Saint in Romania: new saints with a controversial past!
Saint in Romania: new saints with a controversial past!
Bukarest, Rumänien - On February 7, 2025, an important event in Bucharest happened when the Romanian Orthodox Church sanctified 16 confessors and ascetic spokes. These celebrations took place as part of the 140th anniversary of the Romanian autocephaly and the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Romanian patriarchy, reports kathpress.at . Patriarch Daniel emphasized during the ceremony in the Orthodox National Cathedral that the canonization should be understood as a valuable fruit of the church that symbolize the unshakable faith and the unity of the Romanian people.
criticism and controversy
The canonization, which was already decided last summer, did not run without controversy. Some of the newly consecrated saints, including prominent church leaders, were accused of their anti -Semitic views and their support for the fascist legionnaire movement in the 1930s and 1940s. The national Elie Wiesel Institute for the Studies of the Holocaust in Romania expressed sharp criticism of the canonization of these clergymen who suffered during the communist rule, but were also known for questionable political views. mitropolia-ro.de emphasizes that despite the resistance of the church under the communist regime, these events between orthodoxy and clarify national identity in Romania.
In addition, the new auxiliary bishop of Moldova Archdiocese Chisinau, Archimandrit Nectarie Clinic, was also consecrated in the course of the celebrations. This is another step to strengthen church structures in neighboring Moldova. The Romanian Orthodox Church, which counts about 85 percent of the population of Romania, has not only strengthened its community of beliefs inwards, but also sent important signals in terms of foreign policy by strengthening their historical roots.| Details | |
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