{"id":21124,"date":"2015-02-11T22:28:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marianagurza.ro\/blog\/?p=21124"},"modified":"2015-02-11T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:32:13","slug":"luceferi-ai-ortodoxiei-arhimandrit-pr-ioanichie-balan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marianagurza.ro\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/luceferi-ai-ortodoxiei-arhimandrit-pr-ioanichie-balan\/","title":{"rendered":"LUCEFERI ai ORTODOXIEI. Arhimandrit Pr. IOANICHIE B\u0102LAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Arhimandritul Ioanichie B\u0103lan <\/strong>se na\u015fte cu m\u00e2ng\u00e2ierea razelor harice sub binecuv\u00e2ntarea Sfin\u0163ilor Mucenici Haralambie, Prohor \u015fi Valentina, \u00een localitatea St\u0103ni\u0163a din jude\u0163ul Neam\u0163, primind prin Botez numele Marelui \u00cenaintemerg\u0103tor Ioan, la 10 Februarie 1930. Familia bunilor cre\u015ftini \u015fi gospodari Constantin \u015fi Elena B\u0103lan au primit darul de Sus al celor 9 copii, care le-a \u00eenveselit astfel traiul greu \u015fi truda pentru a-\u015fi cre\u015fte copiii cu dragoste de Dumnezeu \u015fi de Neam.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Dumnezeu a f\u0103cut din St\u0103ni\u0163a un p\u0103m\u00e2nt binecuv\u00e2ntat, o fr\u0103m\u00e2nt\u0103tur\u0103 aleas\u0103, un aluat ceresc din care s-au dospit multe vase pre\u0163ioase ale Ziditorului: monahi, monahii, ierarhi. Dincolo de v\u00e2rsta copil\u0103riei, pa\u015fii micu\u0163ului Ioan au fost purta\u0163i de P\u0103rintele Dumitru Stan care l-a botezat \u015fi l-a \u00eendrumat spre cele ale sufletului, destoinic slujitor care \u015fi el provenea dintr-o familie mare cu 10 copii. \u201eS\u0103 vede\u0163i fericirea mamelor<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> avea s\u0103 spun\u0103 mai t\u00e2rziu p\u0103rintele Ioanichie, cu mul\u0163i copii… Copiii dau p\u0103rin\u0163ilor o bucurie extraordinar\u0103, \u00cel aduc pe Dumnezeu \u00een casa aceea.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (Mi-e Dor de Cer. Via\u0163a P\u0103rintelui Ioanichie B\u0103lan. Ed. M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria, 2010, p. 16)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Nicu\u015forul <\/strong>satului, cum \u00eel alinta mama, a primit de la d\u00e2nsa darul rug\u0103ciunii, \u00eenso\u0163indu-l ca un dor permanent de Dumnezeu \u015fi r\u0103sfr\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu-se apoi cu r\u00e2vn\u0103 \u015fi zel asupra sa toat\u0103 via\u0163a.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u015ecoala primar\u0103 a absolvit-o \u00een comuna natal\u0103, iar dup\u0103 terminarea cursurilor Liceului Comercial din Roman, intr\u0103 \u00een via\u0163a monahal\u0103 \u00een anul 1949, la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria. T\u00e2n\u0103rul Ioan este tuns \u00een monahism cu numele Ioanichie \u00een biserica M\u0103n\u0103stirii Neam\u0163 de c\u0103tre Mitropolitul Sebastian \u00een anul 1953.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 A slujit \u015fi s-a ostenit \u00een M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria \u00eentre anii 1949-1971, dup\u0103 care s-a transferat la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Bistri\u0163a-Neam\u0163. \u00centre anii 1971-1975, studiaz\u0103 Teologia la Bucure\u015fti, lu\u00e2ndu-\u015fi licen\u0163a cu titlul: Chipuri de c\u0103lug\u0103ri \u00eembun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i\u0163i din m\u0103n\u0103stirile nem\u0163ene<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 P\u0103rintele Ioanichie continu\u0103 preocuparea sa privind figurile ilustre ale monahismului rom\u00e2nesc \u00een al doilea volum, intitulat: Chipuri de c\u0103lug\u0103ri \u00eembun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i\u0163i din m\u0103n\u0103stirile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201eDac\u0103 ast\u0103zi nu am avea aceste m\u0103rturii str\u00e2nse de P\u0103rintele Ioanichie,<\/em><\/strong> spune monahul Filotheu B\u0103lan de la M\u0103n\u0103stirea Petru Vod\u0103, nu am \u015fti mai nimic despre via\u0163a duhovniceasc\u0103 din m\u0103n\u0103stirile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti ale secolului XX.