1.0Radio Romania Internationalhttps://www.rri.ro/enSteliu Lambruhttps://www.rri.ro/en/author/steliu-lambrurich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bygvVZcIzw"><a href="https://www.rri.ro/en/features-and-reports/the-history-show/the-church-and-communism-id130561.html">The Church and Communism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rri.ro/en/features-and-reports/the-history-show/the-church-and-communism-id130561.html/embed#?secret=bygvVZcIzw" width="600" height="338" title="“The Church and Communism” — Radio Romania International" data-secret="bygvVZcIzw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.rri.ro/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.rri.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ceausescu-biserica-vezi-sursa-foto-pro-memoria-4feb2019.jpg640480Religion and churchgoing were generally frowned upon back in Communist Romania. Religious practices were being discouraged and back in the early days of communism, some clergymen served many years in prisons for their faith