Bishop Vasile Lăzărescu, a confessor of justice and truth in the midst of communist persecution
Metropolitan Vasile Lăzărescu of Banat, Bishop of Caransebeș from 1934 to 1941, belongs not only to the group of scholars of the 20th century, but especially to the group of martyrs and confessors of the Orthodox faith in our country. He died on 21 February 1969. Vasile Lăzărescu, born and brought up in Banat in a spirit of moral, spiritual and cultural authenticity, was not only the restorer of the Banat Metropolitanate and the founder of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara, whose moral and physical foundations he laid, but also the promoter of an ecumenical life and spirit, He was […]