Poems
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This article presents a collection of poems by Angela Croitoru, an Orthodox writer of Romanian origin, published in a French-language Orthodox theology journal. The approach is that of contemplative and spiritual poetic creation. The five gathered poems explore themes of peace, suffering, sacred and profane love, and inner transfiguration, through a voice marked by detachment and acceptance. The central idea is that the human condition, traversed by weariness, pain, and desire, finds its fulfillment in a form of spiritual elevation that reconciles the carnal and the divine. On a theological level, these poems illustrate a Romanian Orthodox sensibility in which the beauty of the created world, the cross, and love constitute the pathways of a silent and universal transfiguration.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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