Muzica psaltică – medicament pentru vindecarea de necredință și remediu pentru suflet

The psaltic music – a means of healing disbelief and suffering and a remedy for the soul. The psaltic music represents the sum of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, of the mastery and the spiritual life of the holy chanters. Far from being just an artefact created to embellish liturgical life, church singing is, essentially, a treasure of faith, expressed in the life of the Church through word and sound. Starting from this premise, namely the truth of faith confessed through music, some of the Church Fathers considered singing a panacea for the soul, which can contribute to the healing of passions and the healing of the sin within our souls. Therefore, the music of our Church is simultaneously a means of divine knowledge through the content of the words of faith, and a spiritual remedy for healing from the wounds caused by the illusion and sin of disbelief. In recent years, there has been increasing talk about the role of classical secular music in the therapy of the human soul as well, so all the more, we aim to consider how important church singing is for healing disbelief and for the salvation of the soul. Through Orthodox chanting, the truth of faith transmitted through the refinement of musical sounds touches the mind and the entire human being. The holy chanters have chiselled and developed the Orthodox chants specifically to support the spoken prayer in the life of the Church. Therefore, in our research, we will focus on highlighting the role of church music in cultivating the spiritual well‑being of the Christian lives, a crucial element in their effort towards salvation.

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Teologie şi educaţie la Dunărea de Jos
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2025-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.35219/teologie.2024.16
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Music Therapy and Health
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Muzica psaltică – medicament pentru vindecarea de necredință și remediu pentru suflet

Zaharia MATEI
Teologie şi educaţie la Dunărea de Jos
Music Therapy and Health
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Muzica psaltică – medicament pentru vindecarea de necredință și remediu pentru suflet

Zaharia MATEI
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Abstract

The psaltic music – a means of healing disbelief and suffering and a remedy for the soul. The psaltic music represents the sum of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, of the mastery and the spiritual life of the holy chanters. Far from being just an artefact created to embellish liturgical life, church singing is, essentially, a treasure of faith, expressed in the life of the Church through word and sound. Starting from this premise, namely the truth of faith confessed through music, some of the Church Fathers considered singing a panacea for the soul, which can contribute to the healing of passions and the healing of the sin within our souls. Therefore, the music of our Church is simultaneously a means of divine knowledge through the content of the words of faith, and a spiritual remedy for healing from the wounds caused by the illusion and sin of disbelief. In recent years, there has been increasing talk about the role of classical secular music in the therapy of the human soul as well, so all the more, we aim to consider how important church singing is for healing disbelief and for the salvation of the soul. Through Orthodox chanting, the truth of faith transmitted through the refinement of musical sounds touches the mind and the entire human being. The holy chanters have chiselled and developed the Orthodox chants specifically to support the spoken prayer in the life of the Church. Therefore, in our research, we will focus on highlighting the role of church music in cultivating the spiritual well‑being of the Christian lives, a crucial element in their effort towards salvation.

Teologie şi educaţie la Dunărea de JosVol. 22
Universitatea Ecologica din Bucuresti (RO)
Openalex Percentile: Top 80%
Music Therapy and Health
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