În umbra zidurilor orașului Încoronării: protopopi și preoți din județul Alba despre regii României Mari și momentul 15 octombrie 1922
In the Shadow of the Walls of the Coronation Town: Protopopes and Priests from Alba County about the Kings of Greater Romania and the Moment of 15 October 1922

Summary/Abstract: In the files kept at the National Archives, Alba County Service, in the holdings of the archpriestships and parishes of the current territory of Alba County, there is little information on royalty, the monarchy of Greater Romania, the problems of the priests and the community being oriented in a completely different direction. The priorities were different, naturally, of course, as long as the Romanian state had been created, had united its desired territories and had been recognised at the Peace Conference. The moment of the Coronation also seems to be viewed from a distance, with a certain detachment. Others came before: the salaries of priests, the reorganisation of denominational schools, keeping the faithful around the church, at a time when the war had disrupted the daily schedule of rural and urban communities alike. From 1922, the preparations for the Coronation ceremonies slowly began to be felt outside the town proposed as the venue for the ceremony: Alba Iulia. The sovereigns' paintings reached schools and church houses, as did the King's proclamation, rural communities were invited to take part in the ceremonies in Alba Iulia, and deserving priests were decorated or received the official Coronation medal.

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