Central Romanian National Council

Studia Theologica No. III (VII) / 2018 The Church and the Union of 1918 Academician, Professor, University Professor, Dr Mircea Păcurariu

Marking the centenary of the Great Union, the article recounts the sacrifices and contributions of the Romanian clergy – from Transylvania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Muntenia and Oltenia – during the First World War and in bringing about the union of 1918, highlighting military chaplains, those who were deported, those who were shot, and delegates to the Assembly at Alba Iulia, such as Bishop Miron Cristea and Iuliu Hossu.

Studia Theologica No. III (VII) / 2018 The role of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Great Union of 1918 Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

The role of the Romanian Orthodox Church in bringing about the Great Union of 1 December 1918 is the central theme of this article, which highlights the contribution of hierarchs, priests and theologians such as Miron Cristea, Gurie Grosu, Vladimir Repta, Nicolae Bălan, Vasile Goldiș and Silviu Dragomir to the National Assemblies in Chișinău, Cernăuți and Alba Iulia, demonstrating that the clergy accounted for 38 per cent of the total number of official delegates.

Studia Humanitatis No. III (VII) / 2018 1 December 1918 – the ‘birth certificate’ of Greater Romania Dragoş-Ionuţ Ecaterinescu

On the occasion of the centenary in 2018, this article looks back at the stages leading up to the Great Union of 1 December 1918, from the union of Bessarabia and Bukovina with Romania to the Great National Assembly at Alba Iulia, where over 100,000 Romanians voted for the union of Transylvania with Romania, through the testimonies of Ilie Mișcuția, Nicolae Iorga and Vasile Goldiș.

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