Dumitru Stăniloae
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Dumitru Stăniloae (Romanian: [duˈmitru stəniˈlo̯aje]; 29 November [O.S. 16 November] 1903 – 4 October 1993), also Anglicized as Demetrius Staniloae, was a Romanian Orthodox Christian priest, theologian and professor. He worked for over 45 years on a comprehensive Romanian translation of the Greek Philokalia, a collection of writings on prayer by the Church Fathers, together with the hieromonk Arsenius Boca, who brought manuscripts from Mount Athos. His book, The Dogmatic Orthodox Theology (1978), made him one of the best-known Christian theologians of the second half of the 20th century. He also produced commentaries on earlier Christian thinkers, such as St Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Maximus the Confessor, and St Athanasius of Alexandria. He is a canonized saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church, venerated globally.
St. Dumitru Stăniloae | |
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Holy Confessor Priest | |
Born | 29 November, 1903 Kingdom of Romania |
Hometown | Vlădeni |
Died | 4 October, 1993 Bucharest, Romania |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | 12 July, 2024 |
Feast | October 4th |