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Milan Balabán
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'''Milan Balabán''' (September 3, 1929 – January 4, 2019) was a Czech [[theologian]], professor of religion and the [[Old Testament]], [[Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren]] (ECCB) pastor, and poet. Balabán, an [[anti-communist]] dissident during [[Czechoslovakia]]'s [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|communist era]], was a [[Charter 77]] signatory.<ref name=rp>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was also among of group of Czech Old Testament scholars who wrote and translated the Old Testament theologians the Czech Ecumenical Translation of the Bible, which remains the most widely used [[Czech language]] translation of the [[Bible]] today.<ref name=cpn>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Biography==
Balabán was born on September 3, 1929, in the village of [[Boratyn, Lviv Oblast|Boratyn]], [[Tarnopol Voivodeship]], [[Poland]] (now located in present-day [[Ukraine]]).<ref name=rp/> He graduated from the Protestant Theological Faculty () at [[Charles University]] and became a minister in the [[Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren]].<ref name=rp/>
Balabán joined the (''New Orientation''), a group of Protestant Evangelical theologians and clergy which advocated for democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia, during the 1950s.<ref name=rp/> He continued to push for democratic reforms throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as an anti-communist dissident. As a result, the communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic authorities revoked his license to serve as a clergyman in 1974.<ref name=cpn/> He was forced to work manual labor jobs, which included time in the [[Prague]] city [[sewer system]].<ref name=rp/><ref name=cpn/>
Balabán signed the [[Charter 77]], which called for human rights and democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia.<ref name=rp/>
Milan Balabán died on January 4, 2019, in [[Libice nad Cidlinou]], Czech Republic, at the age of 89.<ref name=rp/><ref name=cpn/>
==Awards==
*[[Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)|Medal of Merit]] (October 2002), awarded by President [[Vaclav Havel]], a fellow Charter 77 dissident.<ref name=cpn/>
==References==
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Czech theologians]]
[[Category:20th-century Protestant theologians]]
[[Category:Charter 77 signatories]]
[[Category:Czech Protestant clergy]]
[[Category:Czech-language writers]]
[[Category:Translators to Czech]]
[[Category:Czech philosophers]]
[[Category:Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak democracy activists]]
[[cs:Milan Balabán]]
[[de:Milan Balabán]]
[[pl:Milan Balabán]]
[[ru:Балабан, Милан]]
'''Milan Balabán''' (September 3, 1929 – January 4, 2019) was a Czech [[theologian]], professor of religion and the [[Old Testament]], [[Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren]] (ECCB) pastor, and poet. Balabán, an [[anti-communist]] dissident during [[Czechoslovakia]]'s [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|communist era]], was a [[Charter 77]] signatory.<ref name=rp>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was also among of group of Czech Old Testament scholars who wrote and translated the Old Testament theologians the Czech Ecumenical Translation of the Bible, which remains the most widely used [[Czech language]] translation of the [[Bible]] today.<ref name=cpn>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Biography==
Balabán was born on September 3, 1929, in the village of [[Boratyn, Lviv Oblast|Boratyn]], [[Tarnopol Voivodeship]], [[Poland]] (now located in present-day [[Ukraine]]).<ref name=rp/> He graduated from the Protestant Theological Faculty () at [[Charles University]] and became a minister in the [[Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren]].<ref name=rp/>
Balabán joined the (''New Orientation''), a group of Protestant Evangelical theologians and clergy which advocated for democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia, during the 1950s.<ref name=rp/> He continued to push for democratic reforms throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as an anti-communist dissident. As a result, the communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic authorities revoked his license to serve as a clergyman in 1974.<ref name=cpn/> He was forced to work manual labor jobs, which included time in the [[Prague]] city [[sewer system]].<ref name=rp/><ref name=cpn/>
Balabán signed the [[Charter 77]], which called for human rights and democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia.<ref name=rp/>
Milan Balabán died on January 4, 2019, in [[Libice nad Cidlinou]], Czech Republic, at the age of 89.<ref name=rp/><ref name=cpn/>
==Awards==
*[[Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)|Medal of Merit]] (October 2002), awarded by President [[Vaclav Havel]], a fellow Charter 77 dissident.<ref name=cpn/>
==References==
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Czech theologians]]
[[Category:20th-century Protestant theologians]]
[[Category:Charter 77 signatories]]
[[Category:Czech Protestant clergy]]
[[Category:Czech-language writers]]
[[Category:Translators to Czech]]
[[Category:Czech philosophers]]
[[Category:Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak democracy activists]]
[[cs:Milan Balabán]]
[[de:Milan Balabán]]
[[pl:Milan Balabán]]
[[ru:Балабан, Милан]]
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