Through the Iron Curtain : : The Taizé Ecumenical Experience in Eastern Europe (1960-1989) / / Silvia Scatena and Dietrich Sagert (editors).

• Superior document: Fscire Research and Papers
• TeilnehmendeR: Scatena, Silvia,; Sagert, Dietrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : V&R Unipress,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Fscire research and papers.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- List of Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- Archives and Sources -- Brother Alois, prior of the Taizé Community: Foreword -- Silvia Scatena: Through the Iron Curtain: The Taizé Ecumenical Experience in Eastern Europe (1960-1989) -- 1. An Instantly Unified European Space -- 2. A Multifarious and Heterogenous Christianity -- 3. At the Origins of a Project -- 4. "We Felt Hope Close Beside Us" -- Bibliography -- Dietrich Sagert: German Democratic Republic -- 1. The Berlin Wall -- 2. 1956: First Contacts -- 3. Hirschluch from 1962 -- 4. Dresden, 1980: First Meeting with Brother Roger -- 5. Schwerin, 1981: Second Meeting with Brother Roger -- 6. Magdeburg, 1982: Third Meeting with Brother Roger -- 7. Dresden, 1984: Fourth Meeting with Brother Roger -- 8. Return Visits -- 9. Berlin, 1986: Fifth Meeting with Brother Roger -- 10. The Peaceful Revolution -- Bibliography -- Elzbieta Agnieszka Rafalowska: Poland -- 1. The Discovery of Taizé and the Years of Vatican II -- 2. The First Visit of Brothers to Poland in the Decade of the Council of Youth -- 3. The First Groups Inspired by the Taizé Community -- 4. The First Visits of Young Poles to France -- 5. The 1980s: the Decade of Large Groups Involved in the Pilgrimage of Trust -- Bibliography -- Ferenc Hardi: Hungary -- 1. The Historical Context -- 2. The First Contacts -- 2.1 Migration of People, Migration of Ideas -- 2.2 At the Beginning of the 1960s, a First "Mythical" Meeting -- 2.3 The First Hungarians in Taizé -- 3. How to Go Unnoticed? -- 3.1 Brother Rudolf in Hungary -- 3.2 The Benedictines of Pannonhalma -- 3.3 A Strange Meeting -- 3.4 Hidden Vocations -- 4. "I Will Give Him a White Stone" -- 4.1 In the Secret of the Family -- 4.2 Visits of Volunteers to Hungary and Young Hungarians to Taizé.

4.3 The Council of Youth in the Christian Press in Hungary -- 4.4 The White Stone -- 5. After the Council of Youth -- 5.1 The Songs of Taizé in Hungary -- 5.2 The Letter from Taizé -- 5.3 Meetings in the East -- 5.4 Parallel Paths and the Search for Communion -- 6. The Silent Visit of Brother Roger -- 6.1 The Harvest is Abundant -- 6.2 Invisible Limits -- 6.3 Leaping Over the Walls -- 7. New Horizons -- 7.1 A Space of Freedom -- 7.2 The Question of Visas Again -- 7.3 Towards the Meeting in Pécs -- 7.4 An Intense Preparation -- 7.5 A Springtime of the Church in Hungary -- 8. And the Journey Continues -- Bibliography -- Marianna Drábiková / Mária Medveczká: Czechoslovakia -- 1. Brief Introduction to the History of the Czechoslovakian Churches -- 2. The First Contacts -- 2.1 Jan Merrell and the Christian Peace Conference -- 2.2 Alfréd Kocáb and First Contacts with the Evangelical Church -- 2.3 Visits to the CSSR by Brother Rudolf and Other Members of the Community -- 2.4 Czechs and Slovaks in Taizé -- 2.5 The Kaplan Family -- 2.6 Literature, its Translations and Distribution -- 2.7 Silvester Krčméry and the "Camps" -- 2.8 Visits of the Volunteers and Other Friends of the Community -- 3. The Late 1970s and the 1980s -- 3.1 Participation in Meetings in Other Eastern Bloc Countries -- 3.2 New Visits to Taizé at the End of the 1970s -- 3.3 Growth of Common Knowledge About Taizé in the Late 1970s and the 1980s -- 3.4 Pavol Kaločaj and the Activities in Bratislava -- 3.5 Brother Roger's First Visit to Prague (1981) -- 3.6 Prayers in Different Areas of Czechoslovakia -- 3.7 Youth Meetings in the Countryside -- 3.8 Family Meetings -- 4. The Loosening of Restrictions -- 4.1 Brother Roger's Second Visit to Prague (1988) -- 4.2 The Presence of Czechs and Slovaks in Meetings Abroad -- 4.3 The European Meeting in Prague (1990-1).

