Talk:Sofronie of Cioara

Notes on the Orthodox Christianity of the Romanians in Transylvania
The historian Keith Hitchins does not understand at all the lived Christianity in Transylvania. The people did not and even today do not live some sort of ceremonies. For them being Christian is being in communion with God itself, living in God and with God and through God, and this is a reality which cannot be transmitted as some piece of information, but it can be lived. And yes, it is ancient, but true. And you either live it, and then you can understand it, or you don't live it, but then you cannot understand it and cannot write about it. The orthodox Christianity of the Romanian people was identified with their lives, that is why nothing else counted when their belief was about to be taken away. And even if the Catholic Church with very questionable, far from Christian means managed to break the orthodox unity for about 250 years, we can see now that the orthodox life and beliefs remained. It is true that the communist power brought back the Greek Catholic Church within the Orthodox Church about 50 years ago, but now, when there is freedom of religion, very few returned to the Greek Catholic Church and preferred to remain orthodox. This fact says very much. I am myself from Transylvania and live my orthodox Christianity like many of my co-nationals, so I know what I am talking about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.114.63.54 (talk) 20:31, 20 June 2010 (UTC)