Is one of the most peaceful and spiritual place for the whole Christianity because here, according to the legend, is sheltered one of the most valuable icons representing the Holy Mother and Jesus as a Child, painted by Saint Luca – the Evangelist and brought on these places by Andrew, the first called of the …

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I was born in January 1922 in the town of Barlad, from Orthodox Romanian people to nation. I attended primary school and high school in the city of Barlad, then the Academy of High Economic Studies in Bucharest. I was arrested on May 16, 1948, and sentenced me to 15 years of hard labor, then …

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