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EDITURA TRADITIE

PROIECT DE ASEZAMANT FILANTROPIC LA GRIVITA
(JUDETUL IALOMITA)

In comuna Grivita, situata la 22 de kilometri de orasul resedinta de judet Slobozia, problemele locuitorilor sunt cam aceleasi cu cele ale locuitorilor din alte localitati rurale in care perioada de tranzitie de la socialism la capitalism se arata grea mai ales pentru persoanele varstnice, pentru copii si pentru tineri. Cele dintai sunt nevoite sa se rezume la bruma de recolta pe care le-o da pamantul muncit cu mijloace rudimentare si la pensia rusinoasa (cateva zeci pana la cateva sute de mii de lei) pe care o au dupa decenii de munca in fostele gospodarii agricole de productie. Ceilalti - copiii si tinerii - se resimt de pe urma saraciei familiei lor si a lipsei de posibilitati pentru obtinerea unei calificari cu care sa razbeasca in viata - calificare pe care chiar daca ar avea-o, nu se stie cat le-ar folosi, daca nu gasesc locuri de munca. ~n aceste conditii, solutii se pot gasi la nivelul unor comunitati mici, daca sunt animate de suflete crestine si doritoare sa faca se se miste ceva la inceput pentru zece, douazeci, cincizeci de persoane.
Dupa ani de privatiuni prin Bucuresti, unde si-a impartit timpul intre biserica, Facultatea de Medicina a Universitatii Titu Maiorescu, pe care nu a reusit sa o absolve - dupa ce trecuse de primii trei ani - din lipsa de bani, si mama sa suferinda (care s-a si prapadit in urma cu trei ani), reusind totusi sa absolve un curs de asistenta medicala, Florea Constantina (39 de ani) s-a intors in comuna natala, unde il ingrijeste pe tatal ramas vaduv si bolnav el insusi, vede de gospodarie si se roaga - cu vreme si fara vreme. Au invatat-o la aceasta anii in care ii vizita vara, la manastirea Sihastria, pe Parintele Cleopa Ilie (1912-1998) si la manastirea Secu pe Parintele Elefterie Mihai (1900-1990), cel care ii recomanda mereu sa invete sa trateze cu plante. Mai tarziu, in anii 1990-1996, i-a stat alaturi Parintelui Anatolie Zarea (1920-2000), de la care a capatat notiuni solide de psihologie si pedagogie.
Despre calitatile morale si despre taria credintei crestine care o anima depun marturie Parintele protosinghel Daniel Pantazi, de la Catedrala patriarhala, care ii este duhovnic, si Parintele Ion Androne, din Grivita. ~nsusi redactorul editor al prezentului buletin ii multumeste pentru cresterea in credinta pe care i-a adus-o si mai ales pentru a-i fi mijlocit cunoasterea uriasei personalitati care a fost Parintele Arsenie Boca (1910-1989). Pe Parintele Arsenie l-a cunoscut de Izvorul Tamaduirii (sarbatoare care cade mereu in prima vineri de dupa Sfintele Pasti, in calendarul ortodox si greco-catolic, n. red.) in 1987, in biserica "Sf. Nicolae" din satul Draganescu (azi in judetul Giurgiu, limitrof Bucurestiului). Parintele Arsenie, care in afara de Teologie a urmat Artele Frumoase la Bucuresti si trei ani de medicina la Cluj, a daruit aceasta biserica cu o pictura unica, purtand "un mesaj teologic viu, de o deosebita intensitate duhovniceasca", dupa cuvintele Parintelui Razvan Petcu, actualul slujitor al acestui sfant locas. La data aceea, Constantina daduse deja de cateva ori examen la Facultatea de Medicina, si de fiecare data nu intrase "decat fara putin", asa incat in acea zi de sarbatoare se dusese la Draganescu (asa cum se duceau acolo credinciosi ortodocsi din toata tara, dar mai ales din Transilvania) sa-l intrebe daca sa mai incerce, sau sa renunte. Parintele a intrebat-o de ce vrea sa urmeze medicina si dupa raspunsul ei, poate nu foarte convingator, i-a spus" sa studiezi medicina si tot ce tine de ea (psihologie si altele), apoi sa faci psihoterapie, dar bazata numai pe cunoasterea profunda a dogmei Bisericii Ortodoxe, pe cunoasterea doctrinei celorlalte Culte crestine, precum si a celorlalte religii, a teosofiei si a stiintelor oculte, a practicilor orientale, in sfarsit, pe cunostintele medicale. Numai cand le vei putea uni pe acestea trei intr-una, vei putea practica psihoterapia in folosul mantuirii tale cat si a aproapelui, dar daca nu vei putea asimila acestea, este dauna sufletului tau cat si al aproapelui, si ai grija ca nu cumva sa-ti ceara socoteala Dumnezeu la ~nfricosata Judecata". {tie exact cuvintele pentru ca si le-a notat, facand ascultare la ce i-a spus Parintele, "sa nu-l mai bata la cap". Atunci Constantina n-a inteles mare lucru din raspunsul primit, chiar s-a suparat pe credincioasa care o adusese la Draganescu, iar Parintele, cunoscandu-i nemultumirea, a adaugat pentru toti cei prezenti: "A fi crestin insemneaza mai mult decat apartenenta ta doctrinara la crestinism. A crede in Iisus insemna mai mult decat semnifica vorbele. Iata ce insemneaza: a te stramuta din tine in El, insemneaza a-L face pe El inima ta, inseamneaza sa ai un moment, o clipa in viata ta in care te-ai intalnit real cu Iisus, o clipa pe care sa nu-ti ajunga viata intreaga de a o desfasura intre oameni. De altfel, acesta este si semnul ca esti un convertit al lui Iisus, ca te-ai dedicat Lui irevocabil. Toata vremea ta viitoare nu-i decat desfasurarea clipei aceleia, decizia a carei bogatie nu se mai termina", text pe care l-a regasit cativa ani mai tarziu, intr-o formulare completa, in revista "Gandirea" de la Sibiu, nr. 3/1992. {i mai spunea Parintele Arsenie, "Daca omenirea nu va merge dupa conceptia de viata crestina, o sa asistam neputinciosi la convoaiele de monstri care se vor naste".
In toamna lui 2001 a gasit caietul cu insemnarile despre cuvintele "pictorului de la Draganescu" - pe care speram ca Biserica Ortodoxa sa-l canonizeze cat inca n-am trecut din viata aceasta - si si-a pus toata nadejdea ca de sus, din ceruri, Parintele Arsenie o va ajuta cu rugaciunile sale sa transpuna in fapt ideile pe care i le-a insuflat atunci. Ar urma astfel porunca Iubirii pe care ne-a lasat-o Mantuitorul nostru Iisus Cristos: "Sa iubesti pe Domnul Dumnezeul tau, cu toata inima ta, cu tot sufletul tau si cu tot cugetul tau; sa iubesti pe aproapele tau ca pe tine insuti" (Mt 22-37,39). {i, se intreaba Constantina, cum ar putea sa puna in practica toate acestea altfel decat deschizand o lucrare pentru copiii fara de casa si fara de familie, pentru adolescentii care vor invata sa impleteasca munca cu rugaciunea? Pe fete, bunaoara, le-ar invata tesutul manual al covoarelor, tapiseria, cusutul goblenurilor, broderia artistica, tricotajul si crosetatul manual, pe care le-a invatat de la mama ei. Usa viitorului asezamant filantropic va fi deschisa si pentru batranii singuri care ar dori sa se stabileasca in acest loc pana la sfarsitul zilelor lor, iar cu ajutorul lui Dumnezeu nadajduieste ca langa asezamant sa se inalte si o biserica.
Asezamantul ar urma sa fie construit pe o parte din terenul de trei hectare pe care il mosteneste de la parinti, si prima urgenta este imprejmuirea acestui teren pe care sa il poata cultiva. Mai urgenta inca este achizitionarea unei case care se afla in apropierea casei parintesti, este in stare destul de buna, nu costa prea mult si ar putea fi amenajata cu costuri rezonabile ca o cantina sociala.
Pana cand va reusi sa obtina personalitate juridica pentru proiectatul asezamant filantropic si va avea asadar un cont, cei care doresc sa ajute la urnirea proiectului pot depune bani in contul s.c. Traditie, Familie, Proprietate, srl, de la Banc Post - Sucursala Unirii, cu nr. 251101. 107700044516026, cu precizarea pentru Asezamantul filantropic de la Grivita, si in acelasi timp sa ia legatura telefonic (043243550) sau prin posta clasica (str. 1, nr. 12, comuna Grivita, jud. Ialomita) cu Constantina Florea, careia sa-i anunte suma depusa. Dumnezeu si Maica Sfanta sa binecuvanteze lucrarea!

