Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu – apărător și mărturisitor al dreptei credințe în spațiul românesc și în străinătate
Metropolitan Visarion Puiu – Defender and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith in the Romanian Space and Abroad

Author(s): Dragoș-Constantin Ivan
Subject(s): History, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, History of Communism, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Metropolitan Visarion Puiu; Transnistria; communism; exile; confessor of faith;
Summary/Abstract: Metropolitan Visarion Puiu was a prominent personality who helped Romanian society in the 20th century to overcome the new challenges caused by human vanity. His service as Metropolitan in one of the richest dioceses in the country, that of Bukovina, represented a difficult mission due to the powerful political figures in the area. The activity carried out in Transnistria, as head of the Romanian Church Mission for that region, marked the final stage of his involvement in the southeastern part of Central Europe, and the public condemnation of communist ideology proved to be a bold act, one that ultimately sealed his death sentence after the installation of the communist regime. Remaining abroad after 1944, the Metropolitan set out on the long road of exile, through Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. Far from the motherland, the hierarch continued to serve as a spiritual father to Romanian communities abroad. What is most striking in the journey of Metropolitan Visarion Puiu is the contrast between his period of activity and the end of his life, as he spent his final years marked by the harsh conditions of exile, passing away in obscurity for the community abroad, in an unsanitary room in France, in the year 1964. Nevertheless, he was not forgotten by the Romanian State Security Department, which continuously monitored him through operative agents, a file being opened in his name, in which he was sentenced to death.

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