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Bartolomeu Anania

January 01, 1970

Bartolomeu Anania (Romanian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmew anaˈni.a]; born Valeriu Anania [vaˈlerju]; March 18, 1921 – January 31, 2011) was a Romanian Orthodox bishop, translator, writer, and poet. He was the Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș.

Biography edit

Early life edit

Anania was born as Valeriu in Glăvile, Vâlcea County, to Vasile Anania and his wife Ana, the daughter of a priest. He attended primary school in Glăvile and entered the Bucharest Central Seminary in 1933.[1]

At the age of 15, Anania, while a student at the Seminary, joined the local organization of the Cross Brotherhood (Frăția de Cruce), part of the Iron Guard, being introduced to it by an older student.[2] However, he claimed that within the Cross Brotherhood at the Seminary, politics was not discussed and the group was not anti-Semitic, like the rest of the Iron Guard.[3] Anania graduated the Seminary in 1941. That year, he spent three weeks under arrest, being accused of participating at the funeral of a member of the Iron Guard.[4]

In 1942, he was tonsured a monk at the Antim Monastery,[5] graduating from Bucharest's Mihai Viteazul High School the following year.[1] In 1944, Hierodeacon Bartolomeu began studying Medicine and at the Cluj Conservatory, but he was expelled after organizing a student strike against the new communist government of Petru Groza. Afterwards, he continued his studies at the Theology Faculty of the University of Bucharest[4] and the Theological Academies of Cluj and Sibiu, receiving his degree in the latter city in 1948.[1]

Communist era edit

Anania, accused of being associated with the Iron Guard, was arrested by the Communist authorities in 1958 and incarcerated at the Aiud Prison.[6] Another political prisoner at Aiud, Grigore Caraza, accused Anania of having actively participated in the 're-education' of prisoners, a charge categorically denied by Anania.[6]

In August 1964, he was freed and only a few months later, in February 1965, he was sent by the communist regime to become an Archimandrite of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, also editing a religious newspaper called Credința ("The Faith").[7]

The short time between his release from prison and the time when he was sent to the United States has been seen as a sign that he had links to the Romanian Securitate. This idea has been supported by Ion Mihai Pacepa, who argued in a 1992 book that Archimandrite Bartolomeu was an agent of the External Intelligence department of the Securitate who was sent to the United States to divide the Romanian community.[7][8] According to the latest results of the archive investigations, Metropolitan Bartolomeu Anania did not collaborate with the Securitate, "neither in detention, nor in freedom; neither in the country, nor abroad; neither with commitment, nor without commitment; neither with conspiracy, nor with names own, "as he himself stated during his life. His statements were confirmed by the documentary of Ioana Diaconescu (CNSAS researcher) on Bartolomeu Anania.[9]

In 1974, he was recalled to Romania from the United States because of reports which mentioned a possible defection.[8] From 1976 to 1982, he was head of the Church's Biblical and Missionary Institute; afterward, he retreated to Văratec Monastery, where he began retranslating Bible using as source for Old Testament the Septuagint (since the 1930s, the Romanian Orthodox Church Bible uses as its reference text the Masoretic Text).[1]

After the 1989 Revolution edit

On January 21, 1993, he was chosen Archbishop of Vad, Feleac and Cluj. Following a controversial decision of the Holy Synod, in 2006, the archdiocese was elevated to the rank of metropolis, making Archbishop Bartolomeu the first Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș.[5][10]

In 1999, after the Church's failed attempt to convince politicians to endorse a proposal to give Senatorial seats to the Orthodox Church Synod's members, Archbishop Bartolomeu made two public requests. The first one was that the Church be able to select parliamentary candidates and then have priests urge parishioners during sermons to vote for them, while the second request repeated the proposal of making the 27-member Synod members of the Senate, arguing that the state was never really separated from the church. A law to this effect was drafted but never brought up for discussion in parliament.[11]

Nevertheless, after the 2000 elections, he reconsidered the involvement of clergymen in politics. In 2004, he made a proposal, which was approved by the Synod, not to allow priests to run in elections, giving an ultimatum to priests currently involved in politics to choose between the priesthood and politics.[12]

