Catedrala ortodoxă română din Timișoara, în decembrie 1989, adevăr și mistificare
Abstract: On 17 December 1989, the Cathedral was one of the hot areas of the city that the repressive forces placed under a state of siege. By 10 p.m., 12 people died and 34 had gunshot wounds. On 18 December, three young people were killed on the steps of the Cathedral and five were wounded. The tragic events of that day led to tendentious interpretations. For the sake of sensational news or to tarnish the image of the Romanian Orthodox Church, it was said that on that day the doors of the Cathedral were closed to prevent the young people from entering the holy establishment. The reality was different: the doors were open and many demonstrators took refuge from the bullets in the Cathedral. On 20 December, the locals occupied the area between the Cathedral and the Opera and remained there until the victory of the Revolution, when they listened to the Proclamation of the Romanian Democratic Front and received the long-awaited message that dictator Ceaușescu had been overthrown.
