The confinement periplus of Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc under the dictatorship of Carol II
The confinement periplus of Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc under the dictatorship of Carol II

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to reveal unique aspects of the biography of the one who would become Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc, one of the great father confessors of the Romanian Orthodox Church, aspects which confirms his exemplary profile, although the present research implies the recovery of data from the detention periplus experienced by Father Arsenie Papacioc during the dictatorship of Carol II. The research is based on archival documents, contextualized from the testimonies of the subject, their confrontation aiming to eliminate the risk of presenting a unilateral perspective, suitable for the secret police of the time. A comparative analysis is, we believe, an effective method of reconstructing historical phenomena and processes, which can also facilitate the enlightenment of dark areas.The presentation of the two imprisonment periods is also a proof added to the list of sacrificial acts of Father Arsenie Papacioc. His existence, placed in a continuous war, held in the name of Orthodoxy, for the promotion of the spiritual and social dimension of the faith, rooted in the liturgical horizon, has been a constant and intense mission of our work. The dictatorship of Carol II was for Anghel Papacioc, to all appearances paradoxically, a period of deepening of his spiritual search and spiritual shaping, a stage of modeling for this emblematic personality of the Romanian Orthodox Church, who managed to triumph over a century marked by the two World Wars and totalitarianism.

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