In 1711, in the month of April, one monastic old man, named Jacob......

In 1711, in the month of April, one monastic old man, named Jacob, listened attentively to the Divine Liturgy and tried to detach himself from all earthly thoughts. He stood quietly in prayer. Suddenly, when exclaiming: “ with fear of God and faith...,” he fell down and lay for a long time without feelings. When he came to himself, he told the following:

When looking at the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, named Odigitria, he was suddenly seized with fear. He did not remember what happened next; he only remembers one thing, how the righteous Simeon appeared before him and, touching him, said: “Stand up, come and tell everyone to refrain from bad words and from swearing, otherwise the Lord will send to people and on their livestock hunger and pestilence. May all pray earnestly to the Lord, His Most Pure Mother and all the saints, may all the people serve prayer with the prayer of the aversion of the wrath of God. ” 

In addition, the righteous Simeon ordered Jacob to tell the Archimandrite and the Abbott about this, so that people would repent of their sins and pray for deliverance from the righteous wrath of God, which was done by all with the greatest diligence. ”