Fr. Aurel Bazilescu (en)

Father Aurel Bazilescu, Martyr for Christ in the Communist prisons

Priest Aurel Bazilescu was one of the most prominent priests of Craiova in the middle of the last century, a fact established by the Romanian historiography after December, which gave him the attention due to such a personality of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the hard years of the totalitarian communist regime[1]. There are almost no repertories dedicated to the victims of communist terror[2] in which the name of Father Aurel Bazilescu does not appear, with the errors inherent in such efforts. He was born on 13 August 1907 in the commune of Tălpaș, Jud. Dolj, in the family of […]

Inspection report concluded on January 22, 1940 to the priest Aurel Bazilescu (January 22, 1940, Craiova)

Minutes Taken today, 22 January 1940. The undersigned Dean of Circ. I-a Dolj, having gone to the residence of Fr. A. Bazilescu of the Metropolitan Cathedral – Craiova, for a special inspection, in view of the application he submitted for the vacant position of parish priest at the church “Hagi-Enuși” in Craiova, I have established the following: The well-known priest Aurel Bazilescu was ordained priest on 18 May 1934 in the “Sf. Dumitru” church in Craiova. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Bucharest. Honorary degree, Econom Stavrophore. Appointed dean of Circ. II-a Dolj, 18 March 1939. He is […]

Request to the M.I.A. by Elisabeta Bazilescu (1964, Craiova)

I, the undersigned Elisabeta Bazilescu, legitimate wife of the priest Bazilescu Aurel, until 1 March 1964 residing at 44 Karl Marx Street, and since 1 March 1964 residing at 20-23 August Boulevard, inform you of the following: my husband, the priest Bazilescu Aurelian, was taken away by the state authorities on 26 June 1959. Aurelian, was taken away by the state authorities on 26 June 1959. He was released from Craiova Prison on 26 June 1962, with the release certificate No. 55/1960. The release certificate reads as follows “The named Bazilescu Aurelian, born on 13 August 1907, in the commune […]

Fr. Aurel Bazilescu – “the most gentle, the most merciful and dignified priest Craiova has ever known”

I cannot talk about my uncle Aurel Bazilescu without introducing the family he comes from. His father, Ștefan Bazilescu, one of the first teachers in the village of Soceni, Dolj, traces his family tree back to 1750, through ancestors who were priests. The priest Aurel Bazilescu’s humble origins are not due to a lack of wealth, but to the misfortune that befell the family when he was five years old, in January 1912, when the black wing of death covered his 38-year-old mother, leaving an orphan and a three-day-old baby, Virgiliu, my father, and other brothers. Ștefan Bazilescu, father of […]