Theoctist Blazewicz
Theoctist Blazewicz , pseudonym Teoctist Şoimul (born February 23, 1807 in Tişăuţi, Bukowina ; † July 9, 1879 in Chernivtsi ), was an Orthodox metropolitan , theologian, grammarian and Romanist .
life and work
Theoctist Blazewicz (Romanian: Teoctist Blajevici ) studied theology in Chernivtsi and was spiritual there from 1837, from 1857 to 1863 rector of the Greek-Oriental Bucovina diocesan seminary. From 1863 to 1874 he was abbot of Dragomirna Monastery . Then he went back to Chernivtsi as vicar general and was metropolitan of Bukovina from 1877 until his death .
Blazewicz wrote the first Romanian grammar published in Bukovina .
Works
Romanian grammar
- Theoretical-practical grammar of the Daco-Romanic, that is, the Moldovan or Wallachian language , Lemberg and Czernowitz 1833 (254 pages), 1844 (264 pages)
- Theoretical-practical pocket grammar for easy and quick learning of the Romance (Wallachian) language , Vienna 1855 (200 pages)
- Theoctist Schoimuls Concise practical grammar of the Romance (Wallachian) language : With a practical part, containing the most necessary words, conversations, proverbs, letters, reading and translation exercises, together with a dictionary, ed. by R. Blagoevich, Vienna and Hermannstadt 1866 (175 pages)
theology
- Istoria vieții lui Iisus Hristosu , Vienna 1865
- Istoria biblică a Așezământului celui vechi , Vienna 1865
- Creștineasca învățătură a năravurilor sau Moralul Creștinesc , Vienna 1865
literature
- Michael Metzeltin and Petra Lindenbauer, terminology and general vocabulary reflected in didactic grammar. A Romanian example, in: Italica et Romanica , ed. by Günter Holtus et al., Berlin 1997, pp. 173–181 (here: 174)
Web links
- http://biserica.org/WhosWho/DTR/B/TeoctistBlajevici.html (short biography)
- http://dragusanul.ro/teoctist-blajevici/ (short biography with picture)
- http://dragusanul.ro/wp-content/uploads/marturisitorii_vol1.pdf (online version by: Ion Dragusanul, Mãrturisitorii. O istorie a scrisului bucovinean , Suceava 2007, here pp. 31–33; also on grammars and dictionaries of the Bukowina pp. 37–42)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Blazewicz, theoctist |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blajevici, Teoctist; Schoimul, theoctist (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Orthodox metropolitan, theologian, grammarian and Romanist from Bukovina |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1807 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tişăuţi, Bucovina |
DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1879 |
Place of death | Chernivtsi |