Fr. Adrian Cărăușu

Adrian Cărăușu was born on 25 July 1920 in the family of Gheorghe Cărăușu, a ploughman from Scorțeni, Bacău County. A student at the Theological Faculty in Chernivtsi, he was arrested on 11 February 1942 on suspicion of being a member of an illegal political organisation. For this reason he was sentenced by decree no. 1493 of 28 March 1943 by the court-martial of the 21st Infantry Division, he was sentenced to 10 years’ hard labour. He served part of his sentence in Aiud and Vaslui before being sent to the Eastern Front on 21 June 1944. After his release, […]

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Adrian Cărăușu was a theology student, but he was so faithful and dedicated that everyone called him “Father Cărăușu”. He had been in prison since 1941, along with Gafencu and the others. He told us for the first time about the life of those arrested during Antonescu’s time, about how they lived there, about prayers, about everything they did and about the spiritual life they had achieved. It was very interesting, it seemed to us like something from another world. And all these things he told us, and the prayers – he taught us a series of prayers – and […]

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