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Πέμπτη 17 Ιανουαρίου 2019

"Rejoice, O Virgin."

A pious monk after great efforts by the mercy of God, acquired the gift of the Jesus prayer, who throughout his life has been struck mercilessly by an evil spirit. Unable to defeat the monk, the evil one attacked another brother. Standing once in the temple in the morning, this brother saw near the brother a woman in beautiful vestment weaving a wreath of flowers that lay beside Her. 

She takes nine white roses and one red rose and weaves them into a wreath. At the exclamation "The Virgin and Mother of Light" She rises in the air and crowns the monk with the wreath. In horror, the brother fell on the platform. Then coming up to the monk crowned by the hand of the Holy Virgin, began to beg to reveal what so pleased the Mother of God that he deserved such an award. The pious monk lifted his eyes from the prayer book and with astonishment and humility answered that he did not know anything good except for unceasingly praying the Jesus prayer and prayed so: nine times said the Jesus prayer and the tenth "Rejoice, O Virgin." Now the brother understood why the Holy Virgin wove a wreath with nine white roses and one red rose... and asked the monk to become his disciple.

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