Исцеление девочки Екатерины

March 17, 1913 for the late liturgy, Arseny Nikitich Moskvin (who lives in St. Petersburg, Lugskaya street, 6) arrived at the Ioannovsky Monastery with a little girl and tearfully told me that he had come to thank the Lord for the miraculous healing that his eight-year-old daughter Ekaterina received through the prayers of Father Ioann. The girl who came with her father to receive communion at the Monastery of the Holy Mysteries was indeed completely healthy. Arseniy Nikitich, an honorary parishioner of the Church of the Savior in Kotlovskaya, reported that in mid-November 1912, the girl fell ill from the dance of St. Vitus; The disease developed rapidly and manifested itself in the following ways. Erratic and constant twitching of all joints did not allow the girl to pick up anything; she was spoon fed. At night the patient did not sleep and lay with her eyes open; It was impossible to leave her alone for a minute, so as not to break. Then her arms, legs and tongue were lost; she didn’t say anything, but only squealed unnaturally and was completely insane. I had to hold and carry her in my arms. She couldn’t ask for food or drink... Doctor Semyon Lvovich Trivus, who was caring for the patient, finally stated that she could only be improved in the hospital, and not suddenly, and that her situation was very dangerous. “Not relying on one doctor,” Mr. Moskvin further says, “we invited Doctor Komarov from the Georgievsk community, who said the same thing. However, before sending Katya to the hospital, my wife and I, as believers, decided to first pray at the tomb of Father John. Recently they brought a sick woman to the Ioannovsky Monastery, carried her into the tomb church, sat her near the priest’s tomb and ordered a memorial service. Exhausted by the suffering of the unfortunate woman, we wept bitterly; many present, seeing our grief, expressed good wishes and prayed with us. After the funeral service, the clergyman anointed the sick woman’s hands and feet with oil from the lamp burning at the tomb. In addition, my wife took more oil from here, with which, upon arriving home, she generously anointed the sick woman’s entire body; and - lo and behold1 After this, the girl fell asleep calmly for the first time, slept for a long time, and in the morning there was a noticeable improvement in her health: insane the day before, she could now freely hold a tea saucer in her hands. We were immediately glad to see that the need to send her to the hospital had passed; and after a few days the patient became completely healthy. So the Lord, having punished us with a brief sadness with a visit, now filled our hearts with joy, we believe, at the intercession of our prayer book, Father John, whom we came to thank for his holy prayers,” Arseniy Nikitich said at the end of his story. St. John's Monastery, priest John of Ornatsky. (From the magazine “Kronstadt Shepherd” No. 12, 1913)