The Romanian Patriarchate sends its condolences a day after the death of the actor Răzvan Ionescu, stating that he was an artist with an impressive career, but also a distinguished theologian.
“I learned with pain the news of the passing of Mr. Răzvan Ionescu, theologian, renowned actor, writer, university professor and apologist for Christian art in the modern world. Răzvan Ionescu was an accomplished artist of the Romanian theater, with an impressive career, but also a distinguished theologian, who testified to the truth of faith both through his Christian life of high spiritual rigor and through his words of rare elegance, depth and nobility”it is stated in the message sent on Saturday, January 17, by representatives of the Patriarchate, according to Agerpres.
Răzvan Ionescu died on Friday, at the age of 71.
“In these moments of deep sorrow, we send our sincere condolences to the bereaved family, close people and all those who knew and appreciated him. May God rest him in peace! His eternal memory!”, the Patriarchate also sent.
“A rare artist: talented and discreet”
Senator Ionuț Vulpescu announced, on Friday, with regret, the passing of the actor and theologian Răzvan Ionescu.
“He was a rare artist: talented and discreet, star during his college years, actor of the National Theater and the Bulandra Theater, trained and chosen by great directors, stage partner of some exceptional actors. He had genuine literary talent and was a refined and polemical theologian, with an expressiveness of ideas that came from a living, restless, assumed faith. He spoke at the funeral of Father Dumitru Stăniloae, with a gravity and a light that defined him”, wrote Vulpescu, also on Facebook.
