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