Zoran Djurovic
Zoran Djurović (born November 12, 1968) is a Serbian artist, priest and theologian.
Biography
He lived in Sutomore where he finished elementary school and Gymnasium in Bar. In Podgorica, studied design at Gymnasium Slobodan Škerović, in the Class of professor Dragoljub Bato Brajović, a student of Milo Milunović. Devoted to comics and illustrations; models: John Buscema, Burne Hogarth, William Vance, Frank Frazetta.
He graduated at the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade in 1995. Special influence on his theological formation in this period had Dobrivoje Midić (the latter Bishop of Požarevac-Braničevo, Ignatius), a follower of John Zizioulas and “revolutionary” Greek theologians. Frequents intensively Peter Jevremović, Gavrilo Marković, Nenad Ilić, Vladimir Vukašinović and other prominent figures from Belgrade intellectual and artistic circles. He served as a deacon since 1992 in the Monastery of the Presentation in Belgrade and in the church St John the Baptist in Mirijevo. He advocated frequent communion and “Return to the Fathers” at the theological faculty and in parishes. Also taught Byzantine painting in 1994 at the University of the Third Age in Belgrade.
Enrolled in Post-graduate studies in History of Philosophy (mentor Slobodan Žunjić) at The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, without taking doctorate because of the parish works. In fact, in 1996 he took over the parish in Smederevo, where was the protagonist of a spiritual changes, which did not always encounter an approval. He has held various solo exhibitions (Frescoes, Icons and Paintings) and participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Serbia, Montenegro and Italy. He has published various comic strips and illustrations in newspapers, magazines and books. During 2001 directed four TV transmissions about Christianity on Smederevo Television. The series was banned because of the method which was considered too provocative. He was one of the protest leaders in Smederevo, which led to the fall of Slobodan Milošević.
Not wishing to be politically engaged, left his country 2002 and moved to Rome, where he studied at Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum of the Pontifical Lateran University. January 2007 achieved the license in theology and patristic sciences. The title of thesis: La condizione originaria dell'uomo nella teologia di Agostino. Un riesame dei suoi commenti alla Genesi e dei suoi scritti della polemica pelagiana sulla mortalità di Adamo. Vocabolario e questioni.
Doctorate in Theology and Patristic Sciences, June 2010: La protologia e l'escatologia nel De Genesi ad litteram di sant’Agostino. Analisi esegetico-teologica, at IPA under the moderation of the following professors: Vittorino Grossi, OSA (first supervisor), Robert Dodaro, OSA (second mentor and the current president) and Nello Cipriani, OSA (advocatus diaboli). Thesis published at the same year. President of the Institute, Dodaro, said that he would try to apply an innovative research method present in this thesis in future doctoral researches.
He knows several ancient (Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, Latin, Old Church Slavonic) and also many modern languages (Slavic languages, Italian, English, Spanish, French). He is devoted to scientific work (translating and writing scientific researches) and painting.
Painting
His early period was characterized by exploring different painting and graphic techniques. The range is vast, so one can see hyper-realistic egg tempera and rudimentary expression in oil paintings and frescoes. Tends toward the technology of materials, composition, expression and psychology of person and figure. Brutal execution is the main characteristic of the most of his works until 2002. This expression persisted in the Roman period in certain pictures, especially in oils: landscapes, chtonic animals (cats, bulls, deer) and in one part of the portraits. The treatment in the iconography, on the contrary, has become more sophisticated taking direction of Byzantine or Renaissance style, but always sublimed in mode that the artist and his inherent manner can constantly be recognize. If the earlier period is characterized by adhering to templates, the Roman period shows the originality of the compositional solutions as well as of the individual icons. Innovation is conditioned by theological reflections.
Djurovic’s art has been well accepted by many important persons of the Roman Catholic Church, so his paintings adorn the rooms of Pope John Paul II, the Cardinals: Fiorenzo Angelini, Tarcisio Bertone, Gianfranco Ravasi, Tomas Špidlik, bishops (in primis Stanislav Hočevar, Archbishop of Belgrade), the priest-artists (Ivan Marko Rupnik, Giampiero Maria Arabia) and the persons of the culture (e.g., Erri De Luca, Massimo Cacciari). Most of the frescoes and icons were executed in the churches in Lazio: Centro Ecumenico Internazionale per la Riconciliazione (Lavinio), Chiesa del Corpus et Verbum Domini (Lavinio), Santa Maria in cielo (Villa Claudia), Santi Pio ed Antonio (Anzio), Santa Barbara (Nettuno). For the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum has painted several large icons: for the office of the Dean, for the secretary's office and for the Library. Currently painting in the churches in Lazio and teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts and Conservation of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade (Аkademija Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve za umetnost i konzervaciju).
