Orthodoxy and orthopraxy among Romanians during the Great War
Orthodoxy and orthopraxy among Romanians during the Great War

Summary/Abstract: After a complicated relationship during the first centuries of Christianity, the concepts of military service, war and religion found a compromise in which the later one had the role of limiting (if possible) and comforting the physical and psychological damages of the war. During the Great War, most of the Romanian troops felt very attached to the military priests, alongside religious books and rituals, as an effect of the traditional spiritual society, as well as an effective way of dealing with the psychological struggle exacerbated by the horrors of modern warfare. The clergy was actively contributing to the war effort, being near the troops in their best and worst moments, also helping civilians in need and, in many cases, being involved in educational activities and even in the national struggle for the Unification. Under the cross of common suffering and hope, many soldiers considered Christianity as more important than nation and denomination.

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