Aspecte privind pictura bisericilor ortodoxe din Arhiepiscopia Timișoarei și Caransebeșului în perioada comunistă (1948-1965)
Aspects regarding the painting of the orthodox churches during the communist period in the Archdiocese of Timișoara and Caransebeș - 1948-1965

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to analyze the situation of the Orthodox churches painted during the communist period in the Archdiocese of Timisoara and Caransebes. Starting from the political transformations, we try to capture the most relevant aspects of the Orthodox religious life since 1948. The establishment of communism in Romania brought great transformations on the political, social, economic, but also religious life. After 1948, the religious life and the Romanian Orthodox Church went through new stages of their evolution, coming into contact with the rigidity and severe control of a totalitarian regime. Religious life was not left out of this whirlwind that encompassed the whole of Romania in all respects. Despite the unfavorable political context, new places of worship continued to be built and painted. From an iconographic point of view, the program did not undergo major changes, but new instructions and regulations were adopted regarding the church's artistic approaches. Through analysis and interpretation of documents, the study aims to reconstruct the history of parishes from the point of view of church painting, bringing to the fore artists established in Orthodox religious art, but also the involvement of church institutions to preserve and enrich Orthodox religious heritage. Starting from the actions and activity carried out by the parish offices, the archpriest's offices, the Archbishop's Council and by the Church Painting Commission within the Romanian Patriarchate, the evolution of the Romanian Orthodox churches in terms of painting beautification is restored.

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