EDITURA TRADITIE

PROJECT OF A PHILANTHROPIC CENTRE AT GRIVITA
(COUNTY OF IALOMITA)

In the village of Grivita, placed 22 km far from the residence town of the county of Ialomita, Slobozia, the inhabitants' issues are pretty much the same as of those living in some other villages where the period of transition from socialist to capitalism proves to be more difficult, especially for the aged people, for children and young people alike. The first ones are obliged to limit themselves to the little harvest that the land toiled with elementary means offers them and to the shameful pension (from a few tens to a few hundred thousand lei) they receive after decades of work in the former agricultural production cooperatives. The other ones - the children and young people - feel the effects of poverty and the lack of chances to get a qualification designed to help them in life, which even if they had would not help them find any jobs. In such conditions, solutions can be found at the level of some small communities, if animated by Christian souls willing to do something, first of all for ten, twenty, or fifty persons. After years of privations in Bucharest, where she shared her time between church, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of "Titu Maiorescu" - which she was not able to graduate, after passing the first three years because of the lack of money - and her sick mother (who died three years ago), but succeeding in graduating a course for medical assistants, Florea Constantina (39 years old) went back to her native village, where she took care of her father, widower and sick in the meantime, and prayed with time and no time. She had learned that during the years when she used to visit them, Fr. Cleopa Ilie (1912-1998) at the Monastery of Sihastria, and Father Elefterie Mihai (1900 - 1990) at the monastery of Secu, who always advised her to learn to treat with plants. Later on, from 1990-1996, she was close to Father Anatolie Zarea (1920- 2000) from whom she acquired solid knowledge of psychology and pedagogy.

Rev. protosingelos Daniel Pantazi, from the Patriarchal Cathedral, who is her father confessor, and Rev. Ion Androne, from Grivita village can confirm both her moral qualities and her strong Christian faith. The editor of the present bulletin also thanks her for having increased her faith and especially for having interceded the acquaintance of the great personality that was Father Arsenie Boca (1910-1989). She met Father Arsenie on the "Healing Spring" Day (a feast always on the first Friday after Easter, in the Orthodox and Greek-Catholic calendar, editor's note) in 1987, in the church of "Saint Nicholas", of the village of Draganescu (today's county of Giurgiu, close to Bucharest). Father Arsenie, who besides Theology also studied the Fine Arts in Bucharest and three years of medicine at Cluj, gave this church a unique painting, "who conveyed a living theological message", according to Father Razvan Petcu, the present servant of this place of worship. At that time, Constantina had already gone into several examinations to be admitted to the Faculty of Medicine and every time she had failed "with a mark close to the admittance one", so that on the respective feast she went to the Draganescu village, just as all the Orthodox faithful all over the country, and especially from Transylvania did, to ask Father Arsenie if she should continue to go in for such examinations or give up. The priest asked her why she wanted to study medicine and after hearing her answer, not very convincing, he told her: "You must study medicine and everything related to it (psychology and so on), then do psychotherapy, but based on the thorough knowledge of the dogma of the Orthodox Church, on the knowledge of the doctrine of the other Christian religious cults, as well as of the other religions, of theosophy and occult sciences, of the Oriental practices as well, and, finally, on the medical sciences. Only if you can unite all these three ones into a single one you will be able to practice psychotherapy both for your own salvation and for that of your neighbours, but if you cannot do that, it will be for the harm of your soul and for that of your neighbours'too, and take care not to be called to account by God at the Last Judgement". She knows the priest's words very well as she wrote them down and obeyed him too, when he told her "not to bother him again". At the time, Constantina did not understand much of the father's words and was even cross with the faithful woman who had brought her to Draganescu village. Yet, the priest, having known her displeasure, added for all the Christians present: "To be Christian means more than your doctrinal affiliation to Christianity. To believe in Jesus means more than words can signify. Here is what it means: to move from yourself into Him; to make Him your heart, to have a moment in your life in which you really met Jesus, a moment which you cannot develop among people even in one lifetime. In fact this is the sign that you are a converted of Jesus, that you are irrevocably dedicated to Him. All your future life is only the development of that moment, the decision of which richness never ends", a text that she found a few years later in a complete formulation, in the "Gandirea" (The Thought) magazine in Sibiu, no. 3/1992. Father Arsenie also said: "If humankind does not follow the conception of the Christian life, we shall helplessly witness the retinue of monsters that will be born".
In the autumn of 2001 she found the copybook comprising the notes of "painter from Draganescu" - whom we hope the Church will canonise while we are still alive - and did hope that Father Arsenie would help her implement the ideas that he inspired her at the time. So, she would follow the commandment given by Jesus Christ, our Saviour: "Love Your God with all your heart, soul and mind; love your neighbour as you love yourself" (Mt. 22 - 37, 39). And, wondered Constantina, how could she have done all that but starting to work for the children without home and family, for the teenagers who would learn to combine work with prayer? She could teach the girls to weave carpets and tapestry, to sew goblins, embroidery, and knitting which she had learned from her mother. The door of the future centre will be also open to the lonely old people who would like to settle there up to the end of their lives. She also hopes that, with the help of God, a church would be built near this centre. She would like the centre to be built on one part of the 3 ha plot she inherited from her parents, so that the first emergency would be to surround this plot in order to cultivate it. Yet, even more urgent is to buy a house close to her parents' one, a rather good one, not too expensive, which could be turned, with a reasonable price, into a social canteen. Until she succeeds in getting legal personality for her philanthropic project and so, in having an account, we inform all those willing to help that they can give money in the account s.c.
Tradition, Family, Property, srl,from Bank Post - Unirea department, no. 251101. 107700044516026, with the specification "for the Grivita Philanthropic centre and to contact Constantina Florea, at the same time, by phone (043243550) or by classic mail (Str. 1, no. 12, comuna Grivita, jud. Ialomita) to whom they should inform of the amount given. May God and His Holy Mother bless this work!