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (George C\u0103ba\u015f-Pagini de Pateric Rom\u00e2nesc, Ed. Anastasis, Sibiu, 2009, p. 120)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Ioanichie a fost hirotonit ieromonah de c\u0103tre Mitropolitul Teoctist \u00een anul 1979. \u00cen plin\u0103 maturitate \u015fi slujire Ieromonahul Ioanichie prime\u015fte de la Dumnezeu cununa crea\u0163iei spirituale \u00een corola c\u0103reia se oglindesc celebrele sale lucr\u0103ri: Patericul rom\u00e2nesc (1980), Vetre de sih\u0103strie rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 (1981), Convorbiri duhovnice\u015fti vol. I, (1984) \u015fi vol. II (1988), M\u0103rturii rom\u00e2ne\u015fti la Locurile Sfinte (1986), Via\u0163a P\u0103rintelui Cleopa (1999)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201eS\u0103 vorbim c\u00e2t mai pu\u0163in \u015fi s\u0103 ne rug\u0103m c\u00e2t mai mult. Nu uita\u0163i sfintele M\u0103n\u0103stiri \u015fi pe marii duhovnici ai Neamului, c\u00e2t v\u0103 mai pot vorbi despre Hristos!\u201d<\/strong>, gr\u0103ia aceste cuvinte P\u0103rintele Ioanichie la 28 Iulie 1994.<\/em> (George C\u0103ba\u015f-Pagini de Pateric Rom\u00e2nesc, op. cit. p. 120)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ierarhic, c\u0103lug\u0103rul Ioanichie a urcat\u00a0 treptele mari ale slujirii de ob\u015fte: ieromonah, protosinghel \u015fi arhimandrit, dar meritul s\u0103u suprem este acela de a aduna \u00een m\u0103rg\u0103ritarul sufletului s\u0103u pentru a ni le d\u0103rui nou\u0103, cele mai luminate chipuri de monahi, siha\u015ftri \u015fi monahii \u00eenm\u0103nuncheate \u00een Patericul rom\u00e2nesc \u015fi Patericul Nem\u0163ean.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P\u0103rintele Ioanichie a adus trecutul de aur\u00a0 al monahilor cu prezen\u0163a lui continu\u0103 \u00een cer, \u00een amvonul sufletelor noastre, c\u0103l\u0103uzindu-ne Calea ortodox\u0103 spre m\u00e2ntuire, \u00eent\u0103rindu-ne dorul \u015fi pre\u0163uirea de Str\u0103buni, d\u0103ruindu-ne dorul iubirii de Hristos, ca un Dor ne\u00eentrerupt pentru Cer. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 A\u015fa cum, \u00eentotdeauna Genera\u0163iile de aur ale B\u0103tr\u00e2nilor \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i sunt Viitorul viitoarelor genera\u0163ii, P\u0103rintele Ioanichie las\u0103 un mesaj spre \u00eemplinire tinerilor: \u201e\u00cen via\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 fi\u0163i tineri care s\u0103 sfin\u0163easc\u0103 un loc, o cas\u0103, o societate, o genera\u0163ie, un cartier \u015fi un loc de munc\u0103 unde ve\u0163i lucra. Prin comportament cre\u015ftin mai \u00eent\u00e2i…\u015ei cre\u015ftin ortodox, c\u0103ci Rom\u00e2nia e \u0163ar\u0103 ortodox\u0103… Dac\u0103 nu v\u0103 \u0163ine\u0163i serios de biseric\u0103 \u015fi de ortodoxie, pr\u0103p\u0103d e cu noi. Ne m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103 vecinii \u015fi str\u0103inii \u015fi p\u0103g\u00e2nii. Dac\u0103 v\u0103 \u0163ine\u0163i de Biseric\u0103, nici ru\u015fii, nici t\u0103tarii, nici nem\u0163ii, nici alte \u0163\u0103ri din R\u0103s\u0103rit sau Apus nu vor putea s\u0103 ne scoat\u0103 din Carpa\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 ne dezlipeasc\u0103 de Hristos… Vre\u0163i s\u0103 mai r\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 Rom\u00e2nia Rom\u00e2nie? \u00centoarce\u0163i-v\u0103 la ortodoxie, la Biseric\u0103, la \u0163inuta moral\u0103 decent\u0103, cinstit\u0103 a rom\u00e2nilor dintotdeauna. Face\u0163i o asocia\u0163ie, merge\u0163i duminica pe la spitale, la casele de b\u0103tr\u00e2ni, ajuta\u0163i cu cuv\u00e2ntul, m\u00e2ng\u00e2ia\u0163i, sf\u0103tui\u0163i, combate\u0163i… Ortodoxia activ\u0103 e o misiune. Sf\u00e2nta Evanghelie spune c\u0103 la sf\u00e2r\u015fitul lumii vor fi chemate toate neamurile. Deci na\u0163ia r\u0103m\u00e2ne p\u00e2n\u0103 la sf\u00e2r\u015fitul lumii. Ba mai mult, fiecare neam \u015fi \u0163ar\u0103 are \u00eengerul s\u0103u p\u0103zitor.