It is worth to note that badia Dumitru knew Fr. Justin Parvu personally who he met in the communist prisons. Fr. Justin Parvu had a special place at the Petru Voda monastery where he kept badia’s picture, some earth from his grave in Dandenong (Victoria / Australia) and considered him as one of the Holy […]
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Presentation of some representative figures of the Romanian Christianity, called “Saints of the communist prisons”, most of them being members or sympathisers of the Legionary Movement. New Confessors of Romania * Valeriu Gafencu Valeriu Gafencu, the New Confessor of Romania (+1952) Life of New Confessor Valeriu Gafencu The Saint of the Prisons Valeriu Gafencu – […]
The following is an excerpt from a lengthy interview with Fr. George Calciu, conducted in California on November 6, 1996. The complete interview is contained in the new book by Fr. George, “Christ is Calling You”! I was very fortunate because I was among the sixteen people that the Securitate took to Jilava prison, where […]
Valeriu Gafencu, blessed memory Motto: “A man, as well as a people, has value to the degree to which he has understood the Gospel and can follow the teaching of Christ” – scholar Simion Mehedinti The following excerpt is taken from the book “The Saint of the Prison” The Romanian people – situated, according to […]
The Legionary Movement 