Elder Arsenie Boca and His Revelation

Elder Arsenie was born in 1910 in a small village in Romania to pious

Orthodox parents, Joseph and Christina When his mother was pregnant with
little John (his baptismal name) she dreamed repeatedly that either the sun
or the moon shone on her stomach. She thus often wondered what kind of a
child was that would be born.
While Elder Arsenie was young, his father passed away and his mother
was forced to remarry. This second marriage troubled her son John
immensely and he thus stayed away from home for a long time. He
eventually joined the brotherhood of the Elder Constantine Binkoveanou
monastery whereby he patiently cultivated his spiritual side. He was
enlightened by the Grace of the Holy Spirit and acquired the gift of foreseeing
the future.
Elder Arsenie became renowned for his abilities as a confessor and a
spiritual guide. When he met a person, one felt that the saint had the ability
to enter and examine the depths of that person’s soul. He was able to reveal
your thoughts and many past sins or deeds. He would also know a person’s
name upon meeting them and without any prior knowledge. Once he was
ordained and received the blessing to confess, he would frequently reveal
the unconfessed sins (forgotten or not) to those who came to him, as well as
things that would happen to them in the future.
He was extremely bothered and concerned about the many people he
confessed who refused to change their life, choosing to continue satisfying
their desires. Elder Arsenie was fully aware that, in the Day of Judgment, he
would be their guarantor for the salvation of their souls. He thus begged and
pleaded with God to reveal to him the reason for which people refuse to
abandon their sinful ways.
One day, while he was sitting in a chair within his garden staring at the
mountain across from him, he observed that a huge dark cloud appeared on
the mountaintop. There was great commotion and noise coming from within
the cloud. Continuing to attentively stare at it, he suddenly observed that the
cloud separated in two and at the very peak of the mountain there was a
royal throne surrounded by fire. On the throne was seated the Enemy of
mankind, Satan, surrounded by a plethora of demons Elder Arsenie was able
to clearly follow what was transpiring. He thus heard the Evil One say:

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 “Which one of you is skillful and clever enough to come up with some kind
of a cunning and wicked thought which we will whisper in the minds of
people so that we can attract them and draw them to our side? In this way
we can establish a kingdom that is greater than God’s since there is so little
time left...”
A demon then appeared who worshipped his leader all the way to the
ground and said:
“Excellent leader of the darkness, I consider it proper to whisper into
people’s ears that there is no God.”
Satan then said
“Your wickedness is not the best because we can gain a greater number of
souls in a different way. Let somebody else come up with another idea.”
A second one came and said:
“Excellent leader of the darkness, I suggest that we whisper to them that
there is a God but there is no such thing as Heaven or Hell and that this ife
of theirs simply ends at their grave.”
Satan, after extensive contemplation, said
“This wicked thought is also insufficient and will not enable us to win
many souls. People will remember that Christ said, as He ascended into
Heaven: In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there
ye may be also (Jn 14:2-3). The faith of people in these words is unfortunately
strong enough to counteract our plans. People will continue to believe that
He will reward all according to their life deeds. Let another one of you
suggest something else.”
A third one then came up and after he worshipped his leader all the way
to the ground, took the floor and said:
“Most excellent leader of the darkness, I propose that it is much better that
we praise people for their faith in God, their belief in the existence of
Paradise and Hell, their expectation for the Last Judgment However and at
the same time, let us whisper to them: ‘Do not rush into repentance. Let
repentance be your deed during the latter part of your life. Death is still far
away. For the time being, enjoy your life, satisfy all of your carnal desires
because you have plenty of time left.’ Thus, while we conduct our alluring
and magic works, they will grow old without realizing it and reach their life’s

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end before they can repent. Death will arrive suddenly and will find them
unprepared and they will be ours forever.”
Satan then moved his head acknowledging his satisfaction He grunted and
squealed with devilish joy and with hasty anxiety told them all: “Quickly, all
of you go and do exactly as your colleague indicated.”
It is for this reason that people fulfil their Christian duties in a lackluster
manner. The cunning demons, throughout their life, whisper to them in a
tempting way regarding the joys of this world and people obey. They refuse
to change their ways and continue to satisfy their desires and sinful nature,
ignoring the advice of the Church regarding true repentance, even in their
old age...
Elder Arsenie foretold his end by informing many that he had three more
Paschal seasons to celebrate and indeed, he fell asleep in the Lord three
years later. He had foreseen the fall of the Communist establishment and the
rise of the Romanian people against the atheist regime, and quickly after this
prophecy he fell asleep in November 1989 (the Communist regime fell one
month later, in December 1989). He has remained n the souls of many of his
spiritual children, continuing to guide them from above.
The grave of St. Arsenie Boca, surrounded by multi-colored and fragrant
flowers that blossom year-round.
There exists a miraculous event that attracts thousands of Christians to
his gravesite, at the Prislop women’s monastery. Even though the
temperatures there can be extremely low, often reaching 20 degrees Celsius
below zero, all of the flowers that have grown on his grave neither wither
nor freeze and die by the extreme temperatures but instead remain in full
blossom. From winter to summer, the Saint’s grave remains full with
blossomed, multi-colored fragrant flowers.
May the prayers of Elder Arsenie, this notable, tireless and remarkable
servant of God be with all of us sinners!

