Censorship of the orthodox press in communism. Case study: "Glasul Bisericii" Journal Cover Image

Cenzura presei ortodoxe în comunism. Studiu de caz: revista „Glasul Bisericii"
Censorship of the orthodox press in communism. Case study: "Glasul Bisericii" Journal

Author(s): Silviu-Constantin Nedelcu
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Censorship; Department of Cults; General Directorate of Press and Printing; communism; Glasul Bisericii; Romanian Orthodox Church; Patriarch Justinian Marina; Anton Alexandrescu;

Summary/Abstract: The present study treats a very little researched subject in the specialized literature, respectively the censorship of the orthodox press in communism. We turned our attention to the periodical publication “Glasul Bisericii”, the official magazine of the Metropolitan Church of Ungrovlahia. During the communist regime, the religious press was doubly censored. This was exercised by two institutions, namely: the Department of Cults and the General Directorate of Press and Printing. The censors of the Department of Cults who dealt with the journals of religious cults did not necessarily have theological studies, for which reason they could not understand certain specialized terms or phrases. This thing can be seen into the report signed by the censor Ecaterina Durosov Macheev, from 1971. Another example would be the typing mystakes that escaped from the watchful eye of censorship, and that could have affected the relations between Romanian Orthodox Church and Russian Orthodox Church and, implicitly, with the Soviet Union.

  • Issue Year: 49/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 86-95
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian