of the churches that show us what it means Jesse's tree<\/em>, Musatine churches that have immersed us in universal culture and civilization. (...) The Muscatines, whom we remember, have passed into nemoarte<\/em> with their deeds dedicated to the people who bore them. They are the noble part of our being, the starry sky above our conscience to which we lift up the eyes of our body and soul, holding the victorious Cross in our hands. We commemorate those who have gone as springs from which we shall eternally taste of the refreshment and faith in the beautiful destiny of man called to arrest the beauty of earth and of the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n The symposium's communication session started with the presentation \u201eThe historical heritage of Muscat - UNESCO Heritage\u201d by Prof. Adrian Cioroianu, PhD, from the University of Bucharest, manager of the National Library of Romania. His Excellency spoke about the years in which he was in charge of the inscription of some monuments in the list of UNESCO natural and cultural heritage. At the end of the lecture, it was announced that the photo exhibition \u201eSt. John the New of Suceava - a history in world heritage images\u201d, realized by the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, will arrive in Bucharest, in the foyer of the National Library of Romania, on September 27, 2022. As part of the event there will also be a concert of psaltic music performed by the \u201eDimitrie Suceveanu\u201d Group of the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Suceava. The exhibition will include frescoes depicting St. John the New in the paintings of the monasteries of Dobrov\u0103\u021b, Arbore, Humor, Moldovi\u021ba, Sucevi\u021ba, Vorone\u021b, Dragomirna, as well as the Paraclete of the bell tower of the Bistri\u021ba - Neam\u021b Monastery, from the Archiepiscopal Cathedral - Roman, from the Church \u201eSt. Dumitru\u201d in Suceava and, last but not least, with illustrations of his life from the Church \u201eSt. George\u201d of the Monastery \u201eSt. John the New\u201d in Suceava.<\/p>\n Prof. Prof. Dr. Viorel Sava, from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology \u201eDumitru St\u0103niloae\u201d in Iasi, spoke about The theological and spiritual meanings of liturgical space - ancient meanings for today's man<\/em>. His Holiness likened the events of these days to a anamnesis<\/em>, a remembrance of 1400 years of history, of prayer, of the celebration of the Holy and Divine Liturgy: 500 years since the consecration of the Church \u201eSt. Great Martyr Gheorghe\u201d of the Monastery \u201eSt. John the New of Suceava\u201d, the foundation of Bogdan IIIrd Voievod and Stephen the Great, 500 years since the consecration of the Church \u201eAll Saints\u201d Sunday\u201e - P\u0103rh\u0103u\u021bi, built by the boyar Gavril Trotu\u0219an, and 400 years since the consecration of the Monastery \u201dSaints Apostles Peter and Paul\" - Solca, built by Stephen Tom\u0219a II Voievod.<\/p>\n The symposium continued with the theme Memory as a form of recovery of Muscat's historical heritage\u00a0<\/em>by Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Oni\u0219oru, from the Faculty of History and Geography of the \u201eStefan cel Mare\u201d University, specialist in contemporary history<\/em>.<\/p>\n A special moment of the event was the intervention of the editor Fr. \u0218tef\u0103nel-Stelian Ciurciun, who spoke about Crimca Publishing house <\/em>and The Vartolomeu M\u0103z\u0103reanu Typography at the service of promoting the cultural-religious heritage of Moldavian Moldavia<\/em>. \u201eThe moment of the establishment of the Crimca Publishing House coincided with the period immediately after His Eminence the Most Reverend Father Calinic, this action being imposed by the cultural-missionary needs of the diocese. (...) In the course of two years, under the aegis of the Crimca Publishing House, about 40 volumes with various themes have seen the light of day, as follows: studies devoted to the commemorative or commemorative themes of each calendar year, works of church history, monographs of the churches and monasteries of the diocese, albums and studies of church art, dogmatic works, biographies of prominent Bucovina personalities, Christian literature, homiletical and catechetical works, liturgical and pastoral guidance works, the works of theological symposia and conferences organized by the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n The second session of scientific communications, moderated this time by Arch. Dosoftei Dijm\u0103rescu, cultural exarch of the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor, began with the presentation of Prof. Nicolae Chif\u0103r, Prof. Dr. Nicolae Chif\u0103r, Sibiu, \u201eA Musatinist, the opener of the series of the metropoliters on the see of Moldavia\u201d. His Holiness presented some very telling aspects of the life of the hierarch Iosif I Musat, the first Metropolitan of Moldavia.<\/p>\n Communication under the title Metropolitan Gregory \u021aamblac - to the attention of our contemporaries<\/em> was given by Prof. Prof. Dr. Alexandru M. Ionita. The lecture focused on the work of the hierarch and especially on his writings on St. John the New of Suceava.