Исцеление Яковлевой
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“Even during the lifetime of our dear father, Fr. John of Kronstadt, I had a headache; in a letter to him, I asked him to pray for my healing. My request was heard, and I then received relief from my headache. But I didn’t tell anyone about this miracle then, because the priest was still alive then. After the death of the priest, I saw in a dream that he was confessing to the people; then he comes up to me and ties my left leg with a rope and it hurts so much that it was impossible to bear, and says: “Be patient until I come.” Since then, in fact, my leg began to hurt, and in December 1912 it hurt so much that I went to bed; a paramedic was invited, then a doctor, but none of them helped; The leg became numb, red, and the skin on it was cracked, so it was scary to look at it. I expected that I would be crippled and completely die. Suddenly my husband remembered the dream that Father John tied my leg, and those significant words that he said. Therefore, I must turn to him with a request to pray for the healing of my leg.
Then I asked my husband to write a letter to the Ioannovsky Monastery so that they would serve a memorial service and pray for the sick woman, and I myself began to count the days - when the letter arrived, when it should arrive and on what day the memorial service would be served. I was looking forward to this day, like Easter, hoping to receive healing from my illness. And she really was not deceived in the mercy of God. Eight days passed after sending the letter, just on Christmas day, I felt that the pain in my leg began to subside, the swelling subsided, and young skin began to appear. Currently I am completely healthy and go to work, constantly thank God and glorify the righteous Fr. John of Kronstadt. I confirm this miracle with my oath and ask that it be announced publicly for the glorification of the Lord God, marvelous in His saints. Afanasia Yakovleva and her husband Fyodor Yakovlev.
Yudino station, Tomsk province
(Written based on an original letter kept in the monastery).