Organizarea Bisericii Ortodoxe Române din Banat în perioada comunistă
Organization of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Banat County During the Communist Period

Summary/Abstract: The study captures and analyzes aspects related to the Orthodox religious life of the Banat region during the communist period. In the context of the establishment of the communist regime, religious life in Romania has inevitably undergone major transformations, as this regime has proved to be loaded with terror and deprivation of liberty, lack of transparency and oppression. During the communist period, in Banat, Orthodox religious life had a new form of existence through the establishment of the Banat Metropolitanate in 1947. This achievement was attributed to the communist government led by Petru Groza. In 1947, the Episcopate of Timişoara, founded in 1939, was raised to the rank of Archdiocese, and in the same year, the Banat Metropolitanate was established. On October 26, 1947, the first Metropolitan Dr. Vasile Lăzărescu was named. The second Metropolitan of Banat in the Communist era was Dr. Nicolae Corneanu, elected in 1962 after the forced removal of Vasile Lăzărescu. During the communist period, more precisely in 1949, the Episcopate of Caransebeş was abolished, being merged with the Archdiocese of Timişoara. The study focuses on highlighting the most important moments in the work carried out by the Romanian Orthodox Church in Banat.

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