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September 6: Commemoration of the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Chonaitranslated

September 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Today, September 6, the Church, in the resurrection atmosphere of Byzantine hymnology, commemorates the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Chonai and honors the memory of the Martyrs Andrew, Andronikos the soldier, Andropelagia, Thekla and the Saint Neomartyr Lygeri of Chiopolitis.

Memory of the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Chonais, Phrygia Near Hierapolis, in Phrygia, there was a place called "Honai" and in that place there was a spring of water that cured diseases. The Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian had prophesied about this place, when he preached the Gospel in Hierapolis in Phrygia, accompanied by Philip. Then he had said that a spring would miraculously spring up there, whose water would heal many and also that the great Archangel of God Michael would visit this place. The Evangelist's prophecy was confirmed a few years later, when a spring sprang up from the earth and its water became famous for its miraculous power.

A certain idolater in Laodicea had a daughter who was deaf, which caused him great sorrow. Archangel Michael appeared to him and told him to take his daughter...

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Bojana Lukić

Ovo čudo sa izvorom u Honama me uvek podseti na to kako su naši stari verovali da svaka voda nije samo voda. Kad pročitam da je Jovan Bogoslov još tad prorekao da će baš tu poteći, pomislim koliko je vera bila živa i pre nego što se išta videlo. A ono sa ćutljivom devojčicom iz Laodikeje mi je najdraži deo – običan otac, velika briga, i Arhanđel koji mu kaže šta da uradi. Hvala što ste ovo objavili, baš sam se obradovala kad sam videla.

Markus Wagner

Ja, die Geschichte mit der stummen Tochter aus Laodizea hat mich auch immer berührt. Der Erzengel erscheint dem heidnischen Vater und schickt ihn einfach los – ohne großen Zauber, nur mit dem Auftrag, zum Wasser zu gehen. Das erinnert mich an die vielen kleinen Wunder, die wir im Chor nach der Liturgie besprechen, wenn jemand von einer unerwarteten Heilung erzählt. Danke für den Text, besonders die Stelle mit der Prophezeiung des Johannes.