Between National Sentiment and Political Correctness: From the Activity of Bishop Miron Cristea during the Years of the First World War
Between National Sentiment and Political Correctness: From the Activity of Bishop Miron Cristea during the Years of the First World War

Summary/Abstract: Miron Cristea (1868–1939), patriarch of Romania (1925–1939), was one of the Orthodox bishops of Transylvania and Banat who, through his ecclesiastical and administrative activity, made a decisive contribution to the political events of the First World War. He was bishop of Caransebeº in the period 1910–1919, and his diplomatic abilities were recognized at the time. The legislation regarding the running of church institutions was strict and, for the most part, provided for actions against the romanian spirit and culture. in the first years of the war, miron Cristea managed to maintain a balance between the political and the ecclesiastical decisions, but towards the end of the conflagration he was an unyielding advocate of the romanian national interests.

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