Despre proiectul RE/Search
Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Petrescu, Ștefan
Year: 2010
Title: Stat, religie şi naţionalitate în formarea şi organizarea comunităţilor greceşti din România (secolul al XIX-lea)
Translated Title: [ Religion and Nationality in the Formation and Organization of the Greek Communities in Romania (19th Century)]
Editor: Achim, Venera - Achim, Viorel
Book Title: Minoritățile etnice din România în secolul al XIX-lea/ Ethnic Minorities in Romania in the Nineteenth Century
City: București
Publisher: Editura Academiei Române
Pages: 109-121.
Language: Romanian
Keywords: Greek minority, history, religion, religious identity, integration, migration, discrimination, settlement,
Abstract (EN): The emigration of Orthodox Christians from the South of Danube to the Romanian Principalities has got a history of several centuries. In the mid-19th century, the process of formation of the Romanian national state reconfigured the relations between the state, citizens and the foreigners. In this context of institutional changes, the Greek emigration in principalities was institutionalized. Religion, other times an important link in the destiny of Christian-Orthodox Balkan peoples, became a problem of otherness. Greek communities appeared in several Danubian towns, where a relatively numerous population of Greek origin lived. Although the founding act of the Greek community was the consecration of the church, the community institutions, meaning the church, school and the social protection organizations, were supervised and administered by the secular and aimed at preserving the Greek national identity. In this direction, communities fought for the affirmation and consolidation of their institutional autonomy, both towards the Romanian state and to the Greek one. This objective was reached by http://www.iini-minorities.ro4 specific institutional mechanisms, like the representation in the leading bodies, contributions of community members and the articulation of a private educational system. These mechanisms did not differ from the state ones and they would function in parallel.