Episcopul Nicolae Ivan şi Frăţia Ortodoxă Română
Bishop Nicolae Ivan and the Romanian Orthodox Brotherhood

Summary/Abstract: On the evening of St. Nicholas in 1932, a total of fifteen scholars of the Orthodox Church were invited to the diocesan residence in Cluj, where Bishop Nicolae Ivan shared with them the great plan of organizing a vast association of Orthodox intellectuals. The idea was enthusiastically approved, being established, in full agreement, the lines for the preparatory action that would lead to the establishment of the association. The association was named “The Romanian Orthodox Brotherhood”. It was meant as a source of spiritual renewal for the Romanian intellectuals and, through it, the source of strengthening Romanian Orthodoxy as foundation of moral revival of the unifi ed national state.

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