Wondrous stories of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
- Wondrous stories of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra
~The sea
***This story was heard from Hieromonk Theophylact, a monk of the Pskov Caves Monastery, during the latter half of the 1980s. He was told it by a military man-a first-rank captain and man of faith. But how did he come to the faith?
In his youth he commanded a torpedo boat on the Pacific Ocean. One day the boat went out on its watch into the sea. The weather forecasts were good, and nothing indicated any trouble. Just the same, on the horizon there appeared at first a large dark cloud, which started growing rapidly. A sharp wind blew, which grew into a strong squall. A storm began. Huge waves started beating against the small ship.
The ship was tossed from side to side. Water flowed into the machinery area. The ship was on the verge of stopping, and that would be fatal for all.
The captain was no coward, but nevertheless the fear of death reached his heart-after all, he was not alone; he answered for the entire crew. What should he do? Then suddenly he remembered his mother’s words of long ago: “Pray to God. He saves people everywhere.” And the words of his grandfather, an old sea dog: “Whoever has not been to sea has never prayed to God.” The captain had not gone to church since childhood. He did not know how to pray. But inside, in his soul he was shouting, “Lord, save me! Lord have mercy!”
Suddenly, a miracle happened. He saw an old man walking right on the waves, wearing the garments of a priest. The captain even had time to look at his face-regular features, a small beard, and a clear gaze. The old man blessed the ship with both hands and immediately the wind died down. The sea went flat. The storm was over.
Returning, he promised to himself to go without delay to a church and place a candle as a sign of thanks for his deliverance and the salvation of the crew. But in the Far East during the years of persecution, nearly all the churches had been destroyed.
Nevertheless, an opportunity soon presented itself. He was sent on an assignment to Leningrad. While travelling the captain noticed a beautiful five-domed cathedral. It was the St. Nicholas Cathedral, of naval glory. But the captain did not know about this. He went into the half-dark lower church, bought a candle and looked around for a candle stand to place it on. He noticed an icon with the image of a pious elder in the garb of a bishop and decided, “I’ll place a candle before this grandpa.” The captain walked closer, looked at the icon, and froze. The facial features corresponded exactly to those of the amazing elder who had stopped the storm on the Pacific Ocean! “Whose image is that?” the captain asked a church-worker in a dark apron. “What do you mean, whose? It’s the holy hierarch and wonderworker St. Nicholas, defender of those who sail the sea,” she replied.
~He who chased death away
This incident happened in February of 1994. While Nina was visiting her daughter in the town of Sheksna in the Vologda Region, she was taken to the hospital with severe bleeding. Her condition was critical because of the great loss of blood.
In a semi-conscious state she saw a figure of a woman dressed in bridal white behind a row of newly ploughed black earth. She took a closer look and saw that her hands were black. This frightened her and she understood that this was death.
Then at the same time there appeared a tall, luminous elderly man who hid her from view by leaning over the bed. She remembered his image well. After this vision her health began to improve.
Later she began to go to church and would often scrutinize the faces of the saints on the icons. She found the one whom she was looking for… it was St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. After that, she started attending the church of St. Nicholas in Vologda.
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Beautiful. Beautiful. Oh, St. Nicholas, may we never doubt you. ☦💝📿💝☦
Really wonderful and heartwarming stories-thank you!
@joepavone; Glory be to God! ☦️
Beautiful. St. Nicholas, tuff but loving.
You are amazing dear Saint. Rejoice in your Lord.xo
God is wonderful in His Saints!
And in His Church!
☦💝📿💝☦
@lindaphillips; Thank you for sharing and glory be to God! ☦️
I marvel at how often we hear of stories of the saints in which those they helped did not recognize them at first but were later lead to understand who helped them..
I love the ways that the Lord so often ties up the 'loose ends' of the stories..
Which just continues the miracle..
@lindaphillips; Absolutely! 🙏☦️
Thank you Holy Orthodoxy for this beautiful video, Saint Nicholas is a wonderful saint indeed !!❤
@stephaniebailey; Your welcome and thank God for everything. 🙏☦️
what album is this wonderful psalm chanting from?
@barathkrishna; Which hymn are you asking for specifically? There are different hymns and not from the same source.
The first hymn in the starting of the video
@@barathkrishna2977 Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/bOcbZZCjdxg/v-deo.htmlsi=wgB8QkIECWJnA2Io
Thank you very much!