A Modern Day Miracle of Saint Xenia In France
We follow with an account by a resident of
France, who was benefited by the Saint in our days.
A French
dentist with a private clinic in Paris was injured in a car accident and had to
stay in hospital for a few days.
Roman
Catholic by creed, but indifferent to the faith, he watched as the patient next
to him, a Russian émigré, would pray in the evenings in the ward, and would
laugh behind his back.
Since the
Russian’s lengthy prayers were repeated for as many days as he remained there,
the dentist saw fit to make fun of the praying man, and he joked around with
those from the other rooms.
After
that first evening of making fun with the others, it was impossible for him to
fall sleep.
Suddenly,
the door to the ward opened and a woman appeared, wearing men’s clothing and
holding a cane in her hand.
She was
heading towards his bed. He was startled. Unknown facial features. A sweet,
strange face.
“What do
you want, lady? I don’t have any change. Who let you in here?”
“I came
to tell you,” she said to him, as she lifted her cane, “to stop ridiculing
Yuri, who is praying, because you will remain here a long time yet, and will
seek his prayers...”
And
indeed. Over the following days, he was diagnosed with serious cardiac
insufficiency and remained three months in the hospital.
Yuri
visited him at one point, and when the Frenchman revealed his vision to him, he
began to tell him about St. Xenia and Orthodoxy.
Today,
the Frenchman is an active member of the French Orthodox community and Baptized
his newborn baby girl with the name Xenia last December, in honor of the Saint
and in memory of his miraculous conversion.
By Maria Biniary
Source: www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/01/miracle-of-saint-xenia-fool-in-france.html
