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<p>The paper discusses the forging of a carceral legionary theophany based on oneiric experience and the apparitions of saints to imprisoned members of the Iron Guard in contemporary Romania. It also approaches the post-Communist instrumentalization of the legionaries’ prison experience (dreams, visions of the Virgin and saints, “dreams of terror”) in supporting their claim of canonizing fascists martyrs as saints of the Romanian Orthodox Church.</p>
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The paper discusses the forging of a carceral legionary theophany based on oneiric experience and the apparitions of saints to imprisoned members of the Iron Guard in contemporary Romania. It also approaches the post-Communist instrumentalization of the legionaries’ prison experience (dreams, visions of the Virgin and saints, “dreams of terror”) in supporting their claim of canonizing fascists martyrs as saints of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

Legionary Dreams, Visions, and Divine Apparitions in the Communist Prisons: Designing a Fascist Carceral Theophany in Contemporary Romania

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The paper discusses the forging of a carceral legionary theophany based on oneiric experience and the apparitions of saints to imprisoned members of the Iron...

Legionary Dreams, Visions, and Divine Apparitions in the Communist Prisons: Designing a Fascist Carceral Theophany in Contemporary Romania

Published Online: Nov 10, 2022

Page range: 263 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2022-0105

Keywords
Fascism, Iron Guard, Theophany, Underground Religion, Saints of the Communist Prisons, Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, Alternative elRigiosity, Romanian Orthodox Church

© 2022 Ionuț Biliuță, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Legionary Dreams, Visions, and Divine Apparitions in the Communist Prisons: Designing a Fascist Carceral Theophany in Contemporary Romania

Published Online: Nov 10, 2022

Page range: 263 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2022-0105

KeywordsFascism, Iron Guard, Theophany, Underground Religion, Saints of the Communist Prisons, Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, Alternative elRigiosity, Romanian Orthodox Church

© 2022 Ionuț Biliuță, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Fascism, Iron Guard, Theophany, Underground Religion, Saints of the Communist Prisons, Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, Alternative elRigiosity, Romanian Orthodox Church