My Answer to "Are Romanians Greek?"
Note: Article originally posted as an answer on Quora. Engravings depicting 19th century traditional Greek (left) and Romanian (right) clothing I was spurred into providing an answer after casting my eyes on Oreste Papadopol ’s “ answer ” to this question. Which I have to say is absolute rubbish from beginning to end. Unresearched rubbish I might add. With all due respect, Mr. Papadopol (again) displays the historical research level, the argument accuracy and ability of persuasion of the guys who say Dacians flew in UFOs and built the Egyptian pyramids… He sure has a talent for sharing “tall tales” and half-truths on a regular basis, I’ll give him that… So I’ll answer the question while simultaneously dismantling Mr. Papadopol’s “troll” answer: The term “Greek Catholics”, which Mr. Papadopol cites in favor of his argument, has nothing to do with Greek ancestry or ethnicity. This is a silly extrapolation. The term merely referred to Orthodox Romanians from Transylvania that were brought...
