Władysław Santarius (also known as Vladislav Santarius) (12 November 1915 in

Stonava Stonava ( pl, , german: Steinau) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority. Etymology The name is ...

, Austrian Silesia – 5 June 1989 in

Havířov Havířov (; pl, ) is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 69,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. Havířov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. ...

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

) was a

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

pastor, one of the most significant Christian leaders in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

during the

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

era. He was leader of revivalist movement in Cieszyn Silesia and because of it he was persecuted (but never jailed).

Bibliography

* ''Lord, You Have Called… Vladislav Santarius – God’s Work Through His Life And Ministry''. Český Těšín: 2004. * Martin Piętak: ''Faith, Ethnicity and Social Issues in the Thoughts and Work of Pastor Vladislav Santarius.'
Journal of Lutheran Mission, 2015 (2), No. 5
pp. 52–61. 1915 births 1989 deaths People from Karviná District Polish people from Trans-Olza Polish evangelicals Polish Lutheran clergy Czech Lutheran clergy {{Lutheran-stub

See also

Bibliography