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Session 6. Spiritual & Religious values in
accordance with Social changes
DIALOGO JOURNAL 9 : 2 (2023) 179 - 186
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ABSTRACT
This article draws the portrayal of the church support for Romanians as depicted in
articles from the most important Irish newspaper, The Irish Times (1992-2020). The
articles analyzed show: the help of the Church of Ireland for the Romanian people
in the aftermath of the 1989 fall of the communist regime; the interest that the Irish
society showed for the Orthodox Church in the context of an increase in the number
of immigrants from Romania, a predominantly Orthodox country; the efforts of the
churches in Ireland to establish an interfaith dialogue for the benefit of the Romanian
immigrants; the focus that remarkable Orthodox priests, such as Father Irineu Crăciun
and Father Godfrey O’Donnell, benefitted from in the Irish press due to their constant
work for the benefit of the Romanian community in Ireland
ARTICLE INFO
Article history:
Received 28 February 2023
Received in revised form 18 April
Accepted 20 April 2023
Available online 30 June 2023
doi: 10.51917/dialogo.2023.9.2.15
Keywords:
Orthodox Church; Church of Ireland;
Romanian identity; immigration;
interfaith dialogue; The Irish Times;
Copyright © 2023 Nicoleta Stanca. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation: Stanca, Nicoleta. “Interfaith Dialogue Reflected in “The Irish Times.” A Defence of Romanian Immigrants in Ireland.” DIALOGO, ISSN:
2393-1744, vol. 9, issue 2 (June 2023): pp. 179-186. DOI: 10.51917/dialogo.2023.9.2.15
Interfaith Dialogue Re fected in
“The Irish Times.”
A Defence of Romanian Immigrants in Ireland
Assoc. Prof. Nicoleta Stanca
Faculty of Leters,
Ovidius University Constanța,
Romania
ORCID: 0009-0005-1053-0157
Introduction
The end of the communist regime
revealed numerous shortcomings faced by
the Romanian population and institutions
and caused a wave of sympathy from
Western countries, including Ireland. Thus,
among the frst reports in the Irish press of
connections involving churches in Ireland
in support of Romania is the presentation
of the Euroaid project.
The Euroaid project was initiated in
the context of the 350th anniversary of
the founding of the Presbyterian Church
in Ireland (1642 in Carrickfergus). On this
occasion, a series of ecumenical events were
also organized in Dublin: an ecumenical
religious service for young people at Christ
Church Cathedral, followed by a concert
by the Christian rock group Emmaus and a