EDITURA TRADITIE

BULETINUL "VIATA CULTELOR"
DE LA SPATIUL UNEI MICI �NCAPERI LA UN SEDIU PROPRIU

Aflat �n al zecelea an de existenta ("v�rsta" pe care o va rotunji la sf�rsitul lunii octombrie anul acesta), buletinul "Viata Cultelor" apare sub egida editurii "Traditie" din ianuarie 1995, dupa ce, din noiembrie 1992, fusese patronat de ziarul "Rom�nia libera". Sediul editurii este �ntr-o �ncapere a apartamentului proprietate personala, unde se afla instalate calculatorul, imprimanta, telefonul si faxul, desi aproape toate celelalte camere contin si c�te ceva din documentatia sau din arhiva buletinului. Faptul ca pentru crearea editurii am dispus de o suma foarte mica de bani a facut ca aparatura (at�t calculatorul, c�t mai ales prima imprimanta, care crea mari probleme) sa fie slab performanta, iar activitatea sa nu se desfasoare �n echipa, ci �ntotdeauna �n monom. Ajutoare primite periodic de la Asociatia Ecumenica a Bisericilor din Rom�nia (AIDRom), de la m�nastirea Chevetogne (Belgia) si de aici mai ales de la Pr. Simon Noel, si mai recent de la "Entraide d'Eglises" (tot Belgia) au permis supravietuirea buletinului vreme de un deceniu.
O donatie generoasa facuta �n luna martie anul acesta de Pr. Simon Noel mi-a �ngaduit sa achit majoritatea datoriilor, sa cunosc o luna de mai putin stress, si mai ales sa prind aripi si sa imaginez un proiect de construire a unui sediu propriu. Cu bani de la Pr. Simon am reusit deocamdata sa �ngradesc pe cele patru laturi un teren de 400 mp, la Ploiesti, pe care l-am mostenit, �mpreuna cu sora mea, de la parinti. (Aici �n 1938 ei reusisera sa-si construiasca o casa cu doua camere, bucatarie si anexe, care la 25 mai 1944 a fost, din pacate, bombardata si distrusa complet de aviatia americana. C�tiva piloti americani care au bombardat Ploiestiul si Bucurestiul �n 1944 au venit �n 1994 la Bucuresti, au vizitat si Ploiestiul, si stiu ca au promis atunci ca SUA vor acorda oarecari despagubiri pentru locuintele civile distruse prin bombardamente �n timpul celui de al doilea razboi mondial, c�nd la Ploiesti erau vizate rafinariile de petrol. �ntre timp, s-au �nt�mplat at�tea, �nc�t este putin probabil ca aceasta promisiune poate fi tinuta). A fost sapat totodata caminul pentru apa si ridicata o mica magazie pentru pastrarea uneltelor de munca. �n urmatoarele patru luni, urmeaza sa achit coproprietarului contravaloarea a jumatate din suprafata terenului, respectiv 50 de milioane de lei.
Casa pe care doresc sa o construiesc la Ploiesti va avea c�teva �ncaperi la parter si c�teva �ncaperi la etaj, desigur cu dependintele necesare. La parter ar urma sa se afle birourile editurii si doua sali �n care �n fiecare zi din saptam�na (cu exceptia duminicii) copii de clasele I-VIII din cartier sa primeasca lectii de limba rom�na si matematica, sau de pian, vioara, chitara, sa asiste la proiectii video cu filme documentare care sa le largeasca orizontul cunoasterii, sau sa se �nt�lneasca cu preotul paroh. Biblioteca editurii va fi deschisa si pentru cititorii din cartier. De altfel, asezam�ntul cultural care se va crea �n jurul editurii va fi destinat si adultilor si v�rstnicilor din cartier, �n masura posibilitatilor.
Vor fi create astfel circa 10 locuri de munca pentru tineri �n principal, iar c�tiva pensionari care vor putea sustine ore de meditatii vor adauga ceva la pensia altfel at�t de mica. Cartierul Bereasca, �n care se afla situat terenul respectiv, este un cartier de oameni asezati si gospodari, totusi aceasta nu le �ngaduie sa-si �nscrie copiii la cursuri de pian sau vioara, bunaoara, chiar daca printre ei vor fi si talente muzicale, sau sa le asigure continuarea studiilor dupa clasele I-VIII. La etaj va fi locuinta redactorului-editor si camere de oaspeti - pentru ceilalti redactori, pentru profesori, sau pentru prieteni veniti din alte orase sau din alte tari.
Buletinul "Viata Cultelor" va continua sa apara saptam�nal, dar cu mai multe informatii si, desigur, cu mai multe semnaturi. �n editie lunara, buletinul ar urma sa fie tiparit la �nceput �ntr-un tiraj de 500 - 1000 de exemplare (fata de 220 exemplare xeroxate �n prezent), ceea ce �i va asigura un venit constant de c�teva milioane de lei pe luna. Pe masura ce tirajul revistei va creste, vor creste si veniturile editurii, care va putea deschide si o librarie cu carti din productia proprie sau de la alte edituri. �ntr-un viitor nu prea �ndepartat, buletinul "Viata Cultelor" va capata caracterul unei agentii de presa crestina, care sa transmita informatii zilnic. Alte venituri vor fi obtinute din v�nzarea dictionarului "Teologi si Ierarhi", care urmeaza sa apara de acum �n 4-5 luni. Urgenta este achizitionarea a cel putin �nca doua calculatoare performante, dar care pot fi cumparate cu pret de second hand.
Pentru ca acest proiect sa prinda viata, �i rugam mai �nt�i pe beneficiarii buletinului care nu au platit �nca abonamentul pentru anul �n curs, sa faca un efort si sa-l plateasca. Cei care nu au platit niciodata p�na acum, cu parere de rau vor disparea de pe lista beneficiarilor, daca nu ne comunica �n maximum o luna ca s-au hotar�t sa plateasca.
Apelam apoi la generozitatea bunilor platnici, pe care �i rugam sa contribuie cu sume c�t de mici, cu materiale de constructii sau cu idei. De asemenea, vom �ncerca sa atragem fonduri de la oameni cu dare de m�na si cu iubire crestina. Vom comunica periodic numele celor care ne ajuta si cu ce sume, si stadiul �n care se afla proiectul. Va multumim pentru �ntelegere. Doamne, ajuta!

