The funerals of Moța and Marin are a landmark event in the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church's interactions with the Legionary movement. They stand out by the sheer number of priests and bishops involved, by the echo they had in Orthodox periodicals and by the fusion of Orthodox rituals and Legionary ceremonial which they displayed. Historian Oliver Jens Schmitt notes, however, that it would be wrong to judge a complex relationship that evolved in time by a single event.
