Mesaj adresat cu ocazia Duminicii migranților români, 21 august 2022
Abstract: Sfântul Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române a proclamat anul 2022 drept Anul omagial al rugăciunii în viața Bisericii și a creștinului. De asemenea, în contextul împlinirii a 1.000 de ani de la trecerea la Domnul a Sfântului Simeon Noul Teolog († 1022) și a 300 de ani de la nașterea Sfântului Paisie de la Neamț († 1722), Sfântul Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române a proclamat anul 2022 drept Anul comemorativ al Sfinților isihaști Simeon Noul Teolog, Grigorie Palama și Paisie de la Neamț. Rugăciunea este temelia vieții și creșterii spirituale a omului, este mântuitoare și sfințitoare, deoarece ne umple de prezența lui Dumnezeu Cel Atotmilostiv.
Cuvinte-cheie: Duminica migranților români, Diaspora românească, rugăciunea, valorile spirituale și culturale românești
Summary: The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church proclaimed the year 2022 as the year of prayer in the life of the Church and the Christian. Also, in the context of the 1,000th years anniversary of the passage to the Lord of Saint Simeon the New Theologian (†1022) and the 300th years anniversary of the birth of Saint Paisius from Neamț (†1722), the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church proclaimed the year 2022 as the Commemorative Year of the Hesychast Saints Simeon the New Theologian, Grigorie Palama and Paisie from Neamț. Prayer is the foundation of man’s life and spiritual growth; it is saving and sanctifying, because it fills us with the presence of the All-Merciful God […]. Prayer, as the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in man, brings comfort, peace, and joy; it unites us with the Holy Trinity, the source of joy and eternal life, as well as with the Church of Christ from all times and from all places. Without prayer there is no Church and no Christian life. When we lose the joy and peace of the soul; this is a sure sign that we no longer pray as we should or as much as we should. The Orthodox Christian must pray as much as possible because prayer helps us to face the hardships of life and to taste the strength and joy of the Resurrection and eternal life even in this world. Prayer is the victory over man’s alienation from God, from himself and from his peers; it is a source of communion and becomes the life of our life […]. Romanian migrants in different areas of the world are called to value and cultivate prayer in the ecclesial community, as well as in the family, prayer being the source of pure love towards God, loved ones and fellow human beings. At the same time, we urge the ministers of the Romanian Orthodox Holy Altars outside Romania to multiply the prayer and the missionary-pastoral activities, to preserve and cultivate the Orthodox Christian faith and the Romanian spiritual and cultural values.
