{"id":4826,"date":"2022-03-31T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:55:01","slug":"pastoral-letter-for-the-feast-of-the-lords-resurrection-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2022\/03\/pastoral-letter-for-the-feast-of-the-lords-resurrection-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral\u0103 la Praznicul \u00cenvierii Domnului 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2020 NICOLAE<\/strong><\/p>

din mila lui Dumnezeu<\/em><\/p>

Arhiepiscop al Arhiepiscopiei Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne a Statelor Unite ale Americii \u015fi\nMitropolit al Mitropoliei Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne a celor dou\u0103 Americi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Iubitului cler \u015fi dreptm\u0103ritorilor cre\u015ftini din sf\u00e2nta noastr\u0103 Arhiepiscopie,
pace \u015fi n\u0103dejde neclintit\u0103 de la Hristos Domnul cel \u00cenviat,
iar de la noi arhiereasc\u0103 binecuv\u00e2ntare.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201e\u00centru El era via\u0163\u0103 \u015fi via\u0163a era lumina oamenilor.
\u015ei lumina lumineaz\u0103 \u00een \u00eentuneric \u015fi \u00eentunericul nu a cuprins-o.\"
<\/em>(Ioan 1, 4-5)<\/p>

Prea Cucernici P\u0103rin\u0163i, Iubi\u0163i Credincio\u0219i,
<\/strong>Hristos a \u00eenviat!<\/strong><\/p>

\u00cen aceast\u0103 diminea\u021b\u0103 a \u00cenvierii Domnului purt\u0103m \u00een m\u00e2ini lum\u00e2n\u0103ri aprinse ce str\u0103pung \u00eentunericul vestindu-ne biruin\u021ba luminii asupra \u00eentunericului, a vie\u021bii care vine de la Dumnezeu asupra \u00eentunericului urii, nedrept\u0103\u021bii, vr\u0103jm\u0103\u0219iei \u0219i mor\u021bii. Lum\u00e2narea pe care o purt\u0103m nu este un obiect liturgic oarecare, ci este simbolul adev\u0103rului pe care \u00eel vestim, acela al biruin\u021bei vie\u021bii asupra mor\u021bii prin \u00cenvierea M\u00e2ntuitorului. Prin ea exprim\u0103m experien\u021ba c\u0103 \u00eentunericul condi\u021biei umane a fost str\u0103puns de lumina care str\u0103luce\u0219te din morm\u00e2nt, c\u0103 Hristos a \u00cenviat din mor\u021bi, c\u0103lc\u00e2nd moartea prin moarte \u0219i celor din morminte d\u0103ruind via\u021b\u0103.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Ce este acest \u00eentuneric care \u00eencearc\u0103 s\u0103 cuprind\u0103 lumina<\/em>? Probabil c\u0103 \u00een aceste zile \u00een\u021belegem mai bine dec\u00e2t \u00een alte momente c\u0103 este \u00eentunericul propriei noastre p\u0103c\u0103to\u0219enii \u0219i al ignor\u0103rii vie\u021bii semenului care este, la fel ca \u0219i noi, chip al lui Dumnezeu \u0219i f\u0103ptur\u0103 uman\u0103 r\u0103scump\u0103rat\u0103 prin s\u00e2ngele lui Hristos pe Cruce. Este \u00eentunericul min\u021bii unora dintre semenii no\u0219tri, purt\u00e2nd chiar numele de cre\u0219tin, care nu pre\u021buiesc via\u021ba \u0219i au preten\u021bia de a rezolva problemele lumii cu arma \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103. Este \u00eentunericul vr\u0103jm\u0103\u0219iei \u0219i al conflictului dintre persoane umane.<\/strong> Este tragedia fricii de moarte care ne-a \u021binut \u00een robie toat\u0103 via\u021ba<\/em> (vezi Evrei 2, 15). De toate acestea ne-a eliberat Hristos prin moartea \u0219i \u00cenvierea Sa!<\/p>

