A few years ago, a family
from Lemessos, Cyprus, named Vassiliou received the following miracle. In
Greece they are well known from the televised requests they made in order to
find a donor for their young boy Andrea, who suffered from leukemia. The donor
was indeed found and the parents began preparing for their trip to Texas, U.S.A
where the bone marrow transplant was going to be performed. Meanwhile, they
also prayed and begged Jesus Christ to save their boy. Before they left for the
U.S.A the parents heard of St. Marina’s miracles and they called the monastery
of St. Marina located on the island of Andros in Greece to ask for Her
blessing.
After the necessary pre-operation tests that
Andrea had to undergo, he was taken to the operating room. A short time before
the operation was to begin, a woman came to see the surgeon who would be
operating on Andrea. She said that she was Andrea’s doctor and asked to be allowed
to observe the operation. The conversation that ensued proved that the woman
was indeed a doctor. However, the surgeon replied that ‘outside’ doctors were
not permitted to be present in the operating room and that his medical teams’
policy was that no doctor other than those on the team be involved in such
delicate operations. The persistence of the woman however, convinced the
surgeon to allow her in the operating room. But before, he asked her to leave
her coordinates at the administration desk. The unknown doctor did as told and
then entered the operating room with the surgeon. During the operation, she
gave several directions regarding the progress of the procedure. The operation
went well and in the end the surgeon thanked the woman and exited the operating
room.
Andrea’s
parents immediately went to inquire about the outcome of the surgery and the
surgeon replied that all had gone very well, adding that he could not
understand why they had brought Andrea to him when they had such a fine doctor.
The parents were surprised and responded that they had not brought any doctor
with them. The surgeon insisted however. He also told them that when he
came out of the operating room Andrea’s doctor had remained there for a little
longer with the rest of the operating team and therefore, she would probably
still be around. He recommended that they look for her. The search however,
proved pointless as the ‘woman doctor’ was nowhere around. The Vassiliou couple
then concluded that it must have been a doctor from Greece or Cyprus who had
decided to travel to the U.S.A and contribute to the delicate operation. They
expressed the wish to know who she was so that they may be able to thank her,
and at the surgeon’s recommendation they then went to the administration desk
to ask for her coordinates.
It
was with utter surprise that they read that the unknown woman had signed with
the name “Marina from Andros”. Tears of gratefulness and joy filled their eyes
as they recalled that the Elder at the monastery had said to them that he
wished Andrea to have St. Marina in the operating room to help him.
Andrea’s
parents shared with the media their joy both for the successful operation and
Andrea’s recovered health and for the miracle they received.
The
Vassiliou family made the vow that the entire family will be present at the
saint’s monastery every year on the saint’s feast day (July 17) and Elder
Cyprianos reports that the family has been making the annual trip from Lemessos
to Andros every summer to thank Saint Marina for saving Andrea.
Miracles performed by the saints have never
ceased to take place in the Orthodox Church. With these miracles, may our Lord
Jesus Christ help us build our faith.
SOURCE: WWW.ORTHODOXIA.GR
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