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Gură de Aur, atletul lui Hristos
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Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu
75 books399 followersConstantin Virgil Gheorghiu (September 15, 1916 in Războieni, Romania – June 22, 1992 in Paris, France) was a Romanian writer, best known for his 1949 novel, The 25th Hour.
Virgil Gheorghiu was born in Valea Albă, a village in Războieni Commune, Neamţ County, in Romania. His father was an Orthodox priest in Petricani. A top student, he attended high school in Chişinău from 1928 to June 1936, after which he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bucharest and at the Heidelberg University.
He traveled and stayed in Saudi Arabia to learn the Arabic language and the Arab culture, before writing the biography of prophet Mohammed. The book was translated from Romanian to French and to Persian in Iran and in Urdu in Pakistan. Unfortunately, this book was never translated into English. Its Hindi translation is being printed in India and expected to be available by Jan. 2020, with the Hindi title saying "A prophet you do not know".
Between 1942 and 1943, during the regime of General Ion Antonescu, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania as an embassy secretary. He went into exile when Soviet troops entered Romania in 1944. Arrested at the end of World War II by American troops, he eventually settled in France in 1948. A year later, he published the novel Ora 25 (in French: La vingt-cinquième heure; in English: The Twenty-Fifth Hour), written during his captivity.
Gheorghiu was ordained a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Paris on May 23, 1963. In 1966, Patriarch Justinian awarded him the cross of the Romanian Patriarchate for his liturgical and literary activities.
Virgil Gheorghiu was born in Valea Albă, a village in Războieni Commune, Neamţ County, in Romania. His father was an Orthodox priest in Petricani. A top student, he attended high school in Chişinău from 1928 to June 1936, after which he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bucharest and at the Heidelberg University.
He traveled and stayed in Saudi Arabia to learn the Arabic language and the Arab culture, before writing the biography of prophet Mohammed. The book was translated from Romanian to French and to Persian in Iran and in Urdu in Pakistan. Unfortunately, this book was never translated into English. Its Hindi translation is being printed in India and expected to be available by Jan. 2020, with the Hindi title saying "A prophet you do not know".
Between 1942 and 1943, during the regime of General Ion Antonescu, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania as an embassy secretary. He went into exile when Soviet troops entered Romania in 1944. Arrested at the end of World War II by American troops, he eventually settled in France in 1948. A year later, he published the novel Ora 25 (in French: La vingt-cinquième heure; in English: The Twenty-Fifth Hour), written during his captivity.
Gheorghiu was ordained a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Paris on May 23, 1963. In 1966, Patriarch Justinian awarded him the cross of the Romanian Patriarchate for his liturgical and literary activities.
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March 4, 2022
Doamne ce carte minunata! Mai lasati internetul si toate frazele si citatele si puneti mana oe aceasta carte,e foarte ieftina si nu o sa va para rau !
November 4, 2022
Mi-a plăcut foarte mult. Este o biografie scrisă bine, într-un stil aparte, ce te face să n-o mai lași din mână. Am aflat multe fapte istorice importante și mai ales lucruri pe care nu le știam despre Sf Ioan Gura de Aur.
Citind cartea, parcă începi și tu să-ți dorești să devii sfânt, sau cel puțin să tinzi spre aceasta.
Citind cartea, parcă începi și tu să-ți dorești să devii sfânt, sau cel puțin să tinzi spre aceasta.
March 24, 2023
O carte superba care te tine cu sufletul la gura in care se descrie viata unui mare sfant pe intelesul tuturor.
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu a scris aceasta carte asemenea celorlalte carti ale sale ca si cum ar fi fost un martor al evenimentelor.
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu a scris aceasta carte asemenea celorlalte carti ale sale ca si cum ar fi fost un martor al evenimentelor.
December 4, 2025
O carte scrisa foarte bine, cu detalii istorice si o doza de ironie, care face lectura mai savuroasa.
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