Arsenie Boca
Arsenie of Prislop | |
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| Venerable Confessor | |
| Born | 29 September 1910 Vața de Sus, Hungary |
| Died | 28 November 1989 (aged 79) Sinaia, Romania |
| Venerated in | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 4 February 2025, Bucharest by the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Prislop Monastery |
| Feast | 28 November (NS) |
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Saint Arsenie (Boca) of Prislop (Romanian pronunciation: [arˈseni.e ˈboka]; 29 September 1910 – 28 November 1989) was a Romanian priest, theologian, mystic, and artist. He was persecuted by the Romanian Communist Party.
Born in Vața de Sus, Hunedoara County, he died at Sinaia Monastery and was buried at Prislop Monastery in Silvașu de Sus village. In a poll of the Romanian public conducted by Romanian Television in 2006, Boca was voted 79th among 100 Greatest Romanians.