Vladimir Ghika, professeur d'espérance

ISBN: 2204100838

Author: Baltaceanu, Francisca

Condition: New

Né en 1873 Istanbul, ce prince roumain, orthodoxe devenu catholique, a connu deux séismes historiques : la Premire Guerre mondiale, destructrice des empires, qui favorisa la naissance des États nationaux en Europe centrale, et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, o idéologies et dictatures tentrent de subjuguer le monde et s'affrontrent en un combat sans merci. Missionnaire lac ordonné prtre cinquante ans pour le diocse de Paris, pionnier d'un dialogue fécond en vue de l'unité des chrétiens entre l'Orient et l'Occident européen, ami de nombre d'intellectuels catholiques -; Jacques Maritain, Emmanuel Mounier, Paul Claudel, Charles Du Bos, Yves Congar entre autres -;, Vladimir Ghika fut une haute figure de chrétien du XXe sicle, qui brilla par son immense charité et qui mourut en martyr Bucarest en 1954. Les changements politiques survenus en Roumanie aprs décembre 1989 ont rendu possibles les recherches dans les archives : ainsi, un grand nombre de documents concernant Mgr Ghika ont pu tre exploités pour cette biographie qui parat simultanément en Roumanie et en France l'occasion de sa béatification célébrée Bucarest le samedi 31 aot 2013. De nombreux témoignages de victimes de la persécution communiste, compagnons de cellule de Mgr Ghika dans la prison de Jilava, veilleurs des derniers instants de sa vie, ont également été recueillis. -- Born in 1873 in Istanbul, this Rumanian prince, converted from the Orthodox faith to Catholicism, lived through two earth-shaking historical events: World War 1, which swept away empires and favoured the birth of the nation States in Central Europe; and World War 2, in which ideologies and dictatorships engaged in a merciless combat, in their attempt to subjugate the world. A lay missionary who was ordained priest at the age of fifty in the diocese of Paris, the pioneer of a fruitful dialogue for the unity of Christians between the East and the European West, the friend of many Catholic intellectuals-; Jacques Maritain, Emmanuel Mounier, Paul Claudel, Charles Du Bos, Yves Congar among others-;, Vladimir Ghika was a major figure of 20th century Christianity. Famed for his immense charity, he died a martyr's death in Bucharest in 1954. The political changes that took place in Rumania after December 1989 made it possible to carry out research in the archives. Hence, a great many documents about Mgr. Ghika were available for this biography, which was published simultaneously in Rumania and in France on the occasion of his beatification, celebrated in Bucharest on Saturday August 31, 2013. Many testimonies from victims of communist persecution, Mgr. Ghika's cellmates in the Jilava prison, those who watched over the last hours of his life, have also been gathered and presented here.