{"id":3281,"date":"2023-10-12T12:27:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:30:26","slug":"st-paraskeva-heals-woman-of-debilitating-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3281","title":{"rendered":"St. Paraskeva heals woman of debilitating disease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every year, tens or even hundreds of thousands of faithful Orthodox Christians flock to the Romanian city of Iasi for the extended pilgrimage in honor of St. Paraskeva, one of Romania\u2019s most beloved saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 20,000\u00a0hierarchs, clerics, monastics, and laymen joined in the procession with her relics held on Sunday night this year. Though St. Paraskeva is loved throughout the Balkans, and her relics have had many homes, they have been venerated in Iasi since 1641, working countless miracles to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And according to personal testimony, the beloved saint is working miracles during her pilgrimage this year. Fr. Alexandru Lungu, a priest in Falticeni,\u00a0published an account\u00a0that he received on Sunday, October 8, of a woman who traveled from afar and was miraculously healed of a debilitating disease by the relics of St. Paraskeva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The grateful woman writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father, I am writing to you because I\u2019m not followed by so many people, and my words would most likely be like a passing breeze lost on the horizon. Please, if you are willing, put them on your page. No need to give names, because those whom God decides to touch in their hearts will feel that this testimony will not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t live in the country. I went abroad when I was young, and this year I desired more than anything to visit the relics of St. Paraskeva of Ia?i. I managed to arrive on a Friday, and on Saturday night, with emotion and joy, I venerated this saint who is so dear to my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been suffering from Parkinson’s for several years, a disease that steals your entire life. It has been progressing for a few years, and lately, I felt like even simply lifting a spoon to my mouth was a struggle. I have read hundreds of testimonies about the miracles of the saint, and I know that a storm of questions began in my heart. I confess that these thoughts troubled me more and more. Could God intervene in a situation like mine? Because I must admit, Father, I am not the best Christian in the world. I don\u2019t go to Liturgy every Sunday, I haven\u2019t always fasted as prescribed, and I don\u2019t pray as much as I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I thought, if the saint helps me, I want to spend the rest of my days living only for Christ. And after enduring more than 9 hours of harsh cold, several times feeling like I wouldn\u2019t make it to the end of this pilgrimage, I finally caught sight of the canopy with the saint\u2019s body. I didn\u2019t know what I would feel; I had heard many testimonies over time, but I know that each person has a unique experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I finally reached the saint\u2019s body, I touched with trembling hands the area where there is an open hole that allows us to touch the garment covering the saint\u2019s body.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Father, I don\u2019t know how to describe what I experienced, but warmth spread throughout my body, and I felt tingling sensations. Suddenly, my whole body, which had been frozen until a few seconds prior, was enveloped in a Heavenly warmth. Because of joy, I didn\u2019t understand what was happening, but Father, I write these lines to you with tears: From the moment when the warmth enveloped my disease-weary body, I no longer trembled at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been years since any treatment has given me so much peace and tranquility. I don\u2019t know how to tell you, but I came like the leper from the Gospel, and I am returning home healthy and determined to keep my promise to Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please, no matter how many disparaging and discouraging messages you receive, don\u2019t delete my testimony. Perhaps there are others in my situation who will find reassurance that the saint works through the power of prayer and God\u2019s mercy, Who endowed her with so much grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Alexandru also commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I choose to share a miracle, I don\u2019t do it to create illusions. There are things that don\u2019t go the way we would like. However, Christ tells us, not me, not any bishop, that \u201cWhatever you ask in My Name, and you do not doubt, you will receive.\u201d Of course, if we ask for foolish things like money, cars, a career, and they will not benefit us, I\u2019m absolutely convinced that God will delay in giving them to us. Sometimes we pray for health and in many cases nothing changes. However, no one knows what God\u2019s work is with each individual. Faith is not the answer to frustrations, failures, and disappointments. You either have faith or you don\u2019t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: www.orthochristian.com\/156549.html<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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