Contemporary Romanian Martyrs

It’s not easy to meet him and talk to Father Adrian Făgeţeanu. You must first get to the Lainici Monastery on the narrow and sloping valley of Jiu. Then, after a few hours of rest, you start from morning to sihastria, where the father suddenly withdrew, unexpectedly, without further explanation. Sick and almost blind, he …

Continue reading Father Adrian Făgețeanu – nov. 16, 1912 – sept. 27, 2011

We are in the Centenary of the Great Union, so it is appropriate to take a look back at those who, with great sacrifices, even with the price of life, changed the course of history, succeeded in achieving the centuries-long temptation of the Romanians in Transylvania, mother, brothers over the mountains. In the run-up to …

Continue reading Ioan Opris, the Romanian priest, hero and martyr of the people

Stefan Marcu

Symbol of anti-communist resistance in Vrancea, Father Marcu was born on November 28, 1906, in Poiana, the Vrancean village, in a family with a priestly tradition. He suffered martyrdom in communist prisons for 15 years and went to the Lord through a violent death. Great Orthodox lover and lover of nation, he is still one …

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Prof. Liviu Galaction Munteanu în arest - 1959

Born May 16, 1898 in a family of teachers, Liviu Galaction Munteanu was originally from Cristian, Brasov County. He was formed as a theologist at “Andrei Şaguna” High School in Braşov and at the Theological and Pedagogical Institute of Sibiu, then at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuţi, where he obtained his doctorate. It was …

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