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Neamurile cre\u015ftine trebuie s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103. Iar cre\u015ftinii trebuie s\u0103 fie la locul lor, echilibra\u0163i, serio\u015fi \u015fi s\u0103 nu se dezlipeasc\u0103 pentru nimic \u00een lume de p\u0103m\u00e2ntul str\u0103bun \u00een care i-a n\u0103scut Dumnezeu… Cine \u00ee\u015fi pune n\u0103dejdea \u00een R\u0103s\u0103rit \u015fi Apus se \u00een\u015feal\u0103 amarnic… Lua\u0163i aminte la ce v\u0103 spun: numai Dumnezeu din cer ne salveaz\u0103. Privi\u0163i \u00een sus fra\u0163ilor, nici \u00eentr-o parte, nici \u00een alta! Fericirea noastr\u0103 este s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2nem aici, unde ne-a n\u0103scut Dumnezeu, cu Hristos \u00een bra\u0163e \u015fi \u00een bra\u0163ele lui Hristos!\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (…Pagini de Pateric…,p. 122)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 P\u0103rintele Ioanichie B\u0103lan, primind binecuv\u00e2ntarea lui Dumnezeu peste cinstirea \u015fi evlavia str\u0103bunilor care s\u0103l\u0103\u015fluiau ca un Rug<\/em> aprins <\/em>\u00een inima sa, a str\u0103b\u0103tut c\u00e2mpiile \u0163\u0103rii, a scotocit v\u0103ile neumblate \u015fi tainice, poienile pline de mireasm\u0103, cu prea m\u0103ritul lor Codrul Verde:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201eO, codrule, iubitul meu,\/ \u015ei singur ca \u015fi mine,\/ \u00cenva\u0163\u0103-m\u0103 s\u0103 pl\u00e2ng mereu\/ \u015ei s\u0103 suspin cu tine…\/ Sub cetin\u0103 de brad, sub st\u00e2nci,\/ G\u0103te\u015fte-mi ast\u0103zi cas\u0103,\/ \u015ei-n lini\u015fte de nop\u0163i ad\u00e2nci\/ Ca s\u0103 m\u0103 rog m\u0103 las\u0103…\/ C\u00e2nd brazii to\u0163i \u00eenceti\u015for\/ De v\u00e2nturi or s\u0103 sune,\/ Atunci voi sta cuprins de dor\/ La sf\u00e2nta rug\u0103ciune. <\/em><\/strong>(Ioanichie B\u0103lan-Versuri Duhovnice\u015fti. Ed. M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria-Neam\u0163, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ieromonahul Ioanichie a colindat pe\u015fterile siha\u015ftrilor, a cutezat cercetarea schimnicelor uitate \u00eentru binecuv\u00e2ntarea secular\u0103 a lui Dumnezeu, a \u00eenfruntat c\u0103r\u0103rile abrupte ale mun\u0163ilor dragi, spre a descoperi \u015firul ne\u00eentrerupt al schiturilor \u015fi al m\u0103n\u0103stirilor primenite din ad\u00e2nca spiritualitate daco-get\u0103, Sci\u0163ia<\/strong>–\u0162ara schiturilor<\/em><\/strong>, ca s\u0103 se bucure de lumina, de smerenia \u015fi sfin\u0163enia sutelor de ostenitori \u00eentru Domnul nostru Iisus Hristos, \u00eentru milos\u00e2rdia Maicii Domnului ori a Sfin\u0163ilor de neam sau de credin\u0163\u0103: \u201eEste de datoria noastr\u0103, a celor ce tr\u0103im sub acoper\u0103m\u00e2ntul Bisericii lui Hristos \u015fi \u00een l\u0103ca\u015furile \u00een\u0103l\u0163ate de \u00eenainta\u015fii no\u015ftri, s\u0103 vorbim despre via\u0163a, sfin\u0163enia, \u00een\u0163elepciunea \u015fi nevoin\u0163a duhovniceasc\u0103 a p\u0103rin\u0163ilor \u015fi fra\u0163ilor care s-au s\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit cu r\u00e2vn\u0103 pentru Dumnezeu \u00een aceste sfinte m\u0103n\u0103stiri. Este de datoria noastr\u0103 s\u0103 le imit\u0103m osteneala, s\u0103 le continu\u0103m rug\u0103ciunea, s\u0103 le \u00eennoim jertfa, s\u0103 le istorisim via\u0163a \u015fi s\u0103 le aprindem o candel\u0103 sau m\u0103car o lum\u00e2nare la c\u0103p\u0103t\u00e2i.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (Chipuri de C\u0103lug\u0103ri \u00eembun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i\u0163i, vol. 1, Ed. M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria-Neam\u0163, 2008)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 C\u0103lc\u00e2nd pe urmele at\u00e2tor sfin\u0163i a primit binecuv\u00e2ntarea razelor lor.