Axios

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Hirotonie – Axios Veșminte Formule de adresare Distincții bisericești Exarh – Vicar

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Axios (gr. Άξιος, lat. Dignus (est) = "vrednic (este)" - Ioan 1, 27) este o aclamație liturgică a comunității, a poporului lui Dumnezeu, cu ocazia hirotonirii slujitorilor, episcopi, preoți sau diaconi în Biserica Ortodoxă. Aclamația „Axios / Dignus/ Vrednic este” se face uneori și cu ocazia acordării unor distincții bisericești atunci când episcopul prezintă poporului o astfel de distincție, în timpul Sfintei Liturghii sau cu ocazia unei alte slujbe.

Vorbind de titlul și oficiul episcopului, Clement Romanul spune că episcopii au fost instituiți de apostoli sau de succesorii acestora, cu „consimțământul deplin al Bisericii” (I Epistolă către Corinteni, 44). Axios indincă nu numai acceptarea de către comunitate a noului ei păstor, ci are sens și de rugăciune pentru cel nou hirotonit: „Să fie vrednic!”.

Hirotonia

The custom has its origins in the early church, when the clergy were elected by the entire church community, including the laity. This was based upon the precedent set in the Faptele Apostolilor (Acts 1:15–26; 6:2–61). It must be noted that election and ordination (Greek: cheirotonia, literally, "laying-on of hands") are two separate actions. The election was accomplished by all, the laying-on of hands by the bishops only (I Timotei 4:14). Because of the danger of politicizing the process, and electoral corruption, the clergy began to be appointed by the episcopate alone (a priest or deacon is appointed by the ruling bishop; a bishop is elected by a synod). However, the biblical participation of the laity is still fulfilled; when the newly-ordained is being vested and presented to the people by the bishop, they will exclaim, "Axios! Dignus est! Vrednic este!" to show their approval.

There has been some discussion as to whether or not the withholding of "Axios" by the laity would somehow invalidate the ordination. However, the role of the laity in ordination has never been a sacramental one, and the teaching of the Church regarding the validity of the Holy Mysteries is that they are not dependent upon the worthiness of the minister (see Donatism). In any event, by the time "Axios" is appointed to be said, the cheirotonia has already taken place.

Distincții bisericești

When a bishop wishes to confer an award or honor on a deacon or priest under his jurisdiction, this will normally be accomplished at the Little Entrance of the Divine Liturgy. At the end of the Third Antiphon (normally the Beatitudes), the procession with the Gospel Book will halt at the bishop's Cathedra. The clergyman who is to receive the award will be presented to the bishop, who will remove his mitre, lay his hand upon the head of the clergyman and say the prayer for the particular award. He will then confer the award (a cross, kamilavka, mitre, etc.) and the people will exclaim, "Axios! Dignus est! Vrednic este!" This exclamation does not indicate the same participation of the laity as it does at ordination; rather, it is simply an expression of their acknowledgment of the clergyman's worthiness for the award, similar to applause at a secular awards ceremony.

Surse

• Pr. Prof. Dr. Ion Bria, Dicționar de Teologie Ortodoxă, EIBM al BOR, București, 1981, art. „Axios”, p. 55.
• Axios - en.orthodoxwiki.org

Legături externe

• Photo: Axios at the Ordination of a deacon
• Photo: Awarding a mitre to a priest