Theatrical event: BRÂNCOVEANU and IVIREANUL
Love of Church and Nation

Special show, Thursday, May 4, 2017, 19:00 - Metropolis Theater

 

The suite of cultural events organized under the auspices of the Supreme Council of the RSAA in Romania added a new experience, a new experience: the theatrical transposition of a dramatic text written by Priest Bogdan-Aurel Teleanu - a text that enjoys the High Blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.

 

Difficult in vastness and depth, the theme of the play was structured - in the form of an allegory - by three "epic knots": the relationship between Lord and Metropolitan, symbolizing the "symphony" between State and Church (or, in Guenonian terms, between temporal power and authority spiritual); the domination of the ruler, following a "cabal" set up by his opponents Cantacuzini; the martyrdom of Brâncoveanu and his sons - with a significant emphasis on the refusal of the "devilish temptation" to renounce his right faith.

 

Everything, in an allegorical key, in an alert rhythm - with the inspired utterance of some “tirades” (nothing derogatory, in this word) focused on the love of Nation and Church… Love that motivates, explains and crowns the martyrdom of Brâncoveni, as well as the murder of the great Metropolitan.

 

Let's not forget the civilizing function of the two - exercised in the first two decades of the 18th century: through its foundations, in Hurez, in Mogoșoaia, in Potlogi, Brâncoveanu outlined an epoch and gave voice to a "Romanian style" in architecture. weather; as, beyond the protection of their immediate functionality, the sermons of Ivirean foreshadowed the great Romanian literature of the second half of the next century.

 

Damian Victor Oancea, Ovidiu Cuncea, Dana Rusu, Magda Catone, Tiberiu Păun, Ana Calciu, Mihai Coada, Bogdan Iacob, Alexandru Ionescu (in a completely random order, here) are the ones who gave "body and soul" to the characters of the drama , directed by Ivona Boitan; decoration and costumes: Ileana Zirra.

 

Flowing naturally from one to the other, the three "epic sequences" of the plot consisted of a show that, in the end, was applauded standing by those present: members of our Rite, accompanied (some) by their ladies.

 

Illustrating a convergent idea of the show, in the foyer of the theater is exposed the model of a possible sculptural ensemble: The Ivirean and the martyrs of Brâncoveni - proposal belonging to our Brother Răzvan-Paul Mihăescu, grade 9, with a rich plastic activity (graphics, painting, sculpture) well appreciated by connoisseurs.