CRONICA PAROHIEI PÂCLIŞA: ÎNSEMNĂRILE PREOTULUI IOAN CLONŢA (1946-1960)
Pâclişa Parochial Register. Notes of Priest Ioan Clonţa (1946-1960)

Summary/Abstract: In 1946, titular of the Orthodox parish from Pâclişa (Alba county) was Ioan Clonţa. On the pages of a parochial register started in 1901 by the vicar Nicolae Cado, Ioan Clonța describes the events from the period when he was amongst believers from Pâclișa. The Orthodox majority that formed the community was for two decades divided by appearance of Baptists, and the priest cannot do anything to reconvert them. Once with instauration of communism, Romania transforms radically, and priest Clonța is also obliged to change himself. During his shepherding, collectivi-zation engulfed the terrains of the Church, the parochial house, which was also wanted by the Communists, was both stable for bulls but also headquarters of the town hall, with or without permission the Greek-Catholics become Orthodox, the priest was faced with attending refresher courses to comply with requirements imposed by the party that came to power. Speech from annual reports becomes stereotypical, the priest holds religious services in the church, catechizes children, reads the circulars of the bishop and protopope, supports and encourages enthusiasm of believers for agricultural labours of the terrain that got into property of the state, but especially he does not do anything but to follow the instructions from the centre.

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