Open AccessTHE ORTHODOX DIASPORA: ANALYSIS, NUANCE AND REDEFINITION
Author(s) -
Răzvan BRUDIU,
Alexandru CIUCURESCU
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
icoana credinţei
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2501-3386
pISSN - 2393-137X
DOI - 10.26520/icoana.2022.15.8.24-33
Subject(s) - diaspora , phenomenon , context (archaeology) , sociology , cultural phenomenon , history , aesthetics , anthropology , gender studies , epistemology , art , philosophy , archaeology
The reasons why a diaspora appears are similar throughout human history. People are ontologically the same, and the social, cultural, and religious context in which these great migrations take place is often similar. We can identify distinct elements and mutual lessons that help us to understand these events much better, to prevent them by noticing the causes in time, and to learn from these lessons of past and present history. The present study focuses, on the one hand, on the effects that the phenomenon of migration has had on the Orthodox diaspora, especially given the religious and social impact of life that today's Orthodox have among foreigners, being far from their national, religious and cultural center