The return of Greek Catholics to Orthodoxy in 1948
This is one of the controversial topics of recent Romanian history, but also perhaps the least known in the archives of communism. The return of the flock that left in 1700 was a desire of the Orthodox hierarchy of the Transylvanian region even before the War of Reunification. Also, in the interwar period there were many voices calling for the return of Greek Catholics to Orthodoxy. But the Greek Catholics were perhaps too caught up in the Latin dogmatic pattern, a situation which did not allow them to think about a return to the Orthodox Church. But it was 1948, […]