Ciresul inflorit traian dorz biography

Traian Dorz was born on the 25th of December 1914 in the village of Livada Beiușului, Bihor County, Romania to a poor peasant couple – Constantin and Maria Dorz.

Traian was to be their only child. Constantin and Maria were, by all accounts, highly respected by their neighbours.

As a child, Traian immersed himself in libraries – that of the school and teacher Savu Halbac.

Ciresul inflorit traian dorz biography

He read everything he could get his hands on. When he finished his primary classes, on June 7th 1930, he received as a prize, from the Religion teacher, the book Noe’s Ark, written by the Transylvanian priest and leader of the Lord’s Army Iosif Trifa (see previous post).

This prize book would subsequently transform Traian’s life. He recounts his experience –

‘That moment was my first encounter with the name of this man sent by God, father Iosif Trifa, and with the name of this Work of Christ, the Host of God.

The next day I know it was Pentecost – Sunday the 8th of J