Spiritualitatea ortodoxă românească de pe ambele maluri ale Prutului. Relaţiile Bisericii româneşti a Basarabiei cu Biserica Ortodoxă Română
In this article we show that the Romanian Orthodox spirituality on both sides of the river Prut could manifest itself as a continuous flow, even if the Russian occupation regime tried to prevent this phenomenon. The oppressive presence of Russian aliens led to a regrouping of the Romanian population in Bessarabia around the traditional spiritual values. This helped the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia survive in difficult times and define it today as a Church of Romanian Orthodoxy within the Romanian Patriarchate. Therefore, the river Prut was never a spiritual border, but rather an axis of Romanian civilization.
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