The event was preceded by a memorial service for the Romanian priest killed by Horthy’s troops on September 10 The symposium entitled “140 years since the birth of the priest-martyr Aurel Munteanu” took place at the administrative headquarters of the Huedin Deanery The cultural event included the launch of a commemorative volume entitled “140 years since the birth of dean Aurel Munteanu” Assistant Bishop Benedict of Bistrița referred to Fr we look with gratitude and admiration to his personality and the effigy associated with him in the history of the Church and our nation,” the assistant Bishop to the Cluj Archdiocese said on May 3 “This natural and necessary piety exercise rests on how he ended his life making his biography a page of recent hagiography through details through attitudes,” the assistant Βishop to the Archdiocese of Vad scientific researcher at the Institute of History “George Barițiu” of the Romanian Academy scientific researcher at the Cris Country Museum in Oradea and Alexandra Cotae The memorial symposium organized in honor of the martyred dean Aurel Munteanu is part of the events dedicated to Huedin Deanery’s centennial two days after the entry of Horthy troops in Huedin as Northern Transylvania was assigned from Romania to Hungary the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... 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(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times “We have this chance to look at a model and learn from him and to live our faith and affiliation most naturally and healthily We owe him this following through the fruits of his labor and we owe it to him to make them visible in our lives we look with admiration and try to follow in his footsteps,” Assistant Bishop Benedict of Bistriţa said remembering the martyred Romanian archpriest Aurel Munteanu The Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Vad and Cluj officiated a memorial service on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the murder of Father Aurel Munteanu a brochure entitled “Martyr Aurel” was launched Eugen Nicoară and recently republished by Renașterea Publishing House a scientific researcher at the “George Baritiu” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy in Cluj spoke of the importance of remembering his predecessor All those who suffered and were killed following the Vienna Dictate were also remembered The commemoration ceremony began with the sound of tulnic a type of alphorn used by mountain dwellers and by shepherds in the area the tombstone of the martyred archpriest Aurel was illuminated in red “as a tribute to the one who sacrificed himself on the altar of homeland and faith but also as a sign of awareness of the violence Romanians endured during the Horthyst occupation,” dean Dan Lupuțan noted Bishop Nicolae Ivan appointed him dean of Huedin in 1923 He has distinguished himself on a pastoral being a defender of the Orthodox faith and an important representative of Romanians in Huedin area he was killed by a group of Hungarian civilians and soldiers two days after Horthy troops entered Huedin in the context of the annexation of Northern Transylvania by Hungary According to the report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the middle of the city and front of the shouting crowd and one of them stuck a pole in his mouth until it came out through the nape of his neck.” The Cathedral of the Moţi in Huedin was built between 1931-1934 in a neo-Byzantine style and was founded by the martyred archpriest Aurel Munteanu on the day of the commemoration of Saint Parascheva of Iași by Bishop Nicolae Ivan of Cluj and military Bishop Ioan Stroia Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.