In 2007, he was a candidate for the office of Patriarch, but he lost to Daniel Ciobotea, who received from the Church Electoral College 95 votes, against 66 for Bartolomeu.[4] Following unsuccessful treatment in Vienna in early 2011, Anania died in Cluj-Napoca of heart failure and aortic valve stenosis at age 89.[13] He was buried in the hierarchs' crypt beneath the altar of the city's Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral.[14]

Opinions edit

Metropolitan Bartolomeu was known as a conservative voice within the church. Politically, he asserted that he had always been attracted by the right wing.[3] Voicing disagreement with the Western world, he argued that it is built exclusively on politics and economics, lacking any trace of spirituality, culture or religion. Following the repeal of Article 200 (regarding homosexuality), he decried the Westernization of Romania, claiming that "Europe asks us to accept sex, homosexuality, vices, drugs, abortions and genetic engineering, including cloning".[11]

He also condemned the way in which television stations "manipulate" viewers and use violent programs to "poison the souls of Romanians", arguing that such programs are harming people's personalities and make them unable to tell good from evil.[15]

In 2002, he was among a group of intellectuals who voiced their opposition to the building of a vampire theme park called Dracula Park, claiming that vampires are not a part of Romanian mythology (which instead has other monsters, like Muma Pădurii and zgripţuroaica).[16]

While he supported the neutrality of the Church in politics, in 2007 he did join seven other high-ranking Orthodox clerics in signing an appeal against the decision of the parliament to begin impeachment proceedings against President Traian Băsescu, calling the procedure "immoral politics".[3]

Regarding ecumenism, Bartolomeu argued that unifying all Christians within one Church is a far-fetched goal.[17]

Bartolomeu Anania, as Metropolitan, joined the dispute over the biometric passports, signing in 2009 a public statement (together with all the bishops of his metropolitan see), in which he claimed that the usage of biometric chips in passports is offensive to the Romanian people, whom, he claims, are therefore treated as a potential gang of criminals. He also made clear his worry about the possibility of using microchip implants.[18]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d (in Romanian) Official biography May 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Fragmente de jurnal: Tinerețea verzuie a lui Anania October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Evenimentul Zilei, October 25, 2008
  3. ^ a b c "Ziua Patriarhului" October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Ziua, September 12, 2007
  4. ^ a b c Biserica Ortodoxa Romana si-a ales Intaistatatorul - Patriarhul Daniel 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, România Liberă, September 13, 2007
  5. ^ a b "IPS Daniel si IPS Bartolomeu, in finala", Evenimentul Zilei, September 12, 2007
  6. ^ a b "Bartolomeu Anania ar putea candida la funcţia de Patriarh", BBC Romanian, September 5, 2007
  7. ^ a b La închisoarea Aiud, legionarul Anania se ocupa cu "reeducarea" comunistă a camarazilor săi 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, România liberă, February 4, 2006
  8. ^ a b Ion Mihai Pacepa, Red Horizons: Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief, 1987. ISBN 0-89526-570-2, p. 284
  9. ^ Folders for informative tracking, published in issues 10 and 11 of 2012 of "România Literară
  10. ^ "Leul Ardealului", Mitropolit, Evenimentul Zilei, March 26, 2006
  11. ^ a b Lavinia Stan, Lucian Turcescu, "The Romanian Orthodox Church and Post-Communist Democratisation", in Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 52, No. 8 (Dec., 2000), pp. 1472
  12. ^ "Eastern Europe: Orthodox Church Still Wields Political Clout", RFE/RL, February 19, 2004
  13. ^ (in Romanian) Mihai Șoica, "ÎPS Bartolomeu Anania a trecut la cele veşnice" ("Metropolitan Bartolomeu Anania Passes Away") February 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Evenimentul Zilei, February 1, 2011
  14. ^ (in Romanian) Elena Nicolae, "Drumul lui Bartolomeu spre Veşnicie" ("Bartolomeu's Funeral"), Adevărul, February 4, 2011
  15. ^ "Romanian Orthodox church leader condemns television for "poisoning souls"", IHT (AP), August 15, 2007
  16. ^ ["Oamenii de cultura ardeleni au protestat impotriva infiintarii Dracula Park"], Adevărul, April 4, 2002
  17. ^ "Biserica Ortodoxă Română îşi alege noul Patriarh", BBC, September 11, 2007
  18. ^ "Mitropolia Clujului: Prin introducerea pasapoartelor biometrice, romanii sunt tratati ca o banda de infractori"[permanent dead link], Ziua, February 19, 2009

