Arsenie Boca
Arsenie of Prislop | |
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| Venerable Confessor | |
| Born | 29 September 1910 Alváca, Hungary (today Vața de Sus, Romania) |
| 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) |
Arsenie of Prislop (secular name Zian Boca, 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. He is venerated as a saint in the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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.