Through the Iron Curtain

The Taizé Ecumenical Experience in Eastern Europe (1960–1989)

Contributions by Eugène Charles Contributions by Luc Contributions by Rafalowska Elzbieta Agneszka Contributions by Olga Erokhina Contributions by István Csonta Contributions by Jaume Casassas Contributions by Mária Medveczká Contributions by Marianna Drábiková Contributions by Milesa Stefanović-Banović Contributions by Theodor Avramov Contributions by Zrinka Zubić Contributions by Klemen Kastelic Contributions by Alexandru-Marius Crișan Contributions by Ferenc Hardi Edited by Silvia Scatena Edited by Dietrich Sagert

Book cover: Through the Iron Curtain

Extent: 400 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Religious Studies, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9783847116264

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $87.00

In stock

The history of the relationships intertwined by the Taize Community amongst Christians of Eastern European countries is a fundamental chapter for understanding the unique international irradiation of the community. The encounter with the different faces of a Christian youth beyond the Iron Curtain who in Taize experienced an European space at once unified, will become in particular one of the main directions of investment of the community from the early 1960s. It is on this story that the contributions intend to throw a first light, relying on a completely unpublished documentation and on the witnesses of many protagonists involved in the construction of this unique continental and ecumenical network.


The history of the relationships intertwined by the Taize Community amongst Christians of Eastern European countries in the second half of the last century has not yet been written. Yet it is a fundamental chapter for understanding the unique international irradiation of the community. The encounter with the different faces of a Christian youth beyond the Iron Curtain who in Taize experienced an European space at once unified, will become in particular one of the main directions of investment of the community from the early 1960s. It is on this story that the contributions of this volume intend to throw a first light, relying on a completely unpublished documentation and on the witnesses of many protagonists involved in the construction of this unique continental and ecumenical network.

  • Contributions by Eugène Charles
  • Contributions by Luc
  • Contributions by Rafalowska Elzbieta Agneszka
  • Contributions by Olga Erokhina
  • Contributions by István Csonta
  • Contributions by Jaume Casassas
  • Contributions by Mária Medveczká
  • Contributions by Marianna Drábiková
  • Contributions by Milesa Stefanović-Banović
  • Contributions by Theodor Avramov
  • Contributions by Zrinka Zubić
  • Contributions by Klemen Kastelic
  • Contributions by Alexandru-Marius CriÈ™an
  • Contributions by Ferenc Hardi
  • Edited by Silvia Scatena
  • Edited by Dietrich Sagert