Everything Elder Ephraim of Arizona touched smelled

 

At the time when all these events were happening, the Elder found himself in a state of abandonment: "My God, my God, why did you abandon me!" At the same time, his spiritual children testify that during this difficult period, Elder Ephraim had so much Grace that everyone smelled it. Whatever the Elder touched, it began to smell. When the Elder confessed the children, he covered their heads and hair with his stole and they smelled rom it for a few days. He touched the tissue, the tissue began to smell. His clothes, his hats, smelled. The stronger the temptations, the more noticeable the fragrance. God had revealed to the Elder, as well as to his spiritual children, that the Elder's works are pleasing to God