Lunga așteptare a unui episcop ortodox. Din viața și activitatea lui Antim Nica
The Long Wait of an Orthodox Bishop. About the Life and Work of Antim Nica
Author(s): Evantia Bozgan, Ovidiu BozganSubject(s): History of Church(es), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Antim Nica; Orthodox church; Romania; communism;
Summary/Abstract: Survival and the collaboration between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the communist authorities has been one of the main subjects of research after 1990. The present biographical study, devoted to the life and work of one of the Orthodox prelates during the dictatorship, Antim Nica, attempts to render the atmosphere in the first decades of the communist totalitarianism, with emphasis on how difficult it was for clerics to survive in those times. Antim Nica began his ecclesiastical career during the military dictatorship (which doomed him in the eyes of the regime that followed), but managed to remain in the religious leadership at the cost of compromise. With all the many proofs of loyalty, the regime however assigned him only much later a bishop’s seat. In his new position, Antim Nica made no concession to administrative claims. Evantia Bozgan is a History teacher.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: IX/2001
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 134-148
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Romanian
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