Despre căsătorie, divorț și păcatele conjugale. O perspectivă etică ortodoxă
On marriage, divorce, and conjugal sins. An Orthodox ethical perspective

Summary/Abstract: The monotony of a marriage dominated by the material insecurity of everyday life, poverty and the struggle to make ends meet, fatigue, physical exhaustion, premature deterioration of women after the birth of many children, the burden of caring for children, fighting between partners and physical violence or abuse verbally, as well as mutual blame, gave partners sufficient reason to seek escape from an unfulfilled life in which love had disappeared, if it had been present in the first place. Man and woman shared equally the frustration, unfulfilment and failure of an unhappy marriage, and ”deserting” from family responsibilities was a way of making up for what was missing in living with an unsuitable partner, to make up for the lost. In such circumstances, divorce played a mediating role that provided the marital institution with room for manoeuvre to identify a suitable partner and an optimal family organisation.

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