Ma bucur sa pot anunta o fapta si un eveniment deosebit de imbucuratoare. Fapta este lucrarea de traducere din limba romana in limba engleza a doua capitole din „Talmacirea Sfintei Liturghii” – opera parintelui Ilarion Felea. Evenimentul este publicarea de catre Saint Hermann Press (o revista crestin ortodoxa de mare circulatie in America de Nord – in cel mai recent numar al anului 2018) a acestei traduceri si a unei prezentari a personalitatii parintelui martir Ilarion V Felea – autor si traducere doamna Diana Suvak. Nu am stiut despre acest proiect decat acum doua luni cand am fost contactata de doamna Suvak si cand am ajutat cu trimiterea unor fotografii de familie infatisand pe Pr Ilarion Felea, cu datarea lor si cu alte cateva informatii. Am tinut de atunci comunicare stransa cu dansa si de curand m-a instiintat de aparitia ultimului numar al revistei . Editura ofera si un format digital al traducerii. Am luat legatura si am informat portalul Marturisitorii unde domnul Victor Roncea este unul dintre colaboratori. Dansul cu bunavointa si promptitudinea care il caracterizeaza a publicat acest eveniment de mare importanta.
Redau prezentarea facuta de publicatia The Orthodox Word numarului ultim al editurii St Hermann Press:
This issue of The Orthodox Word features the biography of a Christian hero who suffered in the prisons of Romania during that country’s more than forty years of Communist enslavement. Fr. Ilarion Felea, a married priest with two children, was a noted pastor, scholar, theologian, and author, whose works are highly valued and studied to the present day. In the words of the great Romanian theologian Fr. Dumitru Staniloe, “Fr. Ilarion has surpassed me.… I translated the Philokalia, but he actually lived it.” For his uncompromising stand for Christ he was arrested three times. During his final imprisonment in the notorious Aiud prison, he became the primary father confessor and spiritual counselor of the prisoners. His martyric death followed in 1961.
This issue also includes two chapters on the reception of Holy Communion from Fr. Ilarion’s book, An Interpretation of the Holy Liturgy, translated by Diana Suvak, the author of his biography.
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Cristina David