A 13-part worldwide series exploring Man's quest for meaning. Presented by Ronald Eyre 6:The Romanian Solution
Romania is a Communist State, but 80 per cent of the population have no doubt that they are Orthodox Christians.
' How free is the priest to criticise the State that pays his wages? This isn't just a question for today. Orthodoxy has 1,500 years of involvement with governments, whoever they happen to be, and it knows about survival.'
There are about 150 million Orthodox Christians-as far apart as Finland and Japan, but mostly in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. We spent Easter week among the unique painted churches of Moldavia; then moved across the Carpathian Mountains and into Transylvania -'... the village of Sibiel. We had travelled 180 miles west from Bucharest; and, I'd say at a rough guess, 200 years back in time.'
Photography JOHN MCGLASHAN
Sound recordist MALCOLM WEBBERLET Film editor JOHN NEEDHAM
Associate producer MISCHA SCORER Producer peter montagnon
Director
JONATHAN STEDALL
(The Long Search Continues, Radio 3 Thursday. A book about the two series will be published on 27 October)