January 01, 1970
bartolomeu, anania, romanian, pronunciation, bartoloˈmew, anaˈni, born, valeriu, anania, vaˈlerju, march, 1921, january, 2011, romanian, orthodox, bishop, translator, writer, poet, metropolitan, cluj, alba, crișana, maramureș, contents, biography, early, life,. Bartolomeu Anania Romanian pronunciation bartoloˈmew anaˈni a born Valeriu Anania vaˈlerju March 18 1921 January 31 2011 was a Romanian Orthodox bishop translator writer and poet He was the Metropolitan of Cluj Alba Crișana and Maramureș Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Communist era 1 3 After the 1989 Revolution 2 Opinions 3 ReferencesBiography editEarly life edit Anania was born as Valeriu in Glăvile Valcea County to Vasile Anania and his wife Ana the daughter of a priest He attended primary school in Glăvile and entered the Bucharest Central Seminary in 1933 1 At the age of 15 Anania while a student at the Seminary joined the local organization of the Cross Brotherhood Frăția de Cruce part of the Iron Guard being introduced to it by an older student 2 However he claimed that within the Cross Brotherhood at the Seminary politics was not discussed and the group was not anti Semitic like the rest of the Iron Guard 3 Anania graduated the Seminary in 1941 That year he spent three weeks under arrest being accused of participating at the funeral of a member of the Iron Guard 4 In 1942 he was tonsured a monk at the Antim Monastery 5 graduating from Bucharest s Mihai Viteazul High School the following year 1 In 1944 Hierodeacon Bartolomeu began studying Medicine and at the Cluj Conservatory but he was expelled after organizing a student strike against the new communist government of Petru Groza Afterwards he continued his studies at the Theology Faculty of the University of Bucharest 4 and the Theological Academies of Cluj and Sibiu receiving his degree in the latter city in 1948 1 Communist era edit Anania accused of being associated with the Iron Guard was arrested by the Communist authorities in 1958 and incarcerated at the Aiud Prison 6 Another political prisoner at Aiud Grigore Caraza accused Anania of having actively participated in the re education of prisoners a charge categorically denied by Anania 6 In August 1964 he was freed and only a few months later in February 1965 he was sent by the communist regime to become an Archimandrite of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada also editing a religious newspaper called Credința The Faith 7 The short time between his release from prison and the time when he was sent to the United States has been seen as a sign that he had links to the Romanian Securitate This idea has been supported by Ion Mihai Pacepa who argued in a 1992 book that Archimandrite Bartolomeu was an agent of the External Intelligence department of the Securitate who was sent to the United States to divide the Romanian community 7 8 According to the latest results of the archive investigations Metropolitan Bartolomeu Anania did not collaborate with the Securitate neither in detention nor in freedom neither in the country nor abroad neither with commitment nor without commitment neither with conspiracy nor with names own as he himself stated during his life His statements were confirmed by the documentary of Ioana Diaconescu CNSAS researcher on Bartolomeu Anania 9 In 1974 he was recalled to Romania from the United States because of reports which mentioned a possible defection 8 From 1976 to 1982 he was head of the Church s Biblical and Missionary Institute afterward he retreated to Văratec Monastery where he began retranslating Bible using as source for Old Testament the Septuagint since the 1930s the Romanian Orthodox Church Bible uses as its reference text the Masoretic Text 1 After the 1989 Revolution edit On January 21 1993 he was chosen Archbishop of Vad Feleac and Cluj Following a controversial decision of the Holy Synod in 2006 the archdiocese was elevated to the rank of metropolis making Archbishop Bartolomeu the first Metropolitan of Cluj Alba Crișana and Maramureș 5 10 In 1999 after the Church s failed attempt to convince politicians to endorse a proposal to give Senatorial seats to the Orthodox Church Synod s members Archbishop Bartolomeu made two public requests The first one was that the Church be able to select parliamentary candidates and then have priests urge parishioners during sermons to vote for them while the second request repeated the proposal of making the 27 member Synod members of the Senate arguing that the state was never really separated from the church A law to this effect was drafted but never brought up for discussion in parliament 11 Nevertheless after the 2000 elections he reconsidered the involvement of clergymen in politics In 2004 he