255 years of the press in Banat: IPS Ioan highlighted the contribution of plow writers to the cultural life of Banattranslated

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat highlighted on Friday the contribution of the plowmen to the cultural life of Banat during an anniversary conference organized in the Aula of the Romanian Academy - Timișoara Branch.

The academic forum marked 255 years of press in Banat, through an event aimed at highlighting the history and diversity of publications in the region.

In the opening of the conference, His Holiness Father Ioan emphasized the role and power of the personal example of those who combine the work of the land with writing.

"The pen peasants of Banat were true apostles of culture in their villages. The fact that a peasant who worked the land side by side with the other villagers wrote poems or articles in newspapers dismantled the myth that reading and writing are only for gentlemen."

Ethnic coexistence Metropolitan Ioan also presented the multilingual character of the Banat media, an expression of the coexistence between the ethnic communities of the region.

"Thanks to the historical coexistence between Romanians, Serbs, Germans, Hungarians and other ethnicities, the local press was not limited to newspapers published separately in different languages, but also generated publications designed as true linguistic bridges".

"Examples...