Considerații privind Fondul Bisericesc în perioada Mitropolitului Visarion Puiu
Considerations on the Church Fund in the period of Metropolitan Visarion Puiu

Author(s): Viorel Ioan Cozmei
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Church; Bucovina; Metropolitan Visarion Puiu;
Summary/Abstract: The period in which the Church Fund is administered by the State (1919-1931) is described as being particularly inefficient. In 1935, Metropolitan Visarion Puiu was elected in Bucovina. A hierarch with a special organizational vocation, who comes from the Episcopal Throne of Bălți, a diocese he re-established, with great effort, but with notable results. One of the greatest achievements of Metropolitan Visarion Puiu of Bucovina is the efficiency of the administration of the Church Fund. And thereby ensuring the resources for the entire missionary, cultural and philanthropic activity. In 1935, when Metropolitan Visarion Puiu took over the Church Fund, it had a total budget of 108,000,000 lei, and in 1940, when he was forced to leave his position, he left behind an efficient institution, with a budget larger by 333 %. Through this article, we propose a constructive and edifying foray into the activity of Metropolitan Visarion Puiu of Bucovina, analyzing concrete and lesser-known aspects of his work, in the service of God and people, accomplished through hard work and good stewardship of the talent received.

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