made a proposal which was approved by the Synod not to allow priests to run in elections giving an ultimatum to priests currently involved in politics to choose between the priesthood and politics 12 In 2007 he was a candidate for the office of Patriarch but he lost to Daniel Ciobotea who received from the Church Electoral College 95 votes against 66 for Bartolomeu 4 Following unsuccessful treatment in Vienna in early 2011 Anania died in Cluj Napoca of heart failure and aortic valve stenosis at age 89 13 He was buried in the hierarchs crypt beneath the altar of the city s Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral 14 Opinions editMetropolitan Bartolomeu was known as a conservative voice within the church Politically he asserted that he had always been attracted by the right wing 3 Voicing disagreement with the Western world he argued that it is built exclusively on politics and economics lacking any trace of spirituality culture or religion Following the repeal of Article 200 regarding homosexuality he decried the Westernization of Romania claiming that Europe asks us to accept sex homosexuality vices drugs abortions and genetic engineering including cloning 11 He also condemned the way in which television stations manipulate viewers and use violent programs to poison the souls of Romanians arguing that such programs are harming people s personalities and make them unable to tell good from evil 15 In 2002 he was among a group of intellectuals who voiced their opposition to the building of a vampire theme park called Dracula Park claiming that vampires are not a part of Romanian mythology which instead has other monsters like Muma Pădurii and zgripţuroaica 16 While he supported the neutrality of the Church in politics in 2007 he did join seven other high ranking Orthodox clerics in signing an appeal against the decision of the parliament to begin impeachment proceedings against President Traian Băsescu calling the procedure immoral politics 3 Regarding ecumenism Bartolomeu argued that unifying all Christians within one Church is a far fetched goal 17 Bartolomeu Anania as Metropolitan joined the dispute over the biometric passports signing in 2009 a public statement together with all the bishops of his metropolitan see in which he claimed that the usage of biometric chips in passports is offensive to the Romanian people whom he claims are therefore treated as a potential gang of criminals He also made clear his worry about the possibility of using microchip implants 18 References edit a b c d in Romanian Official biography Archived May 10 2008 at the Wayback Machine Fragmente de jurnal Tinerețea verzuie a lui Anania Archived October 28 2008 at the Wayback Machine Evenimentul Zilei October 25 2008 a b c Ziua Patriarhului Archived October 2 2008 at the Wayback Machine Ziua September 12 2007 a b c Biserica Ortodoxa Romana si a ales Intaistatatorul Patriarhul Daniel Archived 2009 03 02 at the Wayback Machine Romania Liberă September 13 2007 a b IPS Daniel si IPS Bartolomeu in finala Evenimentul Zilei September 12 2007 a b Bartolomeu Anania ar putea candida la funcţia de Patriarh BBC Romanian September 5 2007 a b La inchisoarea Aiud legionarul Anania se ocupa cu reeducarea comunistă a camarazilor săi Archived 2015 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Romania liberă February 4 2006 a b Ion Mihai Pacepa Red Horizons Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief 1987 ISBN 0 89526 570 2 p 284 Folders for informative tracking published in issues 10 and 11 of 2012 of Romania Literară Leul Ardealului Mitropolit Evenimentul Zilei March 26 2006 a b Lavinia Stan Lucian Turcescu The Romanian Orthodox Church and Post Communist Democratisation in Europe Asia Studies Vol 52 No 8 Dec 2000 pp 1472 Eastern Europe Orthodox Church Still Wields Political Clout RFE RL February 19 2004 in Romanian Mihai Șoica IPS Bartolomeu Anania a trecut la cele vesnice Metropolitan Bartolomeu Anania Passes Away Archived February 4 2011 at the Wayback Machine Evenimentul Zilei February 1 2011 in Romanian Elena Nicolae Drumul lui Bartolomeu spre Vesnicie Bartolomeu s Funeral Adevărul February 4 2011 Romanian Orthodox church leader condemns television for poisoning souls IHT AP August 15 2007 Oamenii de cultura ardeleni au protestat impotriva infiintarii Dracula Park Adevărul April 4 2002 Biserica Ortodoxă Romană isi alege noul Patriarh BBC September 11 2007 Mitropolia Clujului Prin introducerea pasapoartelor biometrice romanii sunt tratati ca o banda de infractori permanent dead link Ziua February 19 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bartolomeu Anania amp oldid 1207791698, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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