The Adventist Children and Young People’s Perception of the Sabbath Day in Communist Romania
The Adventist Children and Young People’s Perception of the Sabbath Day in Communist Romania

Author(s): Ciprian Corneliu Ciurea
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: church; Adventists; pupils; students; communism
Summary/Abstract: During the communist period, Romanian authorities faced a problem specific to the Adventist Church - the Adventist children did not attend school on Saturdays. Although they used the most varied methods of persuasion and coercion of children and parents to solve this problem, the authorities have not managed to fully defeat their resistance. This was the "big Adventist problem" that caused serious problems both to the Department of Cults and to the Securitate bodies, the Ministry of Education, the County School Inspectorates, the organizations of pioneers and youth, and the schools.

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