Father Sebastian Popescu’s prisons in Dumitrești, Râmnicu Sărat county
In an intervention in our column “Memory of the Church”, we presented the case of the priest Ion Nastase from Andrieșu commune, as a supporter of the resistance group led by Victor Lupșa in the Vrancei Mountains. In today’s lecture, we will present the case of the priest Sebastian Popescu, known as “Popa Scai”, from Poenița, another supporter of the armed anti-communist resistance in the Andrieșu area. Sebastian Popescu was born on 16 February 1908 to a peasant family in the commune of Luciu, Buzău County. After five years of primary education in his home town, the young Sebastian entered […]