Despite the Government’s warning to religious leaders not to participate in extremist politics, Patriarch Miron Christea, leader of the Orthodox Church, today again placed himself on record in support of the “splendid work” of Prof. Alexander Cuza, Fascist anti-Semitic leader.
“I admire his energy and nationalism, which are an example to the youth and large masses of Rumanians, and I wish him many years of useful and tireless work,” the Patriarch said in a letter to Porunca Vremya, anti-Semitic daily.
The occasion for the letter was an expression of regret that illness kept him from joining a committee sponsoring a birthday celebration April 11 for Prof. Cuza, which is expected to develop into an anti-Semitic demonstration.
It was to Patriarch Miron that Premier and Interior Minister Georg Tatarescu recently addressed a letter, following a Cabinet meeting, asking that the clergy abstain from manifestations in which hatred among groups of the population was advocated.
Although unable to participate in the committee sponsoring the birthday celebration, the religious leader said that “I adhere with pleasure to the celebrations in honor of the enthusiastic nationalistic fighter whose splendid work I have been following from the beginning.
The Patriarch has voiced similar sentiments on previous occasions.
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