The Religious Freedom of the Orthodox Romanians in Banat during the Great War
The Religious Freedom of the Orthodox Romanians in Banat during the Great War
Author(s): Daniel AlicSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Regional Geography, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Banat; freedom; religion; faith; the Great War; national emancipation;
Summary/Abstract: The proposed study is a sequence of history that talks about the religious freedom of Romanians in Banat during the First World War. Three distinct periods are identified in the religious and national expression of Romanians. The first refers to the first two years of the conflagration, when the Romanians from Banat fought in a war that was not theirs. Priests or believers who dared to make statements against the official position of the state, or to act in support of peace suffered arrests and torture. Another stage was marked with Romania’s entry into the war. The difficulties intensified, the soul of the Romanians was put to the test and those who showed up to join the brothers from across the Carpathians were sent to the camps and even killed. The expression of the desire for national unity that happened in Alba Iulia on December 1,1918 did not solve the problems of the people of Banat either. They also went through a period of suppression of freedoms during the Serbian occupation, which ended in early August 1919.
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 88/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 149-162
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English