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In addition to publishing several prayer books in the early 1940s, he later assembled the speeches and sermons he delivered during this period into a volume. From 1940 to 1945, he coordinated the activity of the Cluj theological academy, as well as teaching New
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522:Religious Affairs Minister
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538:Second Vienna Award
373:Battle of Bucharest
367:. When the capital
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