EDITURA TRADITIE

BULLETIN "RELIGIOUS LIFE"
FROM THE SPACE OF A LITTLE ROOM TO ITS OWN SEAT

Having reached its tenth year of life ("age""that will be a round one this year, at the end of October), Bulletin "Religious Life"" has appeared under the aegis of the "Traditie" publishing house since January 1995, after having been patronized by the "RomAnia libera" newspaper. The seat of the publishing house is in the flat where the editor and her family live, more exactly in a little room, where the computer, printer, telephone and fax are, although every room in the house has something of the documentation or archives of the Bulletin. The fact that I disposed of only a little sum of money when setting up this publishing house made me have not quite up dated machines (both the computer and especially the printer used to make me many troubles), so that instead of developing the activity in a team, it has always been in a monomial. The periodic aids received from the Ecumenical Association of the Churches in Romania (AIDRom), from the Monastery of Chevetogne (Belgium) and from there, especially from Rev. Simon Noel, and more recently from "Entraide d'Eglisses" (also from Belgium) made the Bulletin survive for a decade long.
A generous donation made in March, this year, by Rev. Simon Noel allowed me to pay most of the debts involved, to have a month less stressing, and especially to dream of building a seat of my own. With the money received from Rev. Simon I succeeded so far to surround the four sides of a plot of land of 400 m2, at Ploiesti, a plot that I inherited, together with my sister, from our parents. (They succeeded in building here, in 1938, a two-roomed house, with kitchen and annexes, which unfortunately was completely destroyed by the American air raids. A few American pilots who bombarded both Ploiesti and Bucharest in 1944, came to Bucharest in 1994, went also to Ploiesti and I know they promised that the U.S.A. would grant some indemnification for the civil dwellings destroyed by the bombardments in the World War II, when the targets were the oil refineries in Ploiesti. Meanwhile, so many things happened that it is not likely that such a promise would be kept). The place of the water conduit has already been dug and a little warehouse also built for keeping the tools. I committed myself to pay, during the next four months, to my sister, the value of half of the plot surface, namely 50 million lei.
The house that I want to build at Ploiesti will have a few rooms at the ground floor and some other ones at the first floor, certainly with the necessary annexes. The publishing house office is to be at the ground floor, together with two other rooms, where every week day, except Sunday, children in the district, from I-VIII forms, will be taught Romanian and Mathematics, piano, violin, guitar, will watch video documentaries designed to enlarge their ken and will also meet the parish priest. The library of the publishing house will be also open for the readers in the district. In fact, the cultural centre that will be set up around the publishing house will be available to the adults and elders in the district, according to possibilities.
So, about 10 jobs will be created, especially for the young ones, while the few pensioners who will be able to tutor will also add something to their pensions rather small in fact. The Bereasca district, where the respective plot is placed, is a district with good people, with good households. Yet, they cannot afford to pay lessons of piano or violin for their children, even if there are some very gifted ones among them, or even to ensure their studies after graduating forms 1-8. The dwelling of the editor will be at the first floor together with a few guest rooms - for the other editors, professors or friends coming from other towns or countries.
The "Religious Life"" Bulletin will continue to appear every week, but with more information and certainly, with several signatures. In a monthly edition, the Bulletin would be printed in a number of 500-1000 copies first (compared to the 220 copies printed at present), which thing would provide a few million lei more every month. As the circulation of the bulletin increases, the income of the publishing house will increase too, so that it may open a library comprising books both of its own production and of some other publishing houses. In a not very far future, the Bulletin "Religious Life"" will get the character of a Christian press agency to convey daily information. Some other income may come from selling the dictionary "Theologians and Hierarchs"" that is to appear in the next four or five months. The acquisition of at least two more up dated computers is a must, but they can be purchased only second hand.
In order to be able to implement this project, we ask, first of all, the subscribers of the Bulletin who have not paid it yet for the present year, to make an effort to do it. Unfortunately, those who have never paid it so far will be wiped off the list of the beneficiaries if they do not inform us in a month time that they decided to pay.
Then, we appeal to the generosity of the good payers whom we ask to contribute with certain amounts, even small, with building materials, or even with ideas. We shall also try to get funds from people who have generosity and Christian love. We shall publish periodically the names of all those who help us and with what amounts, as well the stage of our project. Thank you for understanding. So help us God!