Migrarea satului românesc în Europa occidentală

The migrant, leaving the Orthodox Romanian traditional village to move to Western Europe, notes that surprisingly the Orthodox Christians were majority in his village, but in the host country are a minority. This is the first reason for him to try to rebuild the universe of his traditional village in Diaspora, which gives him the feeling of safety and stability. The church becomes the „meeting place of the village” that he recreates next to those he called or those he later helped to migrate, relatives and friends, to be “all of them together”. Here, the practice of sacred ancestral traditions continues, which helps him to overcome the impact caused by the isolation of the Western individual, unlike the spirit of the community and the hospitality with which he was accustomed. In my work I will highlight the mission of the priest in the Romanian communities of the Orthodox Diaspora of Western Europe for the preservation of the religious and cultural values characteristic of the traditional Romanianvillage, in contrast with the pressure for renewal and integration in the culture of the host country.