Martyrdom of Father Mihai Enescu in the communist prison
An Orthodox priest who has remained in the consciousness of the faithful of Muscel is Father Mihai Enescu. He was born on 7 February 1903 in Bughea de Jos, Muscel County. After graduating from the Sfântul Nicolae Theological Seminary in Râmnicu Vâlcea in 1924, he enrolled at the Faculty of Theology in Bucharest. Due to material hardship, he was only able to attend for one and a half years. He returned to his hometown, got married and on 21 December 1930 was ordained a priest by Archbishop Platon Ciosu in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest at the St. Nicholas Parish […]