The
Russians like to call Saint Nicholas “Nikola the Merciful” because his miracles
are as numerous as the stars of heaven. I would like to remind you of one
touching miracle that shows his mercy. This did not happen once upon a time,
long ago; it happened in our time, in the city of Harbin [China], where I lived
for over 40 years. At the train station in Harbin there was a large icon of
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and it was especially venerated by all the
travelers. Hundreds of candles were always burning in front of it. People
departing by train and the people who came to see them off would light candles,
and prayers were constantly going up to the great hierarch for his protection
during trips. There was always a crowd in the station because the rail traffic
was very heavy.
One
day the people who happened to be there (they related this themselves, this is
their own story; it was early spring, when the ice breaks up on the Sungari, on
which Harbin is located) they saw a Chinese man rush in, soaked from head to
toe. He ran up to the icon, threw himself down in front of it, and stretched
out his arms to it, saying something in Chinese. The people who knew Chinese
said he was thanking the saint for saving him from death.
Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)
5/21/2012
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