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 B\u0103t\u0103torind \u0163\u0103r\u00e2na sf\u00e2nt\u0103 a Neamului \u00een care s-a prelins mireasma miilor \u015fi milioanelor de jertfe curate, p\u0103rintele Ioanichie s-a ad\u0103ugat pre\u0163uirii \u015fi vener\u0103rii \u00cenainta\u015filor no\u015ftri.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 L\u0103s\u00e2ndu-ne c\u0103r\u0163ile sale-testamentare ne face mo\u015ftenitorii vie\u0163ii acestor Sfin\u0163i, care la r\u00e2ndul lor sunt Urma\u015fii Vie\u0163ii \u00eentru Hristos.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Dup\u0103 pelerinajul de la Muntele Sf\u00e2nt Athos-Taborul Ortodoxiei bimilenare Avva Ioanichie ne las\u0103 o concluzie spre grab\u0103 meditare: \u201eDocumentar, monahii rom\u00e2ni nevoitori \u00een Athos sunt atesta\u0163i din secolul XIV. \u00cens\u0103 ei n-au lipsit niciodat\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi din\u00a0 ob\u015ftea monahilor atoni\u0163i. Num\u0103rul lor a variat \u00eentre 50 \u015fi 600. Ast\u0103zi <\/em><\/strong>(1997) sunt peste o sut\u0103, printre care 30 se nevoiesc la Schitul Rom\u00e2nesc Prodromul, iar ceilal\u0163i \u00een Schitul Lacul, chiliile Provata, Catafighi, Colciu, Sf\u00e2ntul Ipatie \u015fi altele. Dup\u0103 rom\u00e2ni se nevoiesc ast\u0103zi \u00een Athos cca. 50 de s\u00e2rbi, 40 de ru\u015fi \u015fi 20 de bulgari, \u00eens\u0103 majoritatea monahilor atoni\u0163i sunt greci \u015fi ciprio\u0163i. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Din cele 20 de m\u0103n\u0103stiri mari, 17 sunt grece\u015fti \u015fi c\u00e2te una a s\u00e2rbilor, ru\u015filor \u015fi bulgarilor. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Din nefericire rom\u00e2nii nu au nici o m\u0103n\u0103stire proprie, de\u015fi au f\u0103cut cele mai mari dona\u0163ii \u00een Athos! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Singurul schit rom\u00e2nesc este Schitul Prodromul, cu hramul Sf\u00e2ntul Ioan Botez\u0103torul, cu via\u0163\u0103 de ob\u015fte, pov\u0103\u0163uit de peste 15 ani de Protosinghelul Petroniu T\u0103nase, tr\u0103itor \u015fi teolog vestit \u00een Grecia, c\u00e2t \u015fi \u00een Rom\u00e2nia. Al doilea schit rom\u00e2nesc, cu r\u00e2nduial\u0103 idioritmic\u0103, este Schitul Lacu, \u00een care se nevoiesc 15 monahi \u015fi rasofori, sub egumenia Ieromonahului \u015etefan Nu\u0163escu, aproape to\u0163i cu metania din M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>(Arhim. Ioanichie B\u0103lan-Pelerinaj laMuntele Athos. Ed. M\u0103n\u0103stirea Sih\u0103stria,2005,p. 5-6) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 A\u015fa cum Avva Antonie cel Mare<\/strong> a fost supranumit Marele Patriarh<\/em><\/strong> al Monahilor Pustiei<\/em><\/strong>, i se poate atribui Avvei Ioanichie B\u0103lan<\/strong>, renumele de Patriarhul monahilor \u015fi pustnicilor dacorom\u00e2ni<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cinstirea \u015fi pomenirea \u00cenainta\u015filor no\u015ftrii ale\u015fi de Bunul Dumnezeu ne ofer\u0103 prilejul de a ne lumina pe noi \u00een\u015fine, de a privi claritatea lucrurilor \u015fi \u00een\u0163elesul evenimentelor ori fenomenelor din jurul nostru \u00een sensul de a ne cerceta cu luare aminte, de a ne corecta, de a ne \u00eendrepta, \u00eendrept\u00e2ndu-i \u015fi pe al\u0163ii, de a ne c\u0103l\u0103uzi, c\u0103l\u0103uzindu-i \u015fi pe ceilal\u0163i care vor, de a iubi arhetipurile urm\u00e2ndu-le lor, mo\u015ftenindu-le.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Slav\u0103 Bunului Dumnezeu \u015fi Ale\u015filor S\u0103i!<\/p>\n

GHEORGHE CONSTANTIN NISTOROIU<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 ( 10 februarie 2015- Brusturi, Neam\u021b)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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