Исцеление протоиерея Троицкого

“It seems incredible now what happened to me in the month of May 1864, when for a mistake I made while dictating in a Greek lesson (instead of stressing, I put a breath sign on the last word of the dictation) I was severely punished by the teacher with a strong blow to the head with a sharpened chalk. The blow was so strong that it broke the skull of the head; I fell to the floor and had a severe fainting spell. Having recovered from this blow, for thirty-two years and 8 months I suffered from weak vision (I could neither read nor write without glasses) and a constant severe headache; until, through the prayers of the ever-memorable father, Archpriest John Ilyich Sergiev, he was healed. Now I am 62 years old; I don’t use glasses for my work, and I don’t feel any headaches. From this blow, only the depression (the wound site on the skull) remains visible at present. Both the injury and the healing were immediate and extraordinary. Everything happened under the following circumstances. In 1896 On February 3, in Old Peterhof, in the Life Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment, after a major restoration carried out by the then commander of the regiment, His Imperial Highness, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, the consecration of the regimental church was carried out, during which, according to the established rite, I had to anoint the walls of the church with the Holy Myrrh. Having completed this task and placing the Holy Chrism on the Holy Altar, I noticed a matte stain on the plate where the Holy Chrism stood, and asked Father John, who was serving with me: “What should I do with the plate - wash off this stain?” And I received the following answer: “first rub your sore head with the bottom of the plate, and then wash off the stain,” which I did with a prayer on my lips. So what? Thank the Lord! My aching head instantly calmed down, and from that moment until this day I have not felt any headache, nor any weakness of vision. God is marvelous in His Holy prayer books before His Throne. I had not previously told Father John of blessed memory about my head illness and did not ask him for healing. I attribute this entirely to his insight and loving attention to me. From the moment of healing, I pray and until the end of my days I will pray before the Throne of the Merciful God, may the Lord rest his soul in the villages of His saints. I testify to all of the above with my priestly conscience. G. S. Petersburg, December 29, 1911 Transfiguration of the entire guard of the Cathedral Sacellarium, Archpriest Peter Troitsky."