From: Saint Philotheos of Paros, Issue 9 Sept-Dec. 2003, pg. 91. Translated
from the Greek by St. POIMEN Brotherhood
Orthodox Heritage
11/28/2015

Saint Arsenie Boca of Romania, the Prophet of the End Times

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 Saint Arsenie Boca was born on September 29th, 1910 in Vata de Sus
Hunedoara County, Romania and among many things, he prophesied his own
date of death. Years before the actual revolution against communism which
took down the Iron Curtain Arsenie Boca said that he will die at about 3
weeks before the revolution and that’s exactly what happened. On the same
day he also prophesied the fall of communism in Europe and that Romania
will be the only country in Europe which will violently overthrow its
communist government, saying that “other countries will switch to
capitalism peacefully, just like one changes its shirt with a different one,
while Romania will be the only country in Europe that will make the
transition to capitalism through bloodshed, and many will die”, and that’s
exactly how it happened.
Related to the communist revolution he said: “This guy will die on
Christmas day!” When he was asked “Which guy?” He replied “This guy that
you say God is not getting you rid of.” Then he was silently asked “Ceausescu,
father?” Arsenie Boca said: “Yes! This guy and I too will die at about 3 weeks
before him.” The quote goes on with him saying “I will die of poisoning plot
which I wil not attempt to stop because by then my spiritual mission here
on Earth would be over by then anyway”.
It is rumored that Ceausescu was concerned with his power and that he
secretly paid a visit to father Arsenie, asking him what he thinks about his
rulership. Arsenie Boca warned Ceausescu that if he continues to
tyrannically rule Romania, he will surely die in a violent way. Angered by
what he was told, the dictator left, threatening Arsenie Boca. A few days later,
Father Arsenie died of poisoning on November 28, 1989, at about 3 weeks
before Ceausescu’s own death, just like he prophesied and he was buried on
December 4, 1989 at the Prislop Monastery.
On Christmas day of 1989, Romanians overthrown their communist
government by executing the dictator Ceausescu family just as the prophet
said. The military also opened fire on protesters, resulting in a total of 1104
people killed and 3352 injured.
Arsenie Boca said that after the revolution, “Many will leave Romania and
migrate to foreign countries but few of them will ever return. However, the
time will come when all of them will want to return but no one will be able
to because Romania will be surrounded by fire.” The prophecy goes on with
Father Arsenie warning that “In one day, Romania will be occupied by 3
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foreign countries, Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia. A rain of fire will fall over
those who occupied us. Bucharest will become the second Jerusalem.” What
he meant was that Bucharest will be wiped just like Jerusalem and no stone
will be left on top of other stone, but the prophet goes on comforting those
who are panicked saying that Virgin Mary herself will be on her knees
praying to God for Romania’s forgiveness.
Father Arsenia Boca said that we are living in the final times and that
Romania’s capital city, Bucharest will be wiped off the face of the planet by
fire.
Father Arsenie prayed for the salvation of Americans saying to God: “God
please do not punish the Americans, please forgive them and have mercy on
them, they too are your creation.” but God took his spirit to America and he
was shown how America really is, after that Father Arsenie said “Yes God,
they are worthy of destruction!”. Shortly after this, he painted what he was
shown at the Draganescu church, New York City’s skyline with World Trade
Center on fire, thus he prophesied the terrorist events of 9/11.
Among many other things related to America, Father Arsenie also
prophesied the disaster of Apollo 13 mission, the invention of the cell phones
and even space shuttles, which were all painted with dozens of years before
they happened.
Arsenie Boca also warned that in the final days, religions will become more
and more interested in ecumenism (union). He said that this would be one
of the greatest heresies of all times.
Father Arsenie Boca prophesied the end of communism but he also
warned of what will come next: “The red scum, the hammer and sickle, the
five-pointed star will disappear, but after that the six-pointed star will come
and there will be anarchy”, referring to a future Jewish rule over the world,
since the hexagram known as “Star of David” is used only by them and the
state of Israel He also said that the Devil is working on corrupting people
and destroying the world since the ancient times and his primary goal is to
control and dominate the entire world. He goes on saying “the world will
focus on Romania for a short period of time because there will be changes
and specific signs in this country which are outside of material
understanding”.
Father Arsenie Boca was a strong opponent of communism and in 1945
and 1948 he was arrested for aiding anti-communist fighters in the
Carpathian Mountains. In 1945-1946 Father Arsenie warned that there will
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