ECUMENICAL ROMANÍA — A book that explores questions of Romeosyne, identity, historical continuity, Church and State, Constantinople, ecumenicity, and the place of the Orthodox person in the contemporary world.

 

Romania is the true name of the state we have become accustomed —erroneously—to calling "Byzantium".

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by Ioannis Con. Neonakis (Author)

What does Romanía mean today—not merely as a vanished state, but as a living historical, spiritual, and civilisational consciousness?

Ecumenical Romanía explores this question from within the Orthodox and Romeic tradition. For Ioannis Con. Neonakis, Romanía is more than the historical polity conventionally called the Byzantine Empire. It is a way of understanding the human person, community, history, political life, and the vocation of the People of God—a living continuity centred on Christ, the Church, and the ecumenical horizon of the Romeoí.

The book develops the idea of Ecumenical Romanía as a supranational, ecumenical, and soteriological proposal: a vision of freedom, unity, and historical continuity addressed to the postmodern world of the twenty-first century. Rather than proposing a return to the past, it asks whether the experience and civilisation of Romeosyne can offer principles for a renewed common life in the present and future.

The volume unfolds in three parts. The first clarifies the historical and theological terminology and establishes the framework of the argument. The second presents a Foundational Statement and a Conceptual Proposal concerning the formation of a movement and, ultimately, a polity inspired by the Romeic, ecumenical, Orthodox tradition. The third brings together essays on Romeosyne, identity, Church and State, nationalism, political authority, historical memory, Constantinople, economics, globalisation, and the challenges of modern collective life.

Written for both specialists and general readers, the English edition also includes a substantial Analytical Glossary, designed especially for the English-speaking reader. It explains key theological, patristic, ecclesial, historical, and civilisational terms—many of which have no exact English equivalent—and helps the reader enter more fully into the conceptual world of Romanía and Romeosyne.

257 pages.

From the author (here)

My book Ecumenical Romanía — now available in English on Amazon as of today, 2 October!

Dear friends, it is with great joy that I announce the completion of the English translation of my book, Ecumenical Romanía, and that as of today, 2 October, the English edition is available as an e-book on Amazon.

Ecumenical Romanía is an attempt to approach Romanía not simply as a state belonging to the past, but as a living historical, spiritual, and civilisational consciousness.

Drawing on the Orthodox and Romeic tradition, the book explores questions of Romeosyne, identity, historical continuity, Church and State, Constantinople, ecumenicity, and the place of the Orthodox person in the contemporary world.

The English edition also includes an extensive Analytical Glossary, designed to help the English-speaking reader approach key theological, ecclesiological, historical, and Romeic concepts, many of which have no exact equivalent in English.

I hope that this English edition will allow the book to travel beyond the boundaries of the Greek-speaking world and, even in a small way, contribute to a deeper acquaintance with Romeosyne and its ecumenical horizon.

With God’s blessing, may it have a good journey!

 

Ioannis Con. Neonakis

 

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Some articles by the author

From Ancient Hellenic to Romeiko Civilization 

On the Islamization and Turkification of Our Genos

Our forgotten brothers: the Rum Orthodox Christians (Romeoi) of the Middle East

The Romeoi (Rum) of the Levant: Identity and a Concise Historical Overview

“Constantinople, the eternal capital and heart of the Romeoi”

Post-Liberalism: The West in Search of Romeosyne

New Romanía: The Great Vision and the Favorable Contemporary Geostrategic Framework.