The Evolution of the Religious Discourse in the Pages of the Journal Calendarul “Bunului creștin” from Sibiu between the years 1944-1949

Abstract

Abstract The present study aims to analyze the religious discourse in the Calendar of the „Good Christian” in the issues of 1945-1949. The paradigm shift of language, which can be clearly seen from the texts presented, begins on August 23, 1944 and continues after December 30, 1947, the date on which the monarchy in our country was abolished. If, at the beginning, the point of view of Metropolitan Nicolae Bălan of Transylvania had been strongly anti-communist, after 1946, the tone of his articles „softened a little”, thus, suggesting an approach to the communist regime that had established the country’s leadership. The number of pro-Soviet and communist texts increased exponentially. The official the official direction of those texts was given after 1948, after King Michael I had already abdicated. After 1949, all references to the Royal House disappeared from the pages of the periodical and new „holidays” were introduced to the people, such as „Labor Day” (May 1), „Victory, Independence and Heroes’ Day” (May 9), as well as „Proclamation of the Romanian People’s Republic” (December 30).