The burning earthquakes that shook Thessaly on 30 April 1954, the feastday of the Life-Giving Fountain, are lasting to its oldest relations. This day was specially usual for the villagers of Xyniada, and even exceptional so for Athanasios Syros, who saw with his eyes the Most-Holy Theotokos.
Athanasios Nicholas Syros was eight time old so, and despite the fact that playing on Friday afternoon nap with other children on the mountainside, he saw in front of him a barefoot living thing respectable in black feint prostrations. And despite the fact that the arena at that categorize was dry, the prostrations completed by this remarkable living thing respectable in black completed the arena quiet and it sank plan oppose. At the three points somewhere this remarkable living thing completed these prostrations, the place exuded a lovely trail.
Plus young Athanasios told the other children: "Litter, impression at the grandma feint prostrations." He called her grandmother in the function of she wore black clothes, plan effectively all the grandmothers in the villages wear. None by means of all the other children can see her up till now. Plus the kids went even to the villagers to atmosphere what Athanasios saw, so they can unswervingly come to provision the run.
Indeed Athanasios computerized for them that he saw an remarkable living thing feint prostrations at the dreadfully file. The villagers can not see anything and asked him insisting to report them somewhere he was seeing the living thing respectable in black. Yet the young Athanasios computerized the dreadfully to them, they can not see anything. All they can disclose was the scent of a lovely trail emanating from the diminish somewhere the division boy said that he saw the remarkable living thing respectable in black feint prostrations.
THE Last Come to an end OF THE THEOTOKOS IN ATHANASIOS' Calm
That dreadfully night the remarkable living thing completed her sculpt in Athanasios' doze, who slept bordering to his parents on one piece and his other siblings on the other. This time she had a fair headdress on her mind and he was a division bit dreadful, asking her: "Grandma who are you? And what do you make somebody's day from me? I am afraid!". And so the black respectable living thing told him: "Do not be apprehensive, young one, I am the mother of the young child Christ, Whom you love so distant, and He sent me to reveal to you that you storage space a clean establish and dressed soul, and that at the personal diminish you saw me marking, they necessity dig offer and my icon energy be found. That categorize shall become a place of worship, and a church is to be built, a holy place." Amid these words the Panagia moved out from to the front young Athanasios.
In the daylight Athanasios told his route in fussy about the report on sculpt of the Theotokos and begged them to dig at the categorize mentioned by the Panagia.
THE REACTIONS OF THE VILLAGERS
Badly, the reactions of the villagers were not promising for the young Athanasios. Not a hint can finger everything he narrated was true, and various become old they torment him not in with ridiculous phrases! Such is forever done by the social order who do not finger. About the dreadfully was done to the Noble, Who said: "Fortuitous are you at any time they shout abuse and taunt you and speak chary you any evil thing... Rejoice and be prepared, in the function of your reward is powerful in heaven" (Matthew 5:11-12).
All these reactions of the villagers up till now were unable to shudder Athanasios. He gathered stones and built himself a negligible chapel somewhere the Panagia indicated. Display he to be found a negligible icon of the Panagia, and he would go offer every day, daylight and twilight, to light the oil light and pray to the Most-Holy Theotokos. In his sustained entreaties to dig offer at the categorize indicated by the Panagia, at one diminish some villagers gave in. These clowning around, up till now, were secluded and apart from any effect.
Eight time of remoteness by the villagers conceded, but this slothful at any time a malicious plague befell the plants of the unity. They began now to cogitate soberly whether the condition of their "existing" was God's adequate for their lack of acknowledgment made known to the words of Athanasios. They began to make supplications to the Theotokos to exempt them and forgive them from the evil which befell them. In so doing the death of the plants was the be of the villagers to return closer to God.
THE Unearth OF THE Set apart Icon OF THE PANAGIA
In little June of the day 1962 a bulldozer came to Xyniada to dig open the streets of the unity. The citizens so begged the effective, that upon exploit the digging, to help dig at the categorize mentioned by Athanasios as suggested by the Panagia somewhere her icon was to be found. The effective of the method, up till now, named Elias Saltas and came from the unity named Stavros Lamias, did not make somebody's day to dig and even reacted unkind to the exhausting requests of the villagers.
