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Journeys to Significant Places in Orthodoxy as a Source of Sustainable Local Development in Romania

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  • Daniela Sorea

    (Department of Social and Communication Sciences, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500036 Brașov, Romania)

  • Monica Defta

    (Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500036 Brașov, Romania)

  • Ionuț Mihai Popescu

    (Department of Greek-Catholic Theology Oradea, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Abstract

Religious tourism has developed in post-communist Romania, after decades of restrictions on the manifestation of the population’s religiosity. New monasteries and hermitages appeared and the number of travellers eager to arrive visit those and other religious places has increased. The purpose of this article is to support a sustainable orientation in the development of religious tourism in Romania. Content analysis of articles published by mass media in the last year regarding the two great Orthodox pilgrimages in Romania, to St. Parascheva in Iași and to St. Dimitrie the New in Bucharest, together with a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews conducted with group or solitary travellers and the results of two participatory observations conducted at monasteries in Făgăraș Land highlighted the types of journey to religiously significant places in contemporary Romania, i.e., pilgrimages, journeys to father confessor, spiritual journeys, group religious journeys and secular visits, as well as the particularities of hospitality related to them. Involving local communities in hosting and preparing meals for travellers to hermitages and monasteries would reduce pressure on monastic communities and contribute to sustainable local development. The inclusion of local historical sites in journey itineraries to religious places, and the revitalization of traditional local crafts would also contribute to this development.

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  • Daniela Sorea & Monica Defta & Ionuț Mihai Popescu, 2023. "Journeys to Significant Places in Orthodoxy as a Source of Sustainable Local Development in Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-26, March.
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