THE LIVING CHURCH OF BRĂILA DEANERY DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION DURING THE GREAT WAR, REFLECTED IN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS
THE LIVING CHURCH OF BRĂILA DEANERY DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION DURING THE GREAT WAR, REFLECTED IN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS

Summary/Abstract: Between 23rd December 1916 - 10th November 1918, Braila lived the terror and drama of life under theGerman occupation. Over the centuries that have passed since then, few have been bent on the events ofthat period, and when they did, they focused on the aspects of the military situation and of the social,economic, albeit ecclesiastical life, though in those times of bitter suffering and humiliation, the role ofpriests, on the front, or in the parishes, was an extremely important one, since they were called to relievesuffering, to encourage souls, to cultivate hope, in a word to raise morale to their faithful. In the fewpages where some historians have referred to Braila's situation during the German occupation,information on religious life is extremely low, and is presented tangentially, not for their intrinsic value,but to reinforce statements about other issues. The present study aims, on the basis of the archivedocuments of those years, kept in the custody of the Brăila Deanery, to address this shortcoming and topresent the involvement of priests and churchmen from this cause in the war effort of the Romanian army,the main lines of liturgical, missionary, spiritual and cultural activities they have carried out among theirparishioner, and last but not least, their social situation and their families during the Great War.

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