Nichifor Crainic – the greatest Romanian Christian poet
He is the greatest Romanian Christian poet and one of the greatest Christian poets in the world. He was a university professor, a scholar and a journalist. His poetic work is complemented by his essayistic and mystical works. His university lectures lifted his listeners to heaven. Nichifor Crainic is the representative of traditionalism and Byzantine orientation. The Byzantine affiliation as a spiritual characteristic of the Romanian nation is structural and nobody can deny it. Neither the orientation towards French culture, nor the inclination towards German or Russian culture can match the strength with which our spiritual substance feels Orthodox-Byzantine. Nichifor […]