The Great Union of 1 December 1918

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XII) / 2021 Bishop Antim Petrescu — the shortest tenure in the See of Râmnic (II) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Bishop Antim Petrescu of Râmnic (1918–1919), elected in July 1918 and dismissed by government decree in November of the same year, carried out an intensive pastoral ministry in Oltenia, visiting parishes, supporting the construction and renovation of churches, and taking an active interest in the social issues facing the peasantry and war orphans, and leaving behind the memory of a self-sacrificing hierarch, as recalled by Nicolae Iorga, Gala Galaction and Archimandrite Iuliu Scriban.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (X) / 2020 The Church and the political unity of the Romanians Acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop

The role of the Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches in shaping Romanian national identity can be traced from medieval documents, such as the papal bull of 1234 addressed to King Bela IV, right up to the Great National Assembly at Alba Iulia on 1 December 1918, where the bishops Miron Cristea and Iuliu Hossu presided over the act of union. For Romanians, throughout the ages, the Church has represented not only a place of worship, but also a bastion of ethnic resilience, an instrument of national emancipation and a unifying force for the community in the face of external political and religious pressures.

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.

Studia Theologica No. III (VII) / 2018 The Orthodox faith – the foundation of unity amongst all Romanians His Eminence Varsanufie

The national unity of the Romanians, celebrated in the context of the centenary of the Great Union of 1918, is analysed through the prism of Orthodox unity of faith, the preservation of the Word of God proclaimed through apostolic preaching, and the unifying role of the Divine Liturgy. The true faith, upheld by princes such as Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu and reflected in the 1688 Bible, formed the spiritual and socio-political foundation of Romanian unity.

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. I (I) / 2016 Mircea the Great. In the run-up to a commemoration Dan Zamfirescu

The article calls for the restoration of the historical image of Mircea the Great ahead of the January 2018 commemoration marking six centuries since his death, refuting the argument put forward in the article by Marius Diaconescu published in the journal Historia. It traces the stages of the historiographical debate concerning the voivode’s epithet, from Dimitre Onciul to recent efforts to canonise the founder of Cozia.

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