Obținerea independenței de stat (1877-1878), pas spre câștigarea independenței ecleziale (1885). Războiul de Independență și autocefalia Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
The Attainment of State Independence (1877-1878), a Step toward Achieving Ecclesiastical Independence (1885). The War of Independence and the Autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Summary/Abstract: The 19th century was for the romanian people a century full of political and military events, events through which romanians began to realize and desire liberation from foreign rule, independence and happiness for all romanians gathered under the protective wings of a single nation, the romanian one, and a single Church, the Orthodox one. In order to seethe centuries-old dream of the romanians fulfilled, independence, had to be won after a series of battles with turkish enemies and sprinkled with the blood of the nationʹs heroes who fell on the battle fields of Plevna, Rahova, Vidin, Smârdan, etc. Thus, the Romanian War of Independence (1877-1878), through the sacrifice of romanian soldiers on the southern Danube front, sealed the peopleʹs desire for freedom and unity. With this significant moment in our history, the Romanian Orthodox Church, as one that closely links its existence to that of the state, also wanted to become autocephalous. This action of the Romanian Orthodox Church was not a simple claim, but it came to support and further strengthen state independence.

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