RELAȚIILE BISERICII ORTODOXE ROMÂNE CU BISERICA ORTODOXĂ DIN ȚINUTURILE CEHIEI ȘI SLOVACIEI

This article highlights people and facts, who by virtue of the Romanian-Czech and Slovak friendship discreetly but decisively contributed to the organization and development of the Orthodox Church in these lands. The information I will present has been revealed to me from 2003 onwards in the context of participating in many Romanian-Czech cultural events. Here I discovered the beauty of some countries and people that through their history but also Orthodox traditions have many elements in common with the Romanian people and the Orthodox tradition in Romania. Romanians, Czechs and Slovaks fought for their ideals, or prayed and often built together, at times such as: during World War I, when Transylvania along with Bohemia and Moravia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Romanian military priests stationed in the Prague garrison served the Czechs’ Orthodox. At the formation of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the pastorate of St. Gorazd; when the young Czech church formed its institutions by sending young people to Romania for their formation as priests and teachers from the moment of declaring the autocephaly of the Czech and Slovak Church until today.