Fenomenul fundaţiilor româneşti şi al filantropilor români ortodocşi din Transilvania secolului al XIX-lea
The Phenomenon of the Romanian Foundations and Romanian Orthodox Philanthropists in Nineteenth-Century Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: Philanthropy is an attribute of the Church since the apostolic period, its philanthropic work varying throughout history depending on the political evolution, social, cultural and religious transformations of society, but especially on the charism of the church servants, from all hierarchical levels, and members of the laity. Public and private charitable foundations, as institutionalized expression of philanthropy and Christian charity appeared in medieval Europe, but went through a crisis during the Reformation, experiencing a revitalization in the late eighteenth century and a remarkable flourishing in the nineteenth century. The first philanthropic foundations appeared in the Transylvanian Orthodox Church in the first half of the 19th century. Until the Great Union of 1918, most Romanian charitable foundations were created, patronized and administered by the two Romanian Churches, all Romanian philanthropists being more or less connected to parishes, dioceses and metropolises. This study presents the development of Orthodox foundations and the great Orthodox philanthropists in Transylvania, listing the funds and charitable foundations that functioned within the Archdiocese of Transylvania until 1918.

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