{"id":5380,"date":"2022-07-31T18:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:54:12","slug":"testimony-about-saint-john-jacob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2022\/07\/testimony-about-saint-john-jacob\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0103rturie despre Sf\u00e2ntul Ioan Iacob"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"\u00cen luna august, \u00een ajun de Schimbarea la Fa\u021b\u0103, \u00eel s\u0103rb\u0103torim pe sf\u00e2ntul nostru drag, Ioan Iacob, ale c\u0103rui moa\u0219te \u00eentregi se p\u0103streaz\u0103 spre \u00eenchinare \u00een biserica m\u0103n\u0103stirii Sf. Gheorghe de la Hozeva. Acum dou\u0103 numere am publicat o m\u0103rturie inedit\u0103 \u0219i extraordinar\u0103 despre arhiepiscopul cu via\u021b\u0103 sf\u00e2nt\u0103, Victorin Ursache. M\u0103rturia a apar\u021binut unui prieten comun al P\u0103rintelui Victorin \u0219i al Sf\u00e2ntului Ioan Iacob, palestinianul Paul Isiid, trecut la Domnul \u00een anul 1994. M\u0103rturia ne-a parvenit prin intermediul P\u0103rintelui Profesor Porphyrios Georgi, profesor de Teologie Dogmatic\u0103 la Institutul de Teologie \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Ioan Damaschin\u201d al Universit\u0103\u021bii Balamand. P\u0103rintele Porphyrios ne-a transmis \u0219i urm\u0103toarea m\u0103rturie a lui Paul Isiid despre Sf\u00e2ntul Ioan Iacob.<\/em><\/p>

Paul Isiid, evlaviosul cre\u0219tin din Palestina, era un prieten apropiat al monahilor \u0219i pustnicilor de la Sfintele Locuri, precum Episcopul Victorin Ursache, Arhimandritul Lazarus Moore \u0219i multe alte personalit\u0103\u021bi luminoase ale secolului dou\u0103zeci...<\/p>

\"\"El sf\u0103tuia pe tinerii din parohie care aveau r\u00e2vn\u0103 pentru via\u021ba duhovniceasc\u0103 \u0219i ascetic\u0103 s\u0103 nu posteasc\u0103 aspru. Spunea c\u0103 \u201eeste responsabilitatea noastr\u0103 s\u0103 ne p\u0103str\u0103m trupurile \u00eentr-o condi\u021bie bun\u0103 pentru a putea s\u0103 ne \u00eemplinim sarcinile \u00een via\u021b\u0103 \u0219i a-L sluji pe Domnul\u201d. \u0218i ca exemplu de monah cu via\u021b\u0103 sf\u00e2nt\u0103, care \u0219i-a topit trupul \u00een post \u0219i ascez\u0103, aducea un prieten apropiat, foarte drag inimii lui, un nevoitor rom\u00e2n care a tr\u0103it \u00eentr-o pe\u0219ter\u0103 din \u021aara Sf\u00e2nt\u0103. Paul purta tot timpul \u00een portofelul s\u0103u o fotografie cu acest prieten \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 47 de ani, al c\u0103rui nume era Ioan Iacob. Paul spunea: \u201eP\u0103rintele Ioan Iacob era un adev\u0103rat sf\u00e2nt al lui Dumnezeu, o persoan\u0103 angelic\u0103\u201d. Dar ad\u0103uga: \u201eExagera cu postul! \u0218i-a topit complet trupul! C\u00e2nd r\u0103zboiul din Palestina s-a intensificat, el era foarte bolnav. Nu am putut s\u0103 merg la pe\u0219tera lui, c\u0103ci p\u0103r\u0103sisem deja \u021bara. Am trimis un prieten de \u00eencredere, \u0219ofer pentru a-l duce la spital. Dar \u0219oferul s-a \u00eentors \u0219i mi-a spus c\u0103 nu a putut s\u0103-l ridice \u0219i s\u0103-l a\u0219eze \u00een ma\u0219in\u0103 pentru c\u0103 P\u0103rintele Ioan era a\u0219a de sl\u0103bit de post, \u00eenc\u00e2t oasele aproape c\u0103 \u00eei ie\u0219eau prin piele. Nu putea sta \u00een \u0219ezut, oasele bazinului i-ar fi rupt pielea de pe spate. A\u0219a c\u0103 P\u0103rintele Ioan a r\u0103mas \u00een pe\u0219ter\u0103 \u0219i a murit acolo.\u201d<\/p>

