Miracle of Nun Magdalene Tofan
Magdalene Tofan, who came from the province of Neamts,
came to the monastery of Agapia in Romania at a very young age, as a submissive
to the nun Cleomidis. She grew up in the fear of God, prayer and obedience.
After Magdalene Tofan dressed as a nun, the two nuns
lived as sisters in Christ, sharing joys and spiritual experiences. Both
together were a real model of devoted and spiritual life in the First Monastery
of Agapia, which numbered about five hundred nuns.
Day and night, they saw them present in all the
Sequences, advising and encouraging each other. They often confessed and
communicated and were easily deprived of the goods of this world.
In February 1947, Kleomidis' mother fell asleep. Only
now, the old submissive Magdalene, was asking God to reveal to her where her
spiritual mother's soul was and to inform her if she had been saved. Forty days
after the death of the Eldress, Sister Magdalene received holy communion and
surrendered her soul in the evening.
Numerous nuns arrived then, to examine the body of
Sister Magdalene in her monastic garment, light candles and incense. Some
started reading psalms near the bed. They prayed, weeping, in the suddenness
that had caused such a sudden death.
At midnight, when they chanted Orthros in the Church,
the deceased turned her head a little towards the sisters, who had gathered in
the cell and said:
"Call Father Antim!"
Terrified, they went to the Church to find the
confessor, who arrived quickly, bringing his petracheli (stole).
He entered the cell, approached the "dying"
and told the other people:
"Get everyone out, because I have to talk to
her."
Half an hour later, Father Antim left the place,
telling the nuns who were waiting in bewilderment:
"Now you can go near Mother Magdalene."
However, at the same time that the confessor came out,
Magdalene Tofan finally fell asleep in the Lord. In vain did her sisters in
Christ call her by her name.
Mother Magdalene probably had some weight on her
conscious. And that is why God allowed her to be resurrected and settled with
the help of her spiritual father. Now she rests in the light and glory of the
Lord, thanks to this miracle
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