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In 2007 I had the joy of publishing in the Romanian Patriarchate, as co-author and coordinator, the work “Martyrs for Christ in Romania, during the Communist regime”. It was the result of a difficult work, especially because of the limited access to the Security Service archives, not from the CNSAS, but because of the lack of records that would lead the researcher to the appropriate sources. And among the 207 Orthodox martyrs identified was Father Ioan Berghian from Arad. At that time, the documentation was inadequate, as we could only draw up a biographical sheet on the basis of documents […]

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With Father Berghianu I lived an experience worthy of those back in the catacombs. Before the general hunger strike in Aiud, Father Berghianu gave the Holy Communion to the dozens of cells on the side where he was, using the specific means of the prison, and on the appointed day we confessed to Father Berghianu from afar, who gave us the sacrament of Holy Communion. (…) The worthy priest suffered from serious illnesses all the time and was admitted to the prison infirmary. Here another prisoner helped him with something forbidden (it was probably medicine) and when this was discovered, […]

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I met him around 1933, he was a teacher in Petroșani. Beautiful character, reliable man as a teacher. Respected and appreciated, cultured, calm and honest. After the last hunger strike in Aiud, more than 100 people were taken to Gherla prison as punishment. About a year later, on his return, Professor Gheorghe Manu called me in Morse code: “I had a hard time, a harsh regime. I met a great priest there: Ioan Berghianu, a teacher in Arad”. So I found out that he was also in prison. Later I met him in the same cell. He was weak and […]

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