Buda, Daniel (2019) Mission and People with Disabilities. A Few Thoughts and Facts from an Orthodox Perspective. International Review of Mission, 108 (1). pp. 100-111. ISSN 1758-6631
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This article begins with a few thoughts and some historical and canonical encounters about how lay and ordained people with disabilities have been involved in Orthodox mission work in the past. It then presents two concrete contemporary situations in which people with disabilities are involved in Orthodox ordained ministry work despite the persisting tradition that disabled people not be ordained. The first example is taken from the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, where the involvement of people with disabilities in both ordained and lay ministry provides significant support for a church that lives in a delicate situation. The second example is taken from the Romanian Orthodox Church and presents the case of Father Theophilus Părăian, one of the most prominent contemporary Romanian Orthodox monastic figures, who served as an ordained priest despite his disability. This article pleads for a deeper involvement of disabled people in both ordained and lay ministry in Orthodox churches.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mission and People with Disabilities |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Evangelism/Proclamation of Gospel B Mission theology/theory > Mission and Social responsibility D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Central Europe Central Europe > Romania |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2022 14:25 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2022 14:25 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2455 |
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