HOLY ANGELS IN THE SKY
Testimony of Mr. GE, D. Civil Engineer, Athens!
I
was in the team of civil engineers who undertook the study and
supervision of the construction of the Monastery of the Saint in Milesi,
One
evening in 1985, we worked late and, at 01:00 after midnight, before
going to sleep, we decided to take a walk in the courtyard. It was
summer and the sky was clear. We could see the starry sky clearly and we
headed towards the south side of the Cells, that is, approximately
under the balcony of the Cell of the Saint.
There
were three of us and, since it did not have the trees it has today, we
looked at the celestial dome, filled with hundreds of thousands of
bright stars and luminous constellations, Small and large stars,
irregularly spread out by the hand of God. At that time I loved and
studied astronomy. As we were discussing this fantastic beauty, we saw
the Saint coming towards us and when he came near us, very peaceful and
calm, he asked us:
“What are you doing out here?
“We see the stars...
“The stars, are they all you see?
“What else can we see in the night?
-Well, the sky is full of Saints and Angels, don't you see them?
No, we don't see anything.
"Do you want to see them?
No
one spoke, We were left bewildered and the Saint moved away. He
descended and disappeared into the forest, apparently, at such a time he
left his cell every night to go to the mountain to pray. We stayed for a
while - watching him move away, I don't know why we didn't answer.
Perhaps because I felt it as audacity, as pride if I told him: “Yes, I
want to see them”),
In
our lives there are opportunities that are repeated and opportunities
that never come again. We missed a unique and unrepeatable opportunity,
because the Saint had boldness in God and was able to show them to us.
An
elderly nun confided in me the following experience she had with the
Saint. Once the Saint went to their Monastery and they hosted him. As
they were talking, he told them that he wanted to go for a walk alone on
the mountain behind the Monastery, and left. After a while, this nun
went to do some work on the back side of the Monastery, on the north
side, and saw on the mountain, high above the trees, a large bird with
its wings spread, descending. She continued her ministry and then she
heard something like a flutter and saw the Saint descending to the
ground right next to her. He said to her: “From what you have seen, you
will not say anything to anyone. Only when I leave, you can tell them,”
He did not know if it had anything to do with the bird he saw, but the
Saint descended from heaven.
Bibliography. Saint Porphyrios the Prophet.
Testimonies.
Publications. Agios Paulites Holy Cell of Saints Theodores Mount Athos. Volume C.
