Elder Ephraim of Arizona

I went to Canada and there I spoke to the Greek community about the devil, about how he tricked us into sin. When I finished the speech and everyone was leaving, there was a big racket. Some ladies came to me and informed me that some woman had been possessed. She screamed and screamed by saying words about me:

"This man has revealed me, I cannot hide! What is he doing here in Canada? He came to get with him all my people that I kept well tied. I will harm him, I will take revenge."
They moved her to a room. And as soon as she calmed down, I went and met her. She had her eyes closed and trembled like a fish! As it is my duty I opened the holy book of Sacraments, I wore the epitrachelion and pronounced for her the blessings of St. Basil the Great. As soon as I finished, she opened her eyes, stopped trembling and said:
"Father, I want to confess!"

I really confessed her. This woman had a demon for many years, but it had not manifested in her. She took communion, she was a regular church-goer, but she was not aware that she was possessed...
But on the occasion of the speech I had made, the demon had manifested itself. Many who were present on the scene with the possessed, benefited greatly and people who did not believe in demons and the devil, believed in the existence of the evil spirits.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona