{"id":8461,"date":"2023-07-31T09:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:31:35","slug":"archbishop-victorin-ursache-a-saint-among-us-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2023\/07\/archbishop-victorin-ursache-a-saint-among-us-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Arhiepiscopul Victorin Ursache: un sf\u00e2nt printre noi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00cencheiem publicarea scrisorilor c\u0103tre Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu \u2013 o coresponden\u021b\u0103 purtat\u0103 \u00eentre anii 1955 \u0219i 1963, care cuprinde una dintre cele mai grele perioade din via\u021ba Arhimandritului Victorin \u2013 cu dou\u0103 scrisori din 1961. Apoi, public\u0103m \u0219i o scrisoare din perioada primilor ani ai slujirii arhiere\u0219ti, adresat\u0103 P\u0103rintelui \u0218tefan Slevoac\u0103, care apoi a \u0219i slujit c\u00e2\u021biva ani ca preot \u00een Canada. Aceste scrisori arat\u0103 at\u00e2t realismul, dar \u0219i n\u0103dejdea dincolo de orice n\u0103dejde, cu care a ajuns s\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2mpine condi\u021biile grele de pastora\u021bie din America. Totodat\u0103, \u00een ele vedem delicate\u021bea, sensibilitatea \u0219i recuno\u0219tin\u021ba pe care le avea fa\u021b\u0103 de cei care l-au sprijinit \u00een misiunea sa de monah, de preot misionar \u0219i apoi de arhiereu. <\/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\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

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2 aprilie 1961
\n\u00een apropierea Pa\u015ftilor<\/p>\n

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\u00cenalt Preasfin\u021bite St\u0103p\u00e2ne,<\/p>\n

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S\u0103rb\u0103toarea mare a \u00cenvierii Domnului se apropie \u015fi-i cunoa\u015ftem distan\u0163a dup\u0103 zilele socotite din calendarul fiec\u0103rui an. \u00cen anul acesta numai c\u00e2teva zile, ale S\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nii Patimilor Domnului, mai sunt pe care n\u0103d\u0103jduim s\u0103 le petrecem cu bine \u015fi-n s\u0103n\u0103tate spre a ne bucura \u00eentru bucuria cuvintelor \u201eHristos a \u00eenviat\u201d.<\/p>\n

Aceste cuvinte ne pot \u00eent\u0103ri \u00eens\u0103 credin\u0163a c\u0103 \u015fi marea s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 a patimilor pentru care nu avem nici un calendar se va sf\u00e2r\u015fi cu \u00eenvierea \u00eentru bucuria tuturor n\u0103dejdilor \u00eemplinite.<\/p>\n

Cu acelea\u015fi sentimente ale dragostei fie\u015fti fa\u0163\u0103 de IPS Voastr\u0103, V\u0103 rog s\u0103 primi\u0163i \u015fi de pe aceste meleaguri \u00eendep\u0103rtate expresia bucuriei ucenicilor M\u00e2ntuitorului nostru Iisus Hristos \u00een Ziua \u00cenvierii din Ierusalim, \u201eHristos a \u00eenviat\u201d.<\/p>\n

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29 august 1961
\nMoundville<\/p>\n

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\u00cenalt Preasfin\u021bite St\u0103p\u00e2ne,<\/p>\n

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Am fost zilele acestea la m\u0103n\u0103stirea din Pennsylvania, dar n-am stat acolo dec\u00e2t numai c\u00e2teva zile. Ei au v\u00e2ndut mai toate ma\u015finile tipografice c\u0103ci au \u00eencetat \u015fi cu tip\u0103riturile lor din cauza lipsei \u201em\u00e2inii de lucru\u201d sau mai bine zis din cauza costului lucrului.<\/p>\n

Am primit scrisoarea cu certificatul ce mi l-a\u0163i trimis \u015fi V\u0103 mul\u0163umesc din toat\u0103 inima pentru preocuparea \u015fi grija ce-o ave\u0163i \u015fi pentru trebuin\u0163ele mele materiale. V\u0103 mul\u0163umesc cu aceea\u015fi recuno\u015ftin\u0163\u0103 ca \u015fi atunci c\u00e2nd mi-a\u0163i aprobat cheltuielile de drum \u015fi \u00eentre\u0163inere pe o lun\u0103 de zile, c\u00e2nd pentru prima dat\u0103 am mers de la Cern\u0103u\u0163i la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Neam\u0163.<\/p>\n

Acea aprobare cred mi-a deschis \u015fi drumul meu spre via\u0163a monahal\u0103. Acum ori \u00een ce localitate m-a\u015f afla \u00een via\u0163a aceasta tr\u0103it\u0103 \u00een adev\u0103ratul \u00een\u0163eles al votului monahal al s\u0103r\u0103ciei, personal n-am sim\u0163it niciodat\u0103 lipsa material\u0103 \u015fi nici n-am a\u015fteptat sau a\u015ftept vreun salariu sau ajutor din partea autorit\u0103\u0163ilor biserice\u015fti rom\u00e2ne din \u0163ar\u0103 sau din str\u0103in\u0103tate.<\/p>\n

De aceea \u015fi certificatul \u2013 \u00een care nu v\u0103d dec\u00e2t grija p\u0103rinteasc\u0103 de totdeauna a IPS Voastre \u2013 orice fel de schimbare ar interveni, nu cred s\u0103-l folosesc vreodat\u0103. Personal dac\u0103 a\u015f avea cinci dolari, sau cincizeci, sau cinci sute, \u2026 le g\u0103sesc acela\u015fi drum spre lipsurile \u015fi trebuin\u0163ele altora. P\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi micile dona\u0163ii ce le primesc uneori din partea vreunor rom\u00e2ni de pe aici, \u00eenso\u0163ite de unele pomelnice le trimit pentru proiectatul nostru c\u0103min bisericesc pentru monahii rom\u00e2ni din Ierusalim.<\/p>\n

Nu pun certificatul \u00een plicul acesta ca s\u0103 nu V\u0103 mira\u0163i dac\u0103 l-a\u0163i afla \u00een plic \u00eenainte de a fi citit scrisoarea.<\/p>\n

V\u0103 rog s\u0103 m\u0103 ierta\u0163i \u015fi pentru \u00eent\u00e2rzierea uneori prea \u00eendelungat\u0103 cu scrisul meu. Nu \u015ftiu dac\u0103 V-am amintit vreodat\u0103 c\u0103 scrisorile mele trec uneori \u015fi prin m\u00e2inile altora aici \u015fi-mi ajung \u015fi ele cu \u00eent\u00e2rziere.<\/p>\n

All that I desire and ask for from Your Eminence are only Your Eminence\u2019s very helpful prayers and blessings.<\/p>\n

Cu acelea\u015fi respectuoase s\u0103rut\u0103ri de m\u00e2n\u0103,
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17 mai 1968
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Iubite P\u0103rinte Slevoac\u0103,<\/p>\n

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Sunt demult dator cu un r\u0103spuns la \u00eensufle\u021bita scrisoare ce mi-a\u021bi trimis-o \u00eempreun\u0103 cu trei articole pentru foaia \u201cCredin\u021ba\u201d. V\u0103 mul\u021bumesc foarte mult pentru \u00eencuraj\u0103rile duhovnice\u0219ti. E adev\u0103rat c\u0103 r\u0103spunderile noastre sunt mari \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu \u0219i a oamenilor; s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduim \u00eens\u0103, nu \u00eentru nep\u0103sare ci \u00eentru umilin\u021ba sl\u0103biciunilor noastre, c\u0103 iubirea lui Dumnezeu \u0219i M\u00e2ntuitorului nostru Iisus Hristos nu ne va p\u0103r\u0103si.<\/p>\n

V\u0103 trimit o pagin\u0103 din \u201cCredin\u021ba\u201d cu un articol foarte mult apreciat al P.C. Voastre. Un altul va fi publicat \u00een Calendar.<\/p>\n

Credeam c\u0103 voi putea veni \u0219i eu, \u00een iunie, \u00een \u021bar\u0103 cu ocazia serb\u0103rii aniversare a Prea Fericitului Patriarh Iustinian. Dar spre marea mea p\u0103rere de r\u0103u, n\u2019a fost posibil. N\u2019am perdut \u00eens\u0103 n\u0103dejdea pentru mai t\u00e2rziu, tot \u00een vara asta.<\/p>\n

\u00cen leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu vizita P.C. Voastre \u00een America, repet, personal m\u2019a\u0219 bucura foarte mult dac\u0103 a\u021bi reu\u0219i s\u0103 veni\u021bi, fie pentru o scurt\u0103 vizit\u0103 fie dac\u0103 a\u021bi prefera s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2ne\u021bi pentru o durat\u0103 mai lung\u0103 s\u0103 servi\u021bi \u00een vreo parohie rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 de aici. N\u2019a\u0219 vrea numai s\u0103 v\u0103 tentez prea mult, c\u0103ci via\u021ba preo\u021beasc\u0103 de aici e de neexprimat de grea; adev\u0103rat\u0103 jertf\u0103 misionar\u0103 \u00een cel mai deplin \u00een\u021beles al cuv\u00e2ntului. Cu o voin\u021b\u0103 puternic\u0103 \u0219i ajutorul Harului Divin se poate dob\u00e2ndi \u0219i aici mul\u021b\u0103mirea sufleteasc\u0103 \u0219i fericirea \u00eentru Hristos.<\/p>\n

Tot azi am trimis c\u00e2teva r\u00e2nduri \u0219i Prea Fericitului Patriarh Iustinian referitor la venirea P.C. Voastre \u00een America. Nu v\u0103 oblig\u0103 cu nimica, \u00een cazul c\u0103 n\u2019a\u021bi putea veni. \u00cen cazul \u00eens\u0103 pozitiv sigur ve\u021bi trebui s\u0103 ob\u021bine\u021bi aprobarea \u00cenalt Preasfin\u021bitului Mitropolit Iustin al Moldovei, iar de aici s\u0103 facem demersurile pentru a vi se acorda viza din partea Ambasadei Americane.<\/p>\n

Pentru serb\u0103rile aniversare ale Prea Fericitului Patriarh de aici a plecat P.C. Arhim. Bartolomeu V. Anania. Va r\u0103m\u00e2nea \u00een Bucure\u0219ti p\u00e2n\u0103 pe la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul lunei viitoare (26 iunie). De ave\u021bi ocazie s\u0103 merge\u021bi pe la Bucure\u0219ti v\u2019a\u021bi putea \u00eent\u00e2lni cu el.<\/p>\n

Cu cele mai bune amintiri \u0219i doriri de tot binele D-nei Preotese, copiilor \u0219i tuturor parohenilor P.C. Voastre,<\/p>\n

\u0219i fr\u0103\u021be\u0219ti \u00eembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219\u0103ri \u00eentru Domnul,<\/p>\n

episcop Victorin<\/p>\n\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":"

We conclude the publication of the letters addressed to Metropolitan Visarion Puiu \u2013 a correspondence which lasted from 1955 to 1963, and which aligned with one of the most difficult periods in the life of Archimandrite Victorin \u2013 with two letters from 1961. Afterwards, we present a letter from the first years of his hierarchical […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-8461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-jul-aug-23","tag-our-fathers-in-the-lord","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461","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=8461"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8712,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461\/revisions\/8712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}