Eu m-am născut în lume să dărui, să mă dărui, oricând şi orişicărui...
I was born in this world to give, to give myself, at anytime and to anyone

Summary/Abstract: This text is a testimony about father Nicolae Steinhardt, based on a profound spiritual relation. Father Nicolae remained as one of the brightest icons of an intellectual and, at the same time, true monk. Father Nicolae was a profound spiritual thinker. He was hardened by suffering. Not only did he have to bear fi ve years of detention between 1959 and 1964, but, for a lifetime, he was watched and chased in a devilish manner. Instead of making him bad, all these improved his spirit, because he, the converted Jew, interpreted his hardships in a spiritual way. He also proved strength of character when they locked him. They locked him because he didn’t want to confess against his friends, important scholars, some of which were legionaries. The investigators thought they could make him say something against his friends, as he was Jew. He didn’t do it and went to prison along with them. From his writings, it is obvious that he thought and lived like a Christian, confessing on behalf of Christ until the last moment.

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