Fr. Constantin Stoicescu (en)

He was born on 29 January 1913 in Vintilă Vodă, Buzoi. After attending primary school in his native village (1920-1925), the young Stoicescu enrolled at the Theological Seminary in Buzău, graduating in 1934. He returned to his native village, where he worked as a woodcutter. He started a family and in 1937 he received the gift of the priesthood in the parish of Ploștina, Goidești, Buzău County. At the same time he continued his theological studies at the Faculty in Chernivtsi, attending only the examination sessions.

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We had new concerns in the prison in Brasov. The first – and most important – was to pray together in the morning and evening. I felt the need for spiritual support and consolation, which I could only find in moments of meditation and prayer. There were five priests among us, all with theological studies. I list them all: Iancu Popescu from Văcăreasca, Constantin Stoicescu from Lopătari, Terca, Iacob Tănase, Iorgu Ciomag and Cocora Gabriel. Among the most active were the priest Iancu Popescu, whom I knew from my student days, and the priest Constantin Stoicescu, a man of great […]

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To add to the terror, the prison administration had adopted the custom of sending a guard to the door in the evening before closing time. He would look angrily at his prey, search us one by one and then signal to one of us to follow him. After a few minutes, from the guardhouse at the entrance, the terrible screams of the person taken from the cell could be heard. One evening the victim was Father Constantin Stoicescu. Shortly after he was taken away, we heard the terrified screams of the priest, and then silence spread throughout the prison. Finally, […]

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