{"id":545,"date":"2020-11-30T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/?p=545"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:56:59","slug":"our-fathers-in-the-lord-xi-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2020\/11\/our-fathers-in-the-lord-xi-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Arhiepiscopul Victorin Ursache. Un sf\u00e2nt printre noi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arhiepiscopul Victorin Ursache \u00een anul 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dumnezeu a binecuv\u00e2ntat poporul rom\u00e2n \u00een secolul al XX-lea cu mul\u021bi p\u0103rin\u021bi cuvio\u0219i cu via\u021b\u0103 \u00eenalt\u0103, cu via\u021b\u0103 sf\u00e2nt\u0103. \u00cencepem cu unul dintre ei, care s-a des\u0103v\u00e2r\u0219it \u0219i s-a sfin\u021bit pe t\u0103r\u00e2m american.<\/p>\n

Pe data de 24 iulie 1912, \u00een satul M\u0103n\u0103stioara, din jude\u021bul Suceava, se na\u0219te Victor, primul dintre cei zece copii ai familiei profund credincioase Dumitru \u0219i Natalia Ursache. A\u0219adar, credin\u021ba \u00een Dumnezeu \u00ee\u0219i avea r\u0103d\u0103cinile bine \u00eenfipte \u00een anii copil\u0103riei, devenindu-i ancor\u0103 pentru tot restul vie\u021bii. Iar acest fapt este revelat din reamintirea p\u0103rin\u021bilor s\u0103i, pe care o f\u0103cea mai t\u00e2rziu cu mult\u0103 c\u0103ldur\u0103: \u201e[Mama] cu m\u00e2inile \u00eempreunate l\u00e2ng\u0103 copila\u0219ul s\u0103u, seara \u0219i diminea\u0163a, \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 rug\u0103ciuni fierbin\u0163i c\u0103tre cer. Inima ei duioas\u0103 lucreaz\u0103 tainic asupra inimii copilului. Acesta, de\u0219i nu \u0219tie c\u0103tre cine se roag\u0103 mama lui, \u0219tie totu\u0219i c\u0103 este cineva mai puternic care st\u0103p\u00e2ne\u0219te toate\u201d \u0219i mul\u021bumirea plin\u0103 de dragoste pe care le-o aduce la hirotonirea sa \u00eentru arhiereu, pentru c\u0103 \u201em-au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at s\u0103 m\u0103 \u00eencred \u00een Tat\u0103l nostru, mi-au deschis u\u0219a c\u0103tre Biserica Ortodox\u0103 \u0219i s-au jertfit ca s\u0103-mi pot continua studiile\u201d. Inima smerit\u0103 \u0219i iubitoare a Arhiepiscopului Victorin i-a purtat pe p\u0103rin\u021bi \u00een cel mai dulce col\u021b al ei, dincolo de timp, dincolo de spa\u021biu.<\/p>\n

Dup\u0103 terminarea \u0219colii din satul s\u0103u natal, urmeaz\u0103 \u00eentre anii 1924-1932 liceul \u201eLa\u021bcu Vod\u0103\u201d din Siret, pentru ca mai t\u00e2rziu s\u0103 devin\u0103 student al Facult\u0103\u021bii de Teologie din Cern\u0103u\u021bi. \u00ce\u0219i finalizeaz\u0103 studiile licen\u021biale \u00een 1936, iar p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1940, este profesor la Seminarul Teologic de la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Neam\u021b. Pe vremea c\u00e2nd era student teolog, este hirotonit cite\u021b de Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu \u0219i leag\u0103 cu acesta pentru totdeauna, o leg\u0103 tur\u0103 special\u0103, sim\u021bindu-se mereu aproape de inima celui din urm\u0103, dup\u0103 cum spunea \u00eentr-o scrisoare. Iar leg\u0103tura dintre cei doi va \u00eensuma de-a lungul vie\u021bii o coresponden\u021b\u0103 de peste 155 de scrisori. Dragostea pentru Dumnezeu \u0219i pentru cele duhovnice\u0219ti spore\u0219te tot mai mult \u0219i se materializeaz\u0103 \u00een anul 1937, prin tunderea \u00een monahism. Astfel, la c\u0103lug\u0103rie prime\u0219te numele de Victorin, ca sugestie a viitorului Patriarh Nicodim pentru stare\u021bul de atunci al Neam\u021bului: \u201ePune-i numele de Victorin, c\u0103ci s-a dovedit c\u0103 \u0219tie s\u0103 rabde ca un mucenic \u0219i va \u0219ti s\u0103 se poarte ca un Ierarh\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Natalia Ursache \u00eempreun\u0103 cu un nepot,
\na doua parte a anilor 1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La 9 decembrie 1940 devine stare\u021b al M\u0103n\u0103stirii Neam\u021b, \u00eendrum\u00e2ndu-i mereu pe fra\u021bii sf\u00e2ntului loca\u0219 spre vie\u021buire \u00een pace. Dar timpurile dificile au fost o constant\u0103 \u00een via\u021ba sa, cu prec\u0103dere anul 1944 c\u00e2nd Armata Ro\u0219ie \u00eenainta c\u0103tre \u021bar\u0103. Av\u00e2nd \u0219i o s\u0103n\u0103tate precar\u0103, tot \u00een acest an renun\u021b\u0103 la st\u0103re\u021bie, iar din 1946 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1956 este numit reprezentant al Patriarhiei Rom\u00e2ne la Ierusalim. Aici va fi preot la Sf\u00e2ntul Morm\u00e2nt \u0219i \u00ee\u0219i va \u00eembog\u0103\u021bi sufletul cu o evlavie ve\u0219nic\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103 de Sf\u00e2nta Cruce, \u00eentruc\u00e2t m\u0103rturisea c\u0103 a fost martorul multor minuni s\u0103v\u00e2r\u0219ite de Sf\u00e2nta Cruce. Tot \u00een aceast\u0103 perioad\u0103 \u00eel va avea ucenic pe schimonahul Ioan Iacob, vie\u021buitor al lavrei Sf\u00e2ntului Sava, pe care \u00eel \u00eendeamn\u0103 s\u0103 accepte ascultarea de egumen al schitului rom\u00e2nesc de la Iordan \u0219i pe care \u00eel propune \u00een 1947 spre a fi hirotonit ierodiacon \u0219i apoi ieromonah \u00een biserica Sf\u00e2ntului Morm\u00e2nt. Ulterior, acesta avea s\u0103 devin\u0103 \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Ioan Iacob de la Neam\u021b\u201d, canonizat \u00een 1992, av\u00e2nd sfinte moa\u0219te \u00eentregi, neputrezite, puse spre \u00eenchinare \u00een M\u0103n\u0103stirea Hozeva.<\/p>\n

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Sf. Ioan Iacob (prim plan) \u0219i Arhim. Victorin Ursache (barc\u0103) la schitul rom\u00e2nesc de la Iordan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\u00cen Ierusalim, Arhimandritul Victorin este \u00eens\u0103rcinat de c\u0103tre Patriarhia Ierusalimului cu func\u021bia de referent pentru problemele c\u0103lug\u0103rilor rom\u00e2ni de la Locurile Sfinte. Sarcin\u0103 pe care nu o va considera finalizat\u0103 niciodat\u0103, \u00eentruc\u00e2t se va \u00eengriji toat\u0103 via\u021ba de ace\u0219tia, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd mereu s\u0103 \u00eei ajute. Acela\u0219i lucru face \u0219i fa\u021b\u0103 de Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu, care \u00eentr-o scrisoare emo\u021bionant\u0103 \u00eei adresa urm\u0103toarele: \u201ePentru pu\u0163inii oameni, care \u00ee\u0219i fac un sacru obicei dup\u0103 Evanghelia cre\u0219tin\u0103, ajut\u00e2nd (adesea din prea pu\u0163inul lor) pe s\u0103raci, cuvintele de admirare \u0219i de laud\u0103 ale celorlal\u0163i oameni sunt prea slabe; de aceea, cre\u0219tinii le trec, \u00een\u0103l\u0163\u00e2ndu-le fapta, ca s\u0103 fie r\u0103spl\u0103tit\u0103 mai bine de Dumnezeu. \u00ceng\u0103duie-mi s\u0103 spun c\u0103 dintre c\u00e2\u0163i c\u0103lug\u0103ri am cunoscut la noi e\u0219ti printre cei cu asemenea \u00eendeletnicire cre\u0219tineasc\u0103 deosebit\u0103. \u0218tiu c\u00e2t aju\u0163i pe fra\u0163ii de la Ierusalim \u0219i pe mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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God blessed the Romanian people in the twentieth century with many venerable fathers who led lofty and holy lives. We begin with one of them, perfected and sanctified on American soil. Victor, the first of the ten children of the deeply faithful family of Dumitru and Natalia Ursache, was born on July 24, 1912, in […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xi-2020","tag-our-fathers-in-the-lord","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","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=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}