sacrifice for one’s country

Studia Humanitatis No. III (VII) / 2018 Two family stories about reunification Dinu Săraru

The article recalls two generations of heroes from the Săraru family: the author’s grandfather, Costandin Sărariu, who was wounded at Smârdan during the War of Independence and founded churches and schools in Slătioara, and the author’s father, the schoolteacher Lieutenant Constantin Săraru, who fell at Tiraspol on 15 August 1941, whose grave in the Central Orthodox Cemetery in Chișinău disappeared during the Soviet era.

Theatrum No. III (VII) / 2018 On the way to Iași Ivona Boitan

The play depicts the drama of two sisters, Aglaia and Zenovia, who walled up their sons — Radu and Alexandru — to save them from the front during the First World War. A visit from a general triggers a confrontation over sacrifice, cowardice, love of country and a mother’s love, and the finale depicts irreversible choices: Radu leaves for the front, Alexandru hides in the forest, Zenovia becomes a nun, and Aglaia takes her own life.

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