In the summer of 1887 in the village of Kuvshinova, near Vologda, the following astonishing case occurred:

In the summer of 1887 in the village of Kuvshinova, near Vologda, the following astonishing case occurred:

 A young country boy quarreled with his mother and roughly pushed her into the back ... 
"You do not have the fear of God in you!" cried the wounded mother. 
"You are right, God does not exist!"  with malicious sarcasm the young man responded. 
Later that same day the blasphemer went to work in the field with his mother. The day was clear, only small clouds were in the sky. Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed, there was a loud thunderbolt, and the one who denied God fell to the ground ... The people fled from the field and surrounded him in a circle..
After a few minutes without feeling, the young boy woke up, complaining of back pain. The mother and the workers lifted up his shirt and were horrified by what they saw. On his back was a large trace of burned lightning in the form of a cross. The young boy repented of his disbelief and fell to his mother's feet, asking for forgiveness for the offense. "