Pelerinajul de la Maglavit (1935–1936)
The Pilgrimage to Maglavit (1935–1936)
Author(s): Ana Ecaterina HașeganSubject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Accent Publisher
Keywords: interwar Romania; Petrache Lupu; Maglavit; pilgrimage; popular piety;
Summary/Abstract: A large-scale pilgrimage took place in 1935 and 1936 in the village of Maglavit, in interwar Romania. A 28-year-old shepherd claimed to have witnessed a divine apparition that commanded him to call people to observe the Liturgy and Christian religious holidays. The reported apparition, together with the healing miracles said to have occurred at Maglavit, generated a massive wave of popular piety. Contemporary sources indicate that, within two years, more than two million people undertook a spiritual journey to the “village of miracles,” arriving from all regions of the country. At the same time, the Maglavit phenomenon encountered hostility among certain intellectual circles of the period. The Orthodox Church also adopted a cautious stance regarding the recognition of the alleged divine manifestation, partly because of the difficulties involved in managing the pilgrimage.
Journal: Caiete de Antropologie Istorică
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 48
- Page Range: 167-178
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian
