THE CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM THE GOVERNANCE OF THE POPULAR DEMOCRACY REGIME ON THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN 1945-1964
THE CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM THE GOVERNANCE OF THE POPULAR DEMOCRACY REGIME ON THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN 1945-1964
Author(s): Ionel ChiraSubject(s): Cultural history, History of Church(es), Diplomatic history, History of ideas, Political history, Politics and religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: The Romanian Orthodox Church; the communist regime; hierarchs; political police; The Archives of the State Political Police;
Summary/Abstract: The political regime established in 1945 in Romania had no connection with democracy and the legitimate interests of the people, but on the contrary was anti-democratic, anti-popular and anti- Christian. In Romania, from 1945-1964, there were two strategies of the relations between the church and the political power: the diplomatic strategy of survival through the compromises adopted by the hierarchy, and the martyrdom strategy adopted by the priests, monks and believers who dared to fight and to reject the abuses of the communist power against religious life.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 564-572
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English