Rolul Mănăstirii Tismana și al Starețului Gherasim Iscu în Mișcarea Națională de Rezistență Anticomunistă din Oltenia. Generalul Ioan Carlaonț
The Role Played by Tismana Monastery and Its Abbot, Gherasim Iscu, in the National Resistance Movement in Oltenia. General Ioan Carlaonț

Summary/Abstract: Gheorghe Gorun’s study examines the National Resistance Movement in Oltenia (MNRO), a heroic chapter in Romania’s anti-communist resistance between 1945 and 1959. Led by General Ioan Carlaonț, the organization took advantage of the mountainous terrain of Gorj and Mehedinți Counties to prepare for armed resistance in anticipation of a possible Anglo-American intervention. A central pillar of the movement was Tismana Monastery, under the leadership of Abbot Gherasim Iscu, which provided refuge for fugitives and logistical support for the establishment of a clandestine radio transmitter. Following the infiltration of the movement by agents of the Securitate, its leaders were arrested in 1948 and sentenced in 1949. General Carlaonț, who died in Aiud Prison in 1952, and Abbot Gherasim Iscu, who died in Târgu Ocna Prison Hospital in 1951, both perished in communist custody as a result of torture and illness. In 2025, Abbot Gherasim Iscu was officially canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church as a Venerable Martyr, in recognition of his spiritual witness and patriotic sacrifice.

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