A thread on Antonescu, his Orthodoxy, execution, and subsequent smearing by propaganda.

I consider Antonescu a hero, as he ordered the crossing of the Prut River into occupied Bessarabia, to unite Greater Romania once again and free our Romanian brothers.

In the film titled “Oglinda” (Mirror) released in 1993 the director Sergiu Nicolaescu depicts Ion Antonescu as rejecting communion.

A man who was to be executed alongside the Marshall by the name of Mihai Antonescu (not related by blood to Ion Antonescu) rejected communion instead.

This factual error can be understandably be seen as a mistake, however, given that Nicolaescu’s wishes were to be cremated, not buried by Orthodox tradition, it showed that he himself was not a Christian.

With no impetus to tell the truth and with a good incentive to slander Antonescu one could see this as not a mere mistake, but as a deliberate lie!

The priest of the Jilava prison Teodor Totolici gave religious books to Antonescu. Antonescu spoke with him on several occasions, and accepted the Eucharist before execution, as is related by the priest’s son Mihail Totolici.

The execution date was kept unknown, yet how fortunate that the priest arrived exactly on that day to give the Eucharist to those who were to be executed!

Furthermore Antonescu is painted on the wall of a monastery and on the wall of a church.

He can be seen on the Mihai Vodă Monastery walls (a monastery built by Michael the Brave) alongside what looks to be then Patriarch Nicodim (can’t confirm for sure though) and one other religious figure.

Antonescu can also be seen on the walls of the church of St. Constantin and Elena alongside his wife.

Here’s a final picture of Antonescu with the Captain.

I hope this thread demonstrates that Ion Antonescu was indeed Orthodox.

He was and will always be a hero.

Memory Eternal!