Rev. Alexandru Atanase Barna presents the Master of History and Christian Tradition from the Faculty of Theology in Bucharesttranslated

Father Lecturer Alexandru Atanase Barna from the "Justinian Patriarch" Faculty of Theology of the University of Bucharest presents a master's program offered by the academic institution in the next academic year: Christian History and Tradition, a study program on the sources of Orthodox spirituality.

The program emphasizes access to the main historical and patristic sources of Christian-Orthodox spirituality, the university says.

The Master's degree lasts 2 years (4 semesters) and aims to introduce students to some crucial concepts or aspects related to Orthodox spirituality, such as: holiness, deification, prayer, the Orthodox icon, the relationship between theology and philosophy, the relationship between Christianity and contemporary challenges, the ethos of ancient and contemporary Christianity, the patristic sources of Orthodox spirituality, the spirituality of the Desert Fathers, inter-church relations in the past and in the present present, the history of the Holy Mountain, in the past - the relations with the Romanian Countries - and in the present.

"Master's students of this study program have the chance to integrate into a community of students who are concerned with topics that revolve around...