Living words - Father Arsenie Boca
Father Arsenie Boca (1910-1989) was a great monastic and charismaticorthodox personality of Romania. After he graduated the "Avram Iancu"High School in Brad (Hunedoara), he attended the Academy of Theology inSibiu and the Belle Arte Institute in Bucharest. At the same time, heattended medical courses at the University of Medicine in Bucharest.After four months spent in Mount Athos in Greece, he entered themonastic life at Brâncoveanu Monastery in Sâmbâta de Sus (Brașov),where he served as a priest and abbot until November 1948. Finally hewas transferred by Metropolitan of Transylvania, Nicolae Bălan, toPrislop Monastery in the Country of Hațeg (Hunedoara). In May 1959, hewas expelled from the monastery by the communist regime. Althoughregulations were strict, Justinian, the Patriarch of Romania, gave himthe blessing to work in the Studio of the Romanian Patriarchate inBucharest. Following his retirement in 1967, he painted for fifteenyears the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Drăgănescu (Giurgiu).Due to his Christian faith, he was permanently put under surveillance,being imprisoned by the communist regime. Endowed by God withexceptional spiritual gifts, he had a high influence amid the Romaniannation. His spirits is still present today, enjoying a genuineveneration. He died in Sinaia on November 28, 1989, and was buried atPrislop Monastery. His tomb became one of the most well-known places ofpilgrimage in Romania.
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