Fr. Liviu Galaction Munteanu (en)

It is difficult to express in a few words what one feels, what one thinks, or to reveal memories that seem to be frozen in a hidden corner of the soul, about a man for whom one had unique feelings of love, respect, trust, pride and gratitude. Although we lost him a long time ago, but much too early for us, the filter of time could not blur his strong personality, and in my mind’s eye I see him alive and young (…). He is Professor Liviu G. Munteanu, my father. In my memories, my father was the king of […]

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Liviu Galaction Munteanu was born on 16 May 1898 into a family of teachers, originally from Cristian, Brasov County. He studied theology at the Andrei Șaguna High School in Brasov and at the Theological-Pedagogical Institute in Sibiu, then at the Faculty of Theology in Cernăuți, where he obtained his doctorate. He was noticed by Bishop Nicolae Ivan, who ordained him a priest and appointed him professor at the Theological Academy of Cluj, where he became the director of the New Testament course, confessor and even rector. He remained in Cluj during the Horst occupation and, together with Bishop Nicolae Colan, […]

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