Fr. Dumitru Mitoiu (en)

The attempts of the priest Dumitru Mitoiu, under the communist persecution

He was born in Dărmănești on 6 October 1916, when his father was killed at the front in the war for the reunification of the Romanian nation. In 1929, after finishing primary school, he won a scholarship to the “Patriarhul Miron” seminary in Câmpulung Muscel and continued his theological studies at the “Negru Vodă” seminary in Curtea de Argeș, from which he graduated in 1937.

“Father Dumitru Mitoiu had a great and pure soul”

In the workshop, after a while, we moved from sanding to making parts for toys. Time went by so fast, you couldn’t believe it. The food at the factory was much better. I got to know the people there. In front of me, at the toys, there was a man working hard, thin-faced, middle-aged, with a very lively look in his eyes. There was life in him. He was very communicative and looked at me intently. After a while he asked me who I was and where I was from. With some reluctance I answered his questions. In return, he […]