ROLUL BISERICII GRECO-CATOLICE ÎN REALIZAREA MARII UNIRII

Florin GATEA Universitatea Liberă Internaţională din Moldova

Аннотация

GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH ROLE IN ACHIEVING GREAT UNION A brief study of the role of the Greek Catholic Church in Romania in the events of 1918 is undertaken. The Romanian Greek-Catholic Church has made the most contribution to the creation of the Greater Romania and its recognition internationally. The Romanian Greek-Catholic clergy’s contribution to the international recognition of the Greater Romania was particularly important in the newspaper articles written by the western Romanian structures abroad, as well as memories addressed to the politicians forces of Entente: Pr.Vasile Lucaciu in America, Scandinavia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Pr. Canonin Alexandru Nicolescu in Rome, Pr. Ioan Coltor in addition to Al. Vaida Voevod in the Romanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, Prince Vladimir Ghica, resulting in winning the Western diplomacy on behalf of Romania. Keywords: Great Union, United Church, Apostolic Nunciature, Diocese, Concordat, Bishop, Archbishop, Cults, Sovietization.