This
relatively recent miracle took place in a hospital in the City of Simferopol,
Crimea, Russia. The girl’s condition was
very critical and the operation was very difficult and dangerous. The doctor who was scheduled to operate on
her spoke to the mother of the young girl and said to her: “The procedure is a
very difficult and dangerous operation.
I cannot guarantee you anything.
I do not know whether or not your daughter will survive the
operation.” But there was no other
choice; the operation had to take place.
The young girl was prepped and was rolled into the operating room. During the whole procedure the mother of the
girl was waiting in the courtyard of the hospital. With tears in her eyes, she was praying to
Saint Luke the Physician and to Saint Panteleimon the Physician and Healer for the
healing of her daughter. Suddenly, an
unbelievable vision unfolded before her.
The wall of the hospital disappeared and became like a glass wall
through which she could clearly see the operating room.
The
mother could see her daughter on the operating room table surrounded by the
doctor that was to operate on her along with other doctors. Standing next to the doctor was a nurse who
had the responsibility of handing her the operating tools. The mother was also seeing something even
more amazing in the operating room as she looked upon the scene unfolding
before her. Standing on the left side of
the doctor was Saint Panteleimon holding a lit candle. On the right side of the doctor was standing
Saint Luke the Physician who was handing the operating tools from the nurse to
the doctor.
In
seeing this miracle unfolding before her, the mother was beyond herself with
astonishment. She felt that her prayers
had been heard. When the operation was
over, the doctor came out of the operating room with an enthusiastic
smile. She approached the mother and
said to her: “The operation went exceedingly well, unbelievably well.” The mother then explained to the doctor the
unbelievable vision that she saw during the operation. Upon hearing this, the doctor made the sign
of the Cross and related to the mother: “Now I understand what happened. During the course of the operation, as I
needed an operating tool, I didn’t even have time to say what I wanted to the
nurse. By simply thinking what I wanted,
the tool was in my hand.”
The
first part of this translation was made from
a Greek video by:
+Fr. Constantine J. Simones, August 4,
2016, Waterford, CT, USA,
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