Talk:History of Christianity in Romania

List of words

Dear Saturnian, are you sure that the whole Christian vocabulary of the Romanian language is to be listed here? Borsoka (talk) 17:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

diavol ("evil") - should also be moved to words of Greek origin. --Morosanul (talk) 17:23, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Walls from the 11th century

According to the Revista teologică ([1]) Florin Dobrei analyzed the churches built in Hunedoara County from the 13th century onward. What did he wrote of the 11th-century walls of the Gurasada Church? Borsoka (talk) 03:28, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Romanian authorities also registered 385 faiths, organizations, and foundations, but these religious associations do not enjoy financial advantages; the right to build houses of worship or to perform rites of baptism, marriage, or burial; the guarantee of state (largely police) noninterference in their religious activity; or protection against public stereotypes and negative media campaigns.20 This is important since not all nonrecognized groups can worship freely and openly in the country. For example, in 2004, the government vigorously pursued the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute, a New Age, Tantra-practicing yoga group led by Gregorian Bivolaru, on charges of human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors, and tax evasion. A year later, Sweden granted Bivolaru political asylum, admitting that the spiritual leader was persecuted in his home country for his religious beliefs.

— Stan, Turcescu, p. 28

Gregorian Bivolaru was arrested in France, extradited to Romania, served some time in prison, liberated and then left Romania to hide elsewhere. Romanian authorities are no longer actively prosecuting him, but he is wanted in France and Finland on pretty much the same charges as he faced in Romania. So, the charges are seemingly genuine, it's not all political abuse. AFAIK, many of those religious foundations do not seek to establish houses of worship, but serve the communities of the 18 already recognized religions/denominations. E.g., they hold conferences, they organize protests, triggered the 2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, but do not intend to perform baptism or marriage ceremonies. Mormons are often seen at street corners proselytizing people, are free to hire halls for worship, organize meetings, and so on. So, yes, religious freedom is taken seriously by the Romanian state. Bivolaru is a wacko and his cult does seem to promote pornography and prostitution (prostitution is just a misdemeanor in Romania, nowadays, but pimps are felons). Tgeorgescu (talk) 04:51, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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