Preoți militari bănățeni pe fronturile Marelui Război
Military Priests from Banat on the Fronts of the Great War

Summary/Abstract: The outbreak of the conflict and the proportions it took led many priests of Banat to reach the front, where, through their activity, they provided religious assistance to Romanian soldiers who were in a position to fight for a foreign cause. Due to the activity of the priests and the church hierarchy, the soldiers were trained in the spirit of dynastic loyalty, to fight for the Throne and the Homeland. During the battles the priests were with the doctors to help the wounded and to bury the dead. On the front, the priests were those who performed the Divine Liturgy, they gave the sacrament and confessed the soldiers. From the notes of some military priests from Banat that were published in the press of the time, we can see that the Romanian military priests lived on the front the failures, but also the joys of the great victories.

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