The War of Independence of 1877

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.

Studia Humanitatis No. III (VII) / 2018 The Cross, the Machine Gun and Sacrifice – Some Notes on Romanian Priests in the First World War Professor, PhD Adrian Cioroianu

The presence of Romanian Orthodox priests on the front lines of the First World War – from the mobilisation of over 250 clergymen in August 1916 under the coordination of Archpriest Constantin Nazarie to acts of heroism such as that of Father Justin Șerbănescu at Azuga – illustrates a tradition of military chaplaincy with roots dating back to the era of Prince Barbu Știrbei and which has continued, following a communist hiatus, since 1994.

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