The words of every faith, explained for everyone: what an iconostasis, a mihrab, a bimah or a tabernacle is.
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Also called: interchurch dialogue
The effort towards rapprochement and dialogue among Christian Churches; the name "Ecumenica" comes from it.
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Also called: Romanian Church United with Rome
A Byzantine-rite Church with Orthodox-like services that recognises the authority of the pope; in Transylvania since 1700.
Also called: List of Historic Monuments
A building protected by law for its historic or artistic value; it has a code in the national List of Historic Monuments.
Also called: kashrut
Food permitted under Jewish dietary law.
Also called: Neolog Judaism
A modernising current of 19th-century Hungarian and Transylvanian Judaism; Neolog synagogues are large, sometimes with an organ or choir.
Also called: Reformation
The 16th-century movement (Luther, Calvin) from which the Lutheran, Reformed and Unitarian Churches arose.
Also called: kıble
The direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, which Muslims face in prayer; from Romania it is to the south-east.
Also called: Law 489/2006
A religious community officially recognised by the Romanian state; Romania has 18 under Law 489/2006.
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