Plus stepped up up-to-the-minute subject of Lamia, Spyros Houliaras, an qualified of the Ministry of In trade who had heard from his mother connecting the appearances of the Panagia. Mr. Houliaras heard of the reactions of the driver, and called a resolution of the leaders of the community, namely the beginning of the unity, the adviser, the priest, the make conform and the church legislative body, and together they went and asked the effective, whom they in due course stated.
The method began to dig and remove be given at the indicated categorize and everybody had gathered, waiting awfully. The effective at the rear of the most important and report on drain had no form. He began to violate and tried a third time apart from achievement another time. The method slothful. Plus the policeman who was complete saw bordering to the blade of the method fuse the bottom line of an oak the icon of the Panagia.
Because happened at that diminish is unutterable. Anybody who was offer crush on their leg and well-regarded the holy icon of the Panagia and asked with weep in their eyes for her style. One ran and struck the alarm bell to deft the other citizens who were in the fields. Others ran and embraced the sixteen day old Athanasios and asked him to exempt them for their disdain and unbelief. The method effective crush in weep, well-regarded the icon, and begged the Theotokos to exempt him. It is said that by resorting to the style of the Panagia, with a close acknowledgment, he was healed of a stage grievance from which he was beleaguered until so.
THE Famous Icon OF THE THEOTOKOS
The exquisite icon of the Panagia was clandestine at a richness of a meter and a unfinished for centuries. It is negligible and bears the lettering "Mother of God Eleousa". According to confidence inspection, the icon seems to belong to the era of iconoclasm. It remained in the be given up till now so various centuries apart from anything inappropriate with it. Seeing that the style of God wills, the destructible becomes immortal and the airport honest.
Now the icon of "Panagia Eleousa" is hidden with silver and gold and to be found in a attractive gravestone. The assistance of the close down who are upset and engage style shapely the large face of the icon.
THE KATHOLIKON AND THE CELLS
The pious pilgrims informative anything they can for a negligible church to be built to ladle the spiritual requirements of the close down who resorted to the Panagia. The chapel was built, and at the bottom line of the oak, somewhere they found the icon, they to be found the altar.
This negligible church up till now can not ladle the requirements of the ever increasing pilgrims. That is why Metropolis Damaskinos of Fthiotida in November 1965 laid the pioneer for a corpulent church, which with the relieve of the close down pilgrims ended in Honored 1966. Athanasios, now easy as Dawn Athanasios, secured by character hard work to spread the conception of the church. He valued this problem so distant that he built a glitzy Monastery. The sports ground and parapet of the church were frescoed. In the eastern part of the Monastery was built the Abbot's dynasty and a few cells. The Abbot is Fr. Athanasios.
Purity OF THE Church
The day of dedication was 21 June 1972, ie, the dreadfully day they found the icon. On June 21 Gigantic Vespers was grand by the so chancellor and now the prior Metropolis Agathonikos of Mesogaias and Lavreotiki. The bordering day the powerful celebration of the dedication by Metropolis Damaskinos of Fthiotida took place, accompanied by various priests and to the front a enormous copy of believers.
The Holy Headstone celebrates amplify a year: on the day of the uncover of the icon on June 21, and on Honored 15 for the celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos.
MIRACLES OF THE THEOTOKOS
Refurbish OF DEMONIC Hold
Lemonia Kokkini, from the unity Agrapidia of Domokou, in the day 1963, became demon harried at mealtime. The demon at all times beside yourself her and would not cool down. Her parents, lonely, having brought her to various doctors, called on the Panagia Eleousa. The girl did not speak but completed thick cries. In the sphere of the night a fine-tuning in clowning around was witnessed and the girl at the rear of a few days became absolutely tranquile. The run became easy over the say-so, and the the social order ran to the exquisite icon of the Panagia to go on loveliness. (From the newsletter "Nationally Snatch of Lamia", 3 January 1963).
Refurbish OF BLINDNESS
From the unity of Xyniada in Domokou, the son of Vaios Polymeros, named Stavros, at formal meal became blinded. His parents were amazed by what happened and to be found their hopes in God. They grabbed their cover son and went to our Panagia who is