The Beatification of Monsignor Vladimir Ghika: Priest and Martyr

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By Louise Gherasim

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"Nothing is more precious than being jailed for Jesus Christ."

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my husband, who passed away on February 26, 2013, spoke of his friendship with this great man during those horrendous days and nights, in one of the worst of Romania’s cruel Communist prisons.

"Here was a man who gave himself completely to God’s service…The great love of his life was to do good for the suffering humanity."

Both the Mgr. and my husband were originally from the same part of Romania, Bucovina. So a strong bond of friendship grew between them. They last few weeks have seen much written regarding the Beatification of Mgr. Ghika, as well as his life story. This Romanian priest who shared the same cell in the Jilava prison as my beloved husband, Dr. Teodor Gherasim, was a

most remarkable man.

In his autobiography,

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Mons. Vladimir Ghika