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Over next several years, Fr. Dumitru was moved among a number of prisons. He was held in isolation for months at a time, until 1963 when he was released. He began working for the [[Holy Synod]] of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In 1965, he is asked by the Romanian State Department of Cults to write articles and take part in studies as the government attempted to project an image of religious freedom in Romania. Fr. Dumitru was permitted to travel and attend world wide conferences.
In 1968, he was permitted to attend conferences in Freiberg and Heidelberg. In 1968 he lectured at Oxford University of the United Kingdom. Then in 1973, he retired, but continued as a consultant professor for doctoral studies. During the succeeding years he was honored often, including receiving ''Doctor Honoris Causa'' degrees from the University of Thessaloniki in 1976, [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)|St-Sergius Othodox Orthodox Institute]] in Paris, France in 1981, from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Belgrade in 1982, from the University of Theology of Athens in 1991, and from the University of Bucharest in 1992.
On [[October 5]], 1993, Fr. Dumitru Staniloae died at the age of 90.