THE RETURN OF THE PARISH “HOLY ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAFAEL” FROM PARIS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE “MOTHER-CHURCH” – A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

THE FALL OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN ROMANIA OFFERED THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH THE POSSIBILITY TO (RE)ORGANIZE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE ABROAD. DURING THIS COMPLEX PROCESS, ONE OF THE CHURCH’S MAIN PREOCUPATIONS WAS TO DETERMINE THE ECCLESIATICAL UNITIES WHICH AFTER 1945 DECIDED TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCATE TO RETURN UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. ON MAI 10, 2009, THE ROMANIAN ORT HODOX CHURCH IN PARIS, SEEN AS THE SYMBOL OF THE ANTI -COMMUNIST ROMANIAN EXILE, DECIDES TO RE-ENTER UNDER THE CANONICAL AUTORITY OF THE MOTHER - CHURCH. THE PAPER USES DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT FOR THE WHOLE PRO CESS OF (RE)ORGANISATION STARTED AFTER 1990. BASED ON THE DISCOURSES OF THE FIVE MAIN ACTORS OF THE MAI 10, 2009 DECISION, THE STUDY SHOWS HOW THIS EVENT IS LESS A FORM OF PHYSICAL, INFRASTRUCTURAL (RE)ORGANIZATION BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RELIGIO US INSTITUTION TO RECAST ITS OWN IMAGE, TO VALIDATE ITS OWN ACTIONS AND TO GAIN IN TERMS OF LEGITIMITY.

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