In the present study, we aim to review a series of constitutional provisions related to the status of religious freedom in Romania since the first Constitution to the present-day Law no. 489/2006 regarding religious freedom and the general status of denominations in Romania, the law that regulates the relationship of the state with all acknowledged denominations. We thus seek to achieve an analysis and evaluation of the Romanian legal framework that is relevant to the topic. In the second part of the study, we shall raise some cross-cutting issues related to derogations and limitations of the freedom of religion and belief as we briefly analyse two instances related to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, namely officiating religious services without public access and the restrictions regarding the pilgrimage in Iaşi, held every year on the 14th October, during the feast of Saint Pious Parascheva.

Biblical texts play a central and multifaceted role in religious education, serving as fundamental sources for moral, spiritual, and cultural development in both Christian and Jewish traditions. Th...

The discussion of the documents of the Holy and Great Synod of Crete has resulted in numerous clashes in the dioceses of the Romanian Patriarchate. In this context, our study seeks to analyse various forms of canonical disobedience and highlight the principle of synodality, one of the fundamental canonical principles of organizing the Orthodox Church, according to which the leadership of the Church is exercised collectively, not individually. Furthermore, canonical obedience, as an expression of the hierarchical principle, means the subordination of the inferior ranks to the higher ones, of the faithful to the hierarchy, of the hierarchs to the synods, etc.