4.4 Continuation: First Steps in the New Situation -- Bibliography -- István Csonta / Jaume Casassas / Alexandru-Marius Crişan: Romania -- 1. The Beginning and the 1960s -- 2. The 1970s -- 3. The 1980s -- 4. January 1990: Brother Roger's visit to Bucharest -- 5. After 1990 -- Bibliography -- Brother Luc of Taizé / Zrinka Zubić / Klemen Kastelic / Milesa Stefanović-Banović / Theodor Avramov: Yugoslavia -- 1. The Yugoslavian Mosaic -- 2. Croatia -- 2.1 First Contacts in the 1960s -- 2.1.1 Cardinal Franjo —eper and Brother Roger -- 2.1.2 Taizé in the Religious Press in Croatia -- 2.1.3 Taizé and Krćanska sadanjost -- 2.2 Mutual Visits in the Late 1960s and 1970s -- 2.2.1 The First Individual Visits -- 2.2.2 Taizé Volunteers and Brother John in Croatia -- 2.2.3 Veritas and the First Organised Youth Groups -- 2.3 Organised Group Visits in the 1980s -- 2.3.1 Groups from Rijeka and Istria -- 2.3.2 Groups from Zagreb and the Continental Part of Croatia -- 2.3.3 Numerous Visits by Brothers and Taizé Volunteers -- 2.3.4 Groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 2.4 Fruits of the Taizé Experience -- 3. Slovenia -- 3.1 From Individual Visits to Large Groups of Slovenes in Taizé (1963-79) -- 3.2 Crowds of Slovenes in Taizé and the Visit of Brother Roger to Stična (1979-84) -- 3.3 Slovene Volunteers in Taizé and the Idea of a European Meeting in Yugoslavia (1984-7) -- 3.4 East-West Meeting in Ljubljana in 1987 -- 3.5 The Last Years of Yugoslavia (1987-90) -- 3.6 By way of conclusion -- 4. Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia -- 4.1 An Overview of State Politics Before the First Taizé Visit -- 4.2 The First Visit of the Brothers: Brother Roger in Belgrade -- 4.3 The 1970s -- 4.4 The 1980s -- Bibliography -- Theodor Avramov: Bulgaria -- 1. Brief Introduction to State/Church Relations at the Dawn of Communism -- 2. The 1960s -- 2.1 First Visit.

2.2 A Closer Examination of the Context -- 2.3 Dometian and Damaskinos in Taizé -- 2.4 Background -- 3. The 1970s -- 4. The 1980s -- 5. The 1990s -- Bibliography -- Olga Erokhina / Brother Luc of Taizé / Brother Charles-Eugène of Taizé: The Soviet Union -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brother Roger and Russia -- 3. First Contacts -- 4. "Official" Relations -- 5. The 1970s: "Building Bridges Across the Abyss" -- 6. Brother Roger in Moscow and Leningrad (1978) -- 7. In Russia during the 1980s -- 8. In the Baltic Countries -- 9. In Ukraine -- 10. Glasnost and Perestroika -- 11. Brother Roger in Moscow, Kiev, Yaroslavl (1988): A Million New Testaments in Russian -- 12. A Completely New Period -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Name Index.