Hi im traveling through Romania and I see a lot of this big crosses beside the road. Is there any history behind them?

by limonka15

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  2. Well, Romania is a majority Christian Country (Orthodox) so the roadside Crosses are a simple way of showing piety to the most important Christian Symbol.

    I think however crosses on cross roads are common in most Christian Countries (especially in Europe), not only in Romania and serve the same purpose: to cast out evil!

    There are also other possible explanations if you want me to get into them, but these are the two most basic ones. Have a wonderful day and may God and The Most Holy Theotokos and all the Saints bless you ❤️

    Enjoy your trip! 🙂

  3. There is a rich religious lunatic based in Craiova that owns the company advertised on that truck Qfort. He installed these crosses absolutely everywhere in Oltenia region, Idk how, it’s mindblowing something like this is accepted

  4. Yes, money laundering for the orthodox church. the most feared institution in romania

  5. M ie la toti orotdoxiiiiiii! Inapoiati si habotnici, mi-e scarba de voi 🤢

  7. Romania is very religious, and it’s a tradition to have these altars alongside the main roads. You see them a lot in the country side. Not so much on the highways, though.

    Though having a cross like in the picture in the city is just going overboard, but I see it’s a private property, so I’m guessing the owner is quite religious.

    Also not to be confused with the smaller crosses on the side of the road, which just mark the place of someone’s death. Someone died there, and it’s tradition to mark their place of death with a cross like you would put in a graveyard, and it even has the name of the person on it. Obviously it’s not a grave, the person is not buried there, it’s just to mark it.

  8. so the muslims can see that they are not welcome here

  9. Romania, according to many is part of a goup of countries which is still maintaining the judeo-christian values. Most of its inhabitants are christian-orthodox and a large number of people still attends the Easter mass – elderly folks especially are very religious.
    While the Orthodox Church has been shaken by various scandals, it’s still well trusted by citizens who live in smaller cities or rural areas; in larger cities not so much, but still respected in a sense.

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