THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ORTHODOX CLERGY TO THE STRUGGLE FOR ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENCE
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ORTHODOX CLERGY TO THE STRUGGLE FOR ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENCE

Summary/Abstract: The acquisition of independence has represented a special time in the history of Romania till nowadays. The sacrifices of the soldiers on the fronts in the South of the River Danube showed Europe that the young Romanian state could defend its own political interests. The Orthodox clergymen have also taken part in all the events which outlined independence and affirmed Romania as important state in the European South – Eastern politics. During the fights of 1877 – 1878 and 1913, the Orthodox priests were near the Romanian soldiers in trenches or hospitals for wounded persons. The Orthodox monks and nuns left the peace and quiet of the monasteries to support the medical staff, and certain monasteries have been changed into military hospitals. I will try to present, in these pages, the contribution of the Orthodox clergy to the acquisition of Romania‘s independence and to the religious organisation of Dobrudgea, the Romanian territory acquired through the sacrifices of the soldiers and of the entire people.

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