\u00centru El era via\u0163\u0103 \u015fi via\u0163a era lumina oamenilor, <\/em>ne spune Sf. Evanghelist Ioan. Iar Sf. Ioan Gur\u0103 de Aur t\u00e2lcuie\u0219te: \u201ecuv\u00e2ntul adev\u0103rului lui Hristos a str\u0103lucit \u00een fa\u021ba minciunii \u0219i a f\u0103cut-o s\u0103 dispar\u0103. Prin suferin\u021ba mor\u021bii a biruit moartea \u0219i i-a adus la via\u021b\u0103 pe cei \u021binu\u021bi de ea.<\/strong> De atunci, nici moartea, nici minciuna nu au mai putut cuprinde lumina care str\u0103luce\u0219te tuturor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Via\u021ba care era lumina oamenilor<\/em> la \u00eenceputul crea\u021biei a biruit moartea care p\u0103rea c\u0103 st\u0103p\u00e2ne\u0219te toat\u0103 f\u0103ptura. C\u00e2nt\u0103rile din diminea\u021ba \u00cenvierii vestesc aceast\u0103 c\u0103lcare a mor\u0163ii<\/em>. Sf. Ioan Gur\u0103 de Aur spune: \u201dNimeni s\u0103 nu se team\u0103 de moarte, c\u0103 ne-a izb\u0103vit pe noi moartea M\u00e2ntuitorului...\u201d<\/em> \u015ei continu\u0103 acela\u0219i sf\u00e2nt p\u0103rinte: \u201eAst\u0103zi s-au dezlegat leg\u0103turile mor\u021bii \u0219i biruin\u021ba iadului a disp\u0103rut. Ast\u0103zi este vremea potrivit\u0103 s\u0103 gr\u0103im iar\u0103\u0219i acele cuvinte profetice: Unde-\u021bi este, moarte, boldul?<\/em> Unde-\u021bi este, iadule, biruin\u021ba?<\/em> Ast\u0103zi, St\u0103p\u00e2nul nostru a sf\u0103r\u00e2mat por\u021bile cele de aram\u0103 \u0219i a pierdut \u00eens\u0103\u0219i fa\u021ba mor\u021bii. Dar pentru ce vorbesc eu de fa\u021ba mor\u021bii? I-a schimbat chiar numele mor\u021bii. Acum moartea nu se mai nume\u0219te moarte, ci adormire \u0219i somn<\/strong>.\u201d De la Adam p\u00e2n\u0103 la Hristos, istoria omului a fost marcat\u0103 de \u00eendep\u0103rtarea de Dumnezeu care a dus la moarte. Via\u0163a se \u00eencheia la morm\u00e2nt consemn\u00e2nd e\u0219ecul unei existen\u021be omene\u0219ti care-\u0219i a\u0219tepta izb\u0103virea. Izb\u0103virea a fost adus\u0103 de \u00cenvierea lui Hristos transform\u00e2nd moartea \u00een adormire, adic\u0103 \u00een trecere<\/em><\/strong> spre o via\u021b\u0103 a comuniunii cu Dumnezeu \u0219i a\u0219teptare<\/em><\/strong> a ve\u0219niciei \u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u021biei.<\/p>

Vreme potrivit\u0103 este ast\u0103zi, ne spune Sf\u00e2ntul Ioan Gur\u0103 de Aur, ca to\u021bi s\u0103 strig\u0103m cele spuse de fericitul David: Cine va spune puternicele fapte ale Domnului, cine va face ca toate laudele Lui s\u0103 fie auzite<\/em>? C\u0103, iat\u0103, ne-a venit s\u0103rb\u0103toarea cea dorit\u0103 \u0219i m\u00e2ntuitoare, ziua \u00cenvierii Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos, temeiul p\u0103cii, pricina \u00eemp\u0103c\u0103rii, \u00eencetarea r\u0103zboaielor, c\u0103lcarea mor\u021bii, \u00eenfr\u00e2ngerea diavolului<\/strong>.\u201d Slava de la Laudele intonate la Utrenia \u00cenvierii ne vorbe\u015fte despre aceast\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103care \u00eentre fra\u021bi: \u201eZiua \u00cenvierii! \u015ei s\u0103 ne lumin\u0103m cu pr\u0103znuirea, \u015ei unul pe altul s\u0103 ne \u00eembr\u0103\u0163i\u015f\u0103m. S\u0103 zicem: Fra\u0163ilor! \u015fi celor ce ne ur\u0103sc pe noi; S\u0103 iert\u0103m toate pentru \u00cenviere. \u015ei a\u015fa s\u0103 strig\u0103m: Hristos a \u00eenviat din mor\u0163i, cu moartea pe moarte c\u0103lc\u00e2nd, \u015fi celor din morminte via\u0163\u0103 d\u0103ruindu-le.<\/em>\u201d Ce ne poate determina \u201es\u0103 iert\u0103m toate pentru \u00cenviere\u201d \u015fi s\u0103-i consider\u0103m pe to\u0163i semenii no\u015ftri fra\u0163i<\/em>? F\u0103r\u0103 \u00eendoial\u0103, credin\u0163a c\u0103 Hristos a \u00eenviat. \u015ei dac\u0103 Hristos a \u00eenviat \u015fi noi vom \u00eenvia, c\u0103ci precum \u00een Adam to\u0163i mor, a\u015fa \u015fi \u00een Hristos to\u0163i vor \u00eenvia<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>

Nu putem dec\u00e2t s\u0103 \u00eencerc\u0103m s\u0103 primim aceast\u0103 vestire \u015fi s\u0103 ne lumin\u0103m<\/em> cu \u00een\u021belegerea faptului c\u0103 \u00eentreaga noastr\u0103 via\u021b\u0103 cre\u0219tin\u0103 se verific\u0103 prin exprimarea acestei lumin\u0103ri<\/em>. Vr\u0103jm\u0103\u0219ia, ura, frica din lumea noastr\u0103 nu vor fi \u00eendep\u0103rtate dec\u00e2t prin proclamarea bucuriei \u00cenvierii de c\u0103tre fiecare dintre noi<\/strong>, cei ce numim cre\u0219tini, \u00een\u021beleg\u00e2nd c\u0103 de la noi poate porni schimbarea chipului lumii. Ne rug\u0103m cu to\u021bii la Sf. Liturghie pentru pacea de sus, pentru pacea a toat\u0103 lumea, pentru statornicia sfintelor lui Dumnezeu Biserici <\/em>\u015fi ad\u0103ug\u0103m apoi ectenii pentru izb\u0103virea de orice nedreptate, asuprire \u0219i prigoan\u0103 \u015fi \u00eencetarea r\u0103zboiului. <\/em>Cre\u015ftinii care se roag\u0103 st\u0103ruitor pot aduce pacea prin privirea curat\u0103, prin fapta cea bun\u0103, prin \u00eeng\u0103duin\u0163a c\u0103tre to\u0163i, c\u0103ci pentru to\u0163i a \u00eenviat Hristos.<\/p>

V\u0103 \u00eendemn pe to\u021bi, preo\u021bi \u0219i credincio\u0219i, s\u0103 ne rug\u0103m fierbinte pentru pace \u015fi s\u0103 m\u0103rturisim \u00een aceste zile credin\u021ba noastr\u0103 c\u0103 moartea a fost biruit\u0103 de Hristos prin \u00cenviere<\/strong>. Aceast\u0103 vestire s\u0103 ne fie tuturor prilej de bucurie \u015fi n\u0103dejde c\u0103 \u00eencerc\u0103rile lumii nu pot cuprinde lumina care str\u0103luce\u0219te din morm\u00e2nt!<\/p>

V\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103\u0163i\u015fez \u00een Hristos Domnul Cel \u00cenviat \u015fi v\u0103 doresc s\u0103n\u0103tate \u0219i S\u0103rb\u0103tori fericite!<\/p>

Adev\u0103rat a \u00eenviat!<\/strong><\/p>

Al vostru frate \u00eentru rug\u0103ciune c\u0103tre Dumnezeu,
\u2020 Mitropolit NICOLAE<\/strong><\/p>

Chicago, Praznicul \u00cenvierii Domnului, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2020 NICOLAE by the mercies of God Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas To the Beloved Clergy and Orthodox Christians of our Holy Archdiocese,peace and unwavering hope from Christ the Risen Lord,and from us hierarchical blessings. “In Him was […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-4826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-mar-apr-22","tag-feast","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4826"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4975,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions\/4975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}