Publications
Books - Crkveni kanoni. Sinopsis, Beograd 1997.
- Sveti Avgustin, O blaženom životu. Latinski tekst naporedo, opšti i posebni uvod u predkrštenjske Dijaloge sv. Augustina Nello Ciprijani, kura, prevod, note i indeksi Z. Đurović. Ed. Hinaki: Izvori br. 1. Beograd 2008.
- La protologia e l'escatologia nel De Genesi ad litteram di sant’Agostino. Analisi esegetico-teologica, (Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Theologia et Scientiis Patristicis), Romae 2010.
- In preparation: (ed. Izvori): Sv. Grigorije Čudotvorac, Sabrana dela; Sv. Grigorije Niski, Žitije Sv. Grigorija Čudotvorca.
- In preparation: Jevanđelje po Marku. Prevod. Otački komentari. Moderni komentar.
- In preparation: Sveta slika na hrišćanskom Zapadu do 843., izvori, dokumenti.
3.2 Articles - Lik i Prvolik, in Beseda 1-4 (1993) 227-231.
- Ranohrišćanska Paideia, in Teološki pogledi 1-4 (1995) 121-182.
- Teofan Grk, in Danube-the river of collaboration, internacionalni kongres naučnika podunavskih zemalja, Beograd (2001), prešt. u Sabornost 1-2 (1998).
- Pravoslavlje za početnike (serija članaka u nastavcima), in Smederevska Sedmica (2000–2001).
- Srbijani (strip u nastavcima), in Smederevska Sedmica (2000–2001).
- St. Augustine's Filioque in the Treatise 99 оn the Gospel of John, in Philotheos 7 (2007) 218-231.
- Sant'Agostino: Non posse peccare, in Philotheos 9 (2009) 99-127.
- Le acrides di Mt. 3, 4: 'locuste' o 'vegetali'? in Sabornost (Teološki godišnjak) 2 (2008) 43-59.
- Teorija ikone sv. Grigorija II, Pape rimskog, in Živopis 2 (2008) 29-46.
- Shvatanje ikone kod Svetog Grigorija Velikog, Pape rimskog, in Živopis 3 (2009) 153-187.
- Problem autorstva Simvola vere Grigorija Čudotvorca, in Srpska teologija danas (2009), ed. B. Šijaković, Beograd (2010) 167-183.
- Isus Nazarećanin: ikonoborački argument protiv predstave Isusa sa dugom kosom, in Ikonografske studije 3 (2010) 23-49.
- Karpokratijani, dve jeresi? in Otačnik III/2 (2009) 173-179; 54-67. - Mk. 1, 1, in Teološki pogledi 1-3 (2010) 49-56.
- Minucije Feliks: hrišćanstvo bez hrama i svetih slika, in Ikonografske studije 4 (2011) 123-135.
- Đakonise u kanonu XV halkidonskog sabora, in Srpska teologija danas (2011), ed. B. Šijaković, Beograd (2011) 100-111.
- In press (Živopis): Kanon LXXXII Trulskog sabora.
- In press (Beseda): Giovanni Crisostomo tra Agostino e Giuliano di Eclano.
- In preparation: L’ortodossia di Paolo nella Chiesa orientale: l’esposizione dal convegno: Il testimone assente. Paolo di Tarso, nella storia e nella cultura fra oriente e occidente, Cosenza 8-10 marzo 2010 (Università della Calabria, Centro Interdipartimentale di Scienze Religiose, direttore Benedetto Clausi).
3.3 Translations from Greek in Serbian - Sv. German Konstantinopoljski, Izlaganje o crkvi i mističko sagledanje, in Sabornost 3-4 (2000) 67-138 [Paul Meyendorff, St. Germanus of Constantinople, On the Divine Liturgy].
- Sv. Teodor Studit, Treće pobijanje ikonoboraca, in Sabornost 1-2 (1998) 39-70 [Catherine P. Roth, St. Theodore the Studite, On the Holy Icons, (only the Third Refusal of Iconoclasts)].
3.4 Other translations - Walter Kasper (ed.), Il ministero petrino, cattolici e ortodossi in dialogo, (Pontificium Consilium ad Unitatem Christianorum Fovendam) Roma, Città Nuova, 2004 (In press).
- Emmanuel M. Carriera S. I., Il principio antropico, in La Civilità Cattolica I (2002) 435-446. (In press).
- Yves Congar, L'Église et les églises, 1054-1954: Neuf cents ans après, ed. de l'Abbaye, Chevetogne 1954, trad. et introd. with Suzana Djurovic (In press).
Gallery
The early period
The Roman period
External links
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