PRINCIPESA ILEANA ŞI IEROMONAHUL ARSENIE BOCA. O PRIETENIE ÎN ZORII INSTALĂRII REGIMULUI COMUNIST
PRINCESS ILEANA AND FATHER ARSENIE BOCA. A FRIENDSHIP AT THE DAWN OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME

Summary/Abstract: Throughout history, we have records not only of unique, unrepeatable events, butalso of personalities who stand out through a series of traits that turn them into exceptionaldestinies. Two such examples are Princess Ileana of Romania and Father ArsenieBoca, both special figures of the twentieth century in Romania. Although their liveswere completely different, given their origins and the course of their lives, they intersectedat one point. Their meeting led to a special friendship, that was unique, consideringthe difficult years at the end of World War II and the beginning of the Communistregime in Romania. Our paper, which brings to the readers’attention a series of unprecedentedinformation and documents, presents a unique page of Romanian and Churchhistory. Consequently, we may gain a better understanding of the context of the closenessbetween Princess Ileana of Romania and Father Arsenie Boca, the controversiesrelated to the moment of their encounter, the evolution of their friendship. We will notforget to discuss the influence Father Arsenie Boca exercised over the choice of PrincessIleana’s future monastic life, who later became Mother Alexandra.

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