Fr. Argatu Ilarion (en)

Satan’s enemy has gone to Heaven forever. Father Argatu of Cernica.

He was the most powerful exorcist in the Orthodox Church. Hundreds of unfortunates possessed by the devil found peace with his help. Thousands of sick people, with incurable diseases of the body or with lost minds, regained their health. Every despair or moral collapse found peace in the monastery of Cernica. Soon the conquerer of human suffering in the name of God went to heaven forever. But the posterity of Father Ilarion Argatu began on the day of his departure among the righteous. Magical signs In the monastery of Cernica, the days seem longer and the evenings quieter since the […]

“With God’s mercy, I will leave tonight”

Midnight Masses I met Father Argatu in the monastery of Căldărușani shortly after the terrible earthquake of 1977. There were many people in his chapel from all over the country, a sign that Father was stronger than any communist obstacle. I saw him again a few years later in the monastery of Cernica, where he had moved permanently. Father was unchanged. He radiated the same spiritual strength and serenity, and above all, his eyes were bright, open, joyful, like those of a child. An incomparable man of prayer, Father had the great gift of thaumaturgy and exorcism. Gentle and of […]

Testimony on the mercy and prayer of Father Ilarion Argatu

I met Father Ilarion Argatu in 1984. I had heard from some priests – colleagues – that the priest had helped them materially to repair the churches where they served, and as I also had repair work to do in the church, I thought I would try my luck. Father Argatu had his cell in the monastery of Cernica. One morning, towards the end of March, I went to see Fr. Ilarion. When I arrived at the monastery, I easily recognised the cell: about 30-40 people were quietly waiting at a door. I squeezed through the crowd, reached the door […]

Father Ilarion Argatu’s last wish. Interview with priest Ioan Argatu from the Romanian settlement in Jericho-Israel

The sun burns brightly, as it does most of the year. The sky, a deep blue, is searched in vain by the few Bedouins tending their goats and poor donkeys, anxiously looking for the odd wispy cloud. In this barren land, a blade of grass is worth a whole meadow… The road through the Kidron in Judea leads to Jericho, the place where our Saviour Jesus Christ, after being baptised by John, fasted for 40 days, prayed and was tempted by the devil. Jericho is the largest oasis in the world. Seen from afar, between endless grey hills (in the […]