STABILIREA NORMELOR JURIDICE PRIVIND FUNCȚIONAREA SERVICIULUI RELIGIOS ÎN ARMATA ROMÂNĂ
ESTABLISHING LEGAL NORMS REGARDING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE RELIGIOUS SERVICE IN THE ROMANIAN ARMY

Summary/Abstract: The prominent representatives of the Church, the metropolitan and the bishops, sometimes even the egumens of the great monasteries, played a significant political role in the life of the country. The fables of the Romanians, elaborated according to the model of the byzantine codes of laws, established civil and religious regulations for the deviations committed. The steps taken by the religious service within the army, from 1850, fulfilled the "religious duties", as formerly called "Duties of the army priests". In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Personnel Department and Military Operations elaborated orders of the Minister of War for the organization of the recruitment and selection process for the military schools. In 1876, the Instructions entitled Duties of the army priest were elaborated. The stage preceding the establishment of the Episcopate of the Romanian Army was between1915-1921. This stage begins on May 15, 1915, when the Holy Synod debates Metropolitan Pimen's proposal that the Army should have a well-organized religious service, having as its spiritual guide an archpriest. The unification of the Romanian Orthodox Church, as a result of the Great Union of 1918, facilitated the establishment of a specialized entity, which would permanently lead the institution of the military clergy, whose priests were spread throughout the entire Romanian space. The duties of the military priests also reflected the ecumenical dimension and the wide openness of the Romanian regime.

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