Struggle for Sacred After EU Integration. Constitutional Developments Concerning Religion and Freedom of Religion in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria (I)
Struggle for Sacred After EU Integration. Constitutional Developments Concerning Religion and Freedom of Religion in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria (I)

Summary/Abstract: The present article presents the Constitutional provisions affecting religion, religious liberty, and freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria. All common constitutional provisions suggest a homogeneous European approach due to historical, political, social and cultural factors needed to accommodate religious pluralism in countries with Orthodox majority. Needless to argues, all four countries unified their own legislation through common compliance with EU legal framework noting that there is little to distinguish between Orthodox European countries in terms of “the core elements”: the understanding of religion, separation of Church and State, freedom of religion, conscience and thought.

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