It has been eight years since Father Nicolae Bordașiu passed to the Lordtranslated

Monday marked eight years since Father Nicolae Bordașiu passed to the Lord.

Former political prisoner, member of the "Burning Rug" spiritual movement and servant of the "Sfântul Silvestru" Church in Bucharest, his life was marked by the confession of faith during communism and a long pastoral and didactic activity.

He was born on May 22, 1924, in the town of Săbolciu, Bihor county, in a faithful family. his father, Gheorghe Bordașiu, was a teacher and later a priest, and his mother, Maria, was related to Metropolitan Vasile Mangra, the last metropolitan of Transylvania from the Austro-Hungarian dualism era.

After graduating from high school, in 1943 he began the courses at the Faculty of Theology in Bucharest, which he completed four years later. In parallel, he also studied Pharmacy. Among his teachers were Ioan G. Coman, Petre Vintilescu, Gala Galaction and others.

During her student years, she attended the meetings of the "Burning Rug" group, organized at the Antim Monastery in the capital, meeting Father Daniil Sandu Tudor and the Russian monk Ioan Kulâghin.

Closed by the communist authorities Also during the time when he was a student,...