Romanians in history: Mother Mina Hociotă, a "second Ecaterina Teodoroiu" who served with faith and love of countrytranslated

Mother Mina Hociotă, the nun who became the second female officer in the Romanian Army after Ecaterina Teodoroiu, distinguished herself during the First World War by the courage with which she cared for the wounded on the front.

Her faith, devotion to the suffering and love of country made her one of the lesser-known but remarkable female figures of the War of Reunification.

Marina Hociotă was born on August 19, 1896, in Săliștea Sibiului (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire), in a family of sheep.

As a child, he crossed the mountains to Moldova, where he could continue his studies in Romanian, and in 1910 he arrived at the Văratec Monastery. Here he received, at the monastery, the name Mina and began his monastic journey.

In the years preceding Romania's entry into the First World War, Mother Mina prepared for medical work. In 1915, courses were organized at the Văratec Monastery to train monks to provide medical care in the event of a conflict. He obtained the necessary certification to provide primary care.

In the service of the wounded, in the midst of war With the entry of Romania into the war,...