E. and T. T., from Drosato N. Kilkis, are the parents of three children.
They relate the following: “On March 30th 2001 we took our M., four and
a half years old, to the Hospital in Thessaloniki because of an
unbearable stomach pain. With the appropriate tests they diagnosed him
with obstructive ileus, and operated on him for three and a half hours,
removing half a meter of necrotic gut.
Our doctors said that the child passed a very difficult situation, but
was not out of danger yet. Monday evening he had a 40 degree (Celsius)
fever. Tuesday he was transferred to the ICU with sepsis and acute
respiratory shock. His hopes of living were only 10%. In the mean time,
without us knowing anything, a neighbor of ours saw St. Raphael in a
vision who told her: “Antonina, I’m leaving, because you don’t need me
any more. I will go to E., he has need of me now!” The woman later
learned about our son. A friend of our family from Goumenissa, Mr. P.
S., went to St. Raphael in Griva and knelt with the priest reading the
paraklesis for the salvation of our child. Our
brother A. went in the evening to our empty house to chant the
Paraklesis to St. George for the health of M.. At one point the room
started to shine, so much that he was shaken.
Where did this much light
come from? Most likely it was the Grace of the Saint. After these, the
child’s situation began to improve, until the Saturday of Lazarus, when
he opened his eyes. On Holy Monday he was totally well and exited the
hospital. After being sick for 23 days, we left the hospital. When we
returned, he began to tell us different things: “I went to Christouli
and to Panagitsa*** high in heaven, where there are a lot of clouds,
with the white horse of St. George. I saw uncle Fani (our neighbor who
died eight months before) and Despoula (a little girl who died three
years before), there were many people I didn’t know there and they wore
golden angel’s clothes and everyone was singing…Christouli and Panagitsa
asked me if I have any brothers and what are they called, and told me
not to worry, you will go back to Mama and to your brothers. ‘I don’t
know how to get back there.’ ‘With my horse’, said St. George. ‘I’m
scared, I don’t know how to drive the horse.’ ‘Don’t worry, I will drive
you.’ M. is near us, a strong child as he was before, and every day we
glorify God, Panagia and all the Saints who gave him back to us.”
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