▁Aust rian ▁authorities ▁from ▁the ▁nearby ▁village ▁of ▁Vin ţ u ▁de ▁Jos ▁destroyed ▁Sof ron ie ' s ▁small ▁monaster y ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁resistance ▁in ▁Trans ylvan ia . ▁The ▁authorities ▁also ▁started ▁to ▁arrest ▁all ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁cler gy ▁pre aching ▁against ▁the ▁union . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁arrest , ▁Sof ron ie ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁C io ara , ▁but ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁community ▁of ▁the ▁region , ▁continued ▁to ▁remain ▁faithful ▁to ▁their ▁religion . ▁ ▁After ▁some ▁evidence ▁of ▁popular ▁dis content ▁of ▁the ▁Trans ylvan ian ▁Orth odox , ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 9 ▁the ▁Em press ▁Maria ▁Ther esa ▁issued ▁her ▁first ▁Ed ict ▁of ▁Tol er ation , ▁which ▁seemed ▁far ▁too ▁mod est ▁in ▁scale ▁to ▁the ▁people ▁concerned , ▁and ▁only ▁served ▁to ▁increase ▁dist urban ces . ▁ ▁On ▁ 6 ▁October ▁ 1 7 5 9 , ▁Sof ron ie ▁addressed ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Orth odox ▁community ▁from ▁Brad , ▁in ▁Hun edo ara ▁county , ▁inform ing ▁the ▁people ▁that ▁the ▁Em press ' ▁Ed ict ▁of ▁Tol er ation ▁allowed ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁population ▁in ▁Trans ylvan ia ▁to ▁choose ▁freely ▁between ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁and ▁the ▁Greek - C atholic ▁Church . ▁The ▁authorities ▁in ▁Vienna ▁became ▁wor ried ▁and ▁imperial ▁troops ▁h unted ▁down ▁the ▁pre acher . ▁He ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁authorities ▁and ▁ja iled ▁in ▁Bob â l na ,