Gherasim Iscu (1912-1951)
Gherasim Iscu (1912-1951)
Author(s): Corneliu BeldimanSubject(s): Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Gherasim Iscu; Romanian Orthodox Church; political prisoner; National Anti-Communist Resistance Movement (Oltenia); Tismana Monastery;
Summary/Abstract: Grigore Iscu was born on 21st of January 1912 in Poduri village, Bacău County. In 1924, he was chosen for the Orthodox faith as novice at Bogdana Monastery (Bacău County). During 1943-1945 he was a missionary priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Transnistria Region, protosyngellos and exarch of the monasteries from Oltenia Eparchy and an abbot of Tismana Monastery (1945-1948). He supported the National Anti-Communist Resistance Movement from Oltenia which led by Ioan Carlaonț and Radu Ciuceanu. Gherasim Iscu was arrested by the Securitate on 26 September 1948 and sentenced to ten years of hard prison. He was detained at Craiova, Aiud prisons and the Danube-Black Sea Canal (Poarta Albă/White Gate) work camp where he was subjected to reeducation. He died on 25 December 1951 at Târgu-Ocna prison hospital.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXX/2022
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 238-243
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian
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