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Biografii ale lui Benedict Ghiuș în dosarele securității: narațiuni din fișe biografice și note informative
Biographies of Benedict Ghius within the Securitate Archives: Narratives from Biographic Files and Informative Notes

Author(s): Ioana Ursu
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Gender history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Muzeul National al Unirii Alba Iulia
Keywords: Securitate archives; biographies; clergy during Communism; monasticism in the 20th century;

Summary/Abstract: The paper reconstructs the biography of archimandrite Benedict Ghiuș (1902-1990), former vicar at the Romanian Patriarchy, a close collaborator of patriarch Justinian Marina, and important member of the mystic-theological circle known as “The Burning Bush”, while corroborating relevant data from the files of the Securitate. At the same time, the paper also compares several chronologically different documents that contain the biographic information of Ghiuș and discusses the relation between various types of documents (such as records or informative notes) and the differences in the narratives they deliver.

  • Issue Year: 57/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 114-129
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian