Maglavit

Commune in Dolj, Romania
44°2′N 23°6′E / 44.033°N 23.100°E / 44.033; 23.100CountryRomaniaCountyDoljPopulation
 (2021-12-01)[1]
3,938Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Vehicle reg.DJ

Maglavit is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hunia and Maglavit.

History

In mid-1935, local Romanian Orthodox shepherd Petrache Lupu claimed to have seen and spoken with God. Over the following three years, some two million pilgrims came to Maglavit, 10 million lei in donations were raised and King Carol II ordered the construction of a church on the site of the reported miracle. However, interest in the story had withered by autumn 1938, the church remained largely unbuilt and the funds were embezzled.[2] The episode was exploited by the far-right: Iron Guard supporter Nichifor Crainic eulogized Lupu, while his Sfarmă-Piatră was still mentioning him in April 1941. Meanwhile, in 1935, Iron Guard sympathizer N. Crevedia claimed Lupu had cured him of uncontrollable blinking.[3]

Gallery

  • Marsh on the Danube
    Marsh on the Danube
  • Site of Lupu's reported miracle
    Site of Lupu's reported miracle

See also

  • Maglavit Monastery

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maglavit, Dolj.
  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ Dragoș Carciga, "Maglavit - miracol sau escrocherie?", in Historia, July 23, 2010
  3. ^ Radu Ioanid, "Characteristics of Rumanian Fascism", in Matthew Feldman, Fascism, p. 131. Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 978-041-529-019-7
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