"I had cirrhosis in the last stage, I was supposed to die, but I was cured" - the miracles of Bisericani

The tradition of performing the Holy Unction at Bisericani has deep roots, just like that of the oak tree in which the Mother of God appeared to the monks who wanted to leave for Mount Athos. Many miracles of healing must have been performed and are still performed today, by the mercy of God, as the Father Abbot, Protosinghel Seraphim Mihali, testifies.

In order to strengthen and encourage those who need help, suffering from some serious illness, I tell this miracle that a father, living in the community of Bisericani, told me during the celebration.

"Good man, your liver is new."

It was Friday evening, the time when the Holy Unction is performed at Bisericani. The church is full, as usual. The priests lead the order of the service, reading the appropriate Gospels, with the epitrachelions on the heads of the faithful. Among them was a patient with cirrhosis, whom the doctors gave no more than two months to live.

He was not the only one sick, nor did he stand out in any way. The details he gave were told by himself when he came to confess his miraculous healing to the abbot. A few days after the Holy Unction, at the end of the Holy Liturgy, the abbot and another priest were at the altar. In the church, a man is kneeling before the icon of the Mother of God. His face shone with gratitude, and tears crowned it. He stood up shyly and approached the deacon's door on the left.

‒ I would like to speak to the abbot, he said.

‒ It is I, the priest answered.

‒ Venerable, I would like to thank the Mother of God and your Holiness that, behold, I had cirrhosis in the last stage, I should have died, according to the doctors, but I was healed! I went to the Sacrament of the Holy Unction on Friday and had the joy of standing right under the epitrachil of your Holiness. Now I am coming from the hospital. I went for a check-up, and the doctors were very surprised, asking me what I did, what I took: “Good man, your liver is new!”, they told me.

‒ Thank the Mother of God, brother, and go home healthy, the abbot comforted him.

The man bowed and left joyfully.

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