“Once, a possessed man came here to St. Anthony’s
Monastery in Arizona for an exorcism. When we brought out the holy relics, the
demon inside him began shouting, “You’re burning me!”
But Geronda’s relics burned him the most.
He screamed: “I can’t bear to see that Panagia of
Arizona! And that Joseph—he’s the one that planned this monastery.”
This man was talking about Geronda, even though he
himself didn’t know him. The devil hates Geronda. Why doesn’t the devil swear
at people who have diplomas and theological degrees, but instead he has it in
for this unlettered old man who lived in obscurity? Because Geronda is the one
who fought him and burned him with his prayer.
Elder
Ephraim of Arizona
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