OFFICER ȘTEFAN DEMETRESCU SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS SON, FIGHTING TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN DIGNITY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ROMANIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6436525Keywords:
oral history, interview, religious freedom, Adventist, believers, religion, conscience, warAbstract
The present study aims to bring forth, from the perspective of oral history, based on the interview, how the new religious faith of Seventhday Adventists managed to reach the Romanian territory through foreign missionaries, who arrived in Romania and passed on to some Romanian believers. Officer Stefan Demetrescu was one of those who, amidst spiritual turmoil and concern, comes into contact with Adventist believers and missionaries who shared their beliefs. The study is based on an interview with his son, Stefan Demetrescu-the son, an interview in which he describes how his father’s converted to Adventism and his contribution to strengthening, defending and spreading the new Adventist faith in Romania.
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