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Dioceses

Romanian Archbishop says Aiud martyrs turned prison hell into spiritual ascent

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
17.03.2026

Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia said on Sunday at Aiud Monastery that the martyrs of the communist prison in Aiud transformed their prison hell into a spiritual ascent. Speaking on the monastery’s patronal feast, the…

Anniversaries and commemorations

Remembering Priest Aurel Munteanu 85 years after his martyrdom

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
11.09.2025

Eighty-five years ago, on 10 September 1940, Father Aurel Munteanu, the first dean (archpriest) of Huedin, reposed in the Lord after being, in the words of historian Mircea-Gheorghe Abrudan, “brutally killed by a group of…