<\/p>\n Dr. Elena Firea, from the \u201eBabe\u0219-Bolyai\u201d University of Cluj Napoca, spoke about The original shrine of the relics of St. John the New in the Metropolitan Church \u201eSt. George\u201d in Suceava<\/em>. \u201eAll in all, the iconography of the 1600-1601 replicas in the nave of the church of St. George could be read as a reminiscence of the essential moments in the history of the relics of St. John in Moldova, from their initial bringing to Suceava, to their recent relocation to the Metropolitan Cathedral and their installation in that particular place, under the canopy donated by the Movedilesti. A true confession of faith of their devotion to the country's patron saint, the entire undertaking reflects both a heightened concern for the relics at the time and the obvious concern to give them the ritual display they deserved, by building a true sanctuary to house and showcase them. The installation of the canopy and the decoration of the adjacent portion of the wall with scenes relating explicitly to the history and sanctity of the relics suggest a deliberate plan to create a liturgical space, a veritable \u201erelic program\u201d if you will, to facilitate and control access to the shrine for the faithful. The ultimate aim of the undertaking was to relaunch their veneration at their new destination following the transfer in 1589. The unprecedented revival of the cult of John the New in the first decades of the 17th century seems to indicate that the endeavor was highly successful.\u201d<\/p>\n In the presentation All Saints' Sunday Monastery in P\u0103rh\u0103u\u021bi - a masterpiece of the era <\/em>mu\u0219atinilor, Dr. Alexandru Prelipcean, assistant professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology \u201eDumitru St\u0103niloae\u201c in Iasi, evoked, in summary, the most important events in the history of the place of worship and its founder, the logophast Gavriil Trotu\u0219an.<\/p>\n In the last part of the day, during the working session moderated by Prof. Alexandru M. Ioni\u021b\u0103, Fr. Prof. \u0218tefan Iloaie, from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the \u201eBabes-Bolyai\u201d University of Cluj-Napoca, presented a case study on the Hymn of the Mother of God in the iconography of the Mousatine cathedrories. \u201eIt is an unparalleled liturgical poem composed of 12 pairs of condaces and icons that extol the mystery of the incarnation of the Savior Christ in the Virgin Mary (...) The 24 stanzas of the Allelution were admirably and uniquely transposed in Christian iconography through the exterior frescoes of Moldavian churches of the 16th century. The iconographic scenes of the Hymn of the All Saints\u201d Alleluia unfold according to the indications of scriptural and iconographic texts.\"<\/p>\n Archaeologist Dr. Monica Dejan, from Suceava, presented unpublished aspects of the archaeological research carried out at the \u201eAll Saints\u201d Sunday\" Church in P\u0103rh\u0103u\u021bi.<\/p>\n Another theme of the symposium was related to the activity of Metropolitan Gregory Rosca, presented as a founder of the exterior paintings in Northern Moldova. Stavrofora Gabriela Platon, abbess of the Vorone\u021b Monastery, emphasized that the hierarch is considered the third founder of the monastery whose first abbot was St. Daniil the Hermit.<\/p>\n The last presentation was that of Prof. Prof. Dr. architect Virgil Polizu, from Bucharest, who spoke about the Muscatine Church - as a model for the ecclesiastical architecture of Moldavia.<\/p>\n The meeting ended with the announcement of the program for the coming days, with words of thanks to the participants and last but not least with a prayer. In the evening, the guests of the National Symposium \u201eMuscat Heritage. Faith - Culture - History\u201d visited the Monastery of Sih\u0103stria R\u00e2\u0219c\u0103i, which is undergoing a wide process of beautification, during this period of time the exterior of the holy place, which has as its patron saint St. Hierarch John of R\u00e2\u0219ca and Secu, is being painted.<\/p>\n The event, which aims to honouring the memory of those who, in sometimes less auspicious times, have erected monuments of inestimable cultural value, recognized nationally and internationally<\/em>, will continue on September 16 and 17, when theologians and historians will present new aspects of how the Muscatine heritage continues to make its presence felt today.<\/p>\n La \u00eemplinirea a 500 de ani de la Sfin\u021birea Bisericii \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Mare Mucenic Gheorghe\u201d a M\u0103n\u0103stirii \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Ioan cel Nou\u201d, Arhiepiscopia Sucevei \u0219i R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bilor organizeaz\u0103 o serie de evenimente menite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articole"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIrina Ursachi<\/h6>\n
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