O carte a memoriei săliștene, inițiată de Ioan Lupaș la 1911
A book of the Salistan memory, Initiated by Ioan Lupaş in 1911

Summary/Abstract: From 1909 to 1919, historian Ioan Lupaș wasthe parish priest of the great church of Săliște and archpriest of the Săliște Orthodox Deanery. In this capacity, he carried out prodigious pastoral, social, educational and cultural work, the fruits of which became apparent in both the short and the longterm. Among the projects initiated by Ioan Lupaș that live on to this day is Cartea de aur a ctitorilor și binefăcătorilor Sf. Biserici Române Gr. Or. din Săliște (The Golden Book of Founders and Benefactors of the Holy Greek-Orthodox Romanian Church of Săliște), which began on January 1st, 1911. The Golden Bookis preserved in the Săliște Parish Museum of Săliște town as an object of inestimable historical, memorial and sentimental value, one that gives testimony as to the centuries-old history of Săliște and represents a fundamental source of information regarding the town’s history during the 20th century. Religiously guarded and carefully filled in by those who succeeded Ioan Lupaș at the head of the parish, the Golden Book of the great church of Săliște tells the story of unique events that occurred in the life of the community, of Romanian and international figures of cultural, political, national, academic, military and ecclesiastical life who paid memorable visits to the heart of Mărginimea Sibiului in the 20th and early 21st century. The present work is the first one to discuss the odyssey of the Golden Book of Săliște, presenting its contents and mentioning the names of the main personalities who signed its pages during the century that unfurled between 1919 and 2019. An annex to the study provides a rendition of theso far unpublished introduction written by priest and historian Ioan Lupaș in 1918.

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