Paul considera c\u0103 aceast\u0103 form\u0103 de post \u0219i via\u021b\u0103 ascetic\u0103 stricte ar trebui evitate.<\/p>

\u00cen vara anului 1993, Dumnezeu m-a binecuv\u00e2ntat \u0219i am vizitat Muntele Athos \u00eempreun\u0103 cu un grup restr\u00e2ns de prieteni de la biserica din Beirut. La Schitul Sf\u00e2nta Ana, am \u00eent\u00e2lnit un grec care a r\u0103mas uimit c\u00e2nd a aflat c\u0103 venim din Orientul Mijlociu. Ne-a spus c\u0103 vizitase \u021bara noastr\u0103 \u0219i Locurile Sfinte \u0219i c\u0103 p\u0103stra amintiri foarte bune \u00een urma acestor vizite. \u0218i a \u00eenceput s\u0103 ne descrie ce i-a pl\u0103cut cel mai mult: \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Morm\u00e2nt...\u201d Dar altceva l-a impresionat profund: vederea moa\u0219telor unui ascet din Rom\u00e2nia. Ne-a povestit cum o mireasm\u0103 dumnezeiasc\u0103 ie\u0219ea din morm\u00e2ntul unui monah rom\u00e2n, \u00eenc\u00e2t p\u0103rin\u021bii au decis s\u0103 deschid\u0103 morm\u00e2ntul \u0219i au descoperit moa\u0219tele neputrezite ale unui ascet. Se p\u0103straser\u0103 \u0219i pielea \u0219i p\u0103rul. Iar mireasma dumnezeiasc\u0103 continua s\u0103 se reverse din moa\u0219te. Numele ascetului era Ioan Iacob.<\/p>

C\u00e2nd m-am \u00eentors la Beirut, m-am dus imediat acas\u0103 la Paul pentru a-i spune despre vechiul s\u0103u prieten. A fost profund mi\u0219cat de minunea moa\u0219telor P\u0103rintelui Ioan Iacob. Mi-a ar\u0103tat \u0219i alte poze cu P\u0103rintele Ioan Iacob la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sf\u00e2ntul Sava, la el \u00een pe\u0219ter\u0103, \u0219i \u00een alte locuri. De asemenea mi-a ar\u0103tat o scrisoare \u00een francez\u0103 cu frumosul scris caligrafic al P\u0103rintelui Ioan Iacob. Mi-a spus c\u0103 acestea erau binecuv\u00e2nt\u0103ri de la un Sf\u00e2nt.<\/p>

\u00cen prim\u0103vara anului 1994, cu pu\u021bine zile \u00eenainte de trecerea din aceast\u0103 via\u021b\u0103 a lui Paul, l-am \u00eent\u00e2lnit pentru ultima dat\u0103 la el acas\u0103. Mi-a spus: \u201eSe \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 s\u0103 tr\u0103ie\u0219ti \u00eentreaga via\u021b\u0103 cu anumite convingeri \u0219i s\u0103 descoperi la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul vie\u021bii c\u0103 te-ai \u00een\u0219elat. Am gre\u0219it critic\u00e2nd postul aspru al P\u0103rintelui Ioan Iacob. El \u0219tia foarte bine ce f\u0103cea. A fost un mare sf\u00e2nt al lui Dumnezeu.\u201d<\/p>

Cu rug\u0103ciunile lui, Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, Dumnezeul nostru, ai mil\u0103 de noi. Amin.<\/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":"

In the month of August, on the eve of Transfiguration, we commemorate a saint dear to us, John Jacob, whose incorrupt and complete relics are preserved for veneration in the church of the Monastery of St. George the Chozebite. Two issues ago, we published a unique and extraordinary testimony about Archbishop Victorin Ursache, who led […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-5380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-jul-aug-22","tag-holy-fathers","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380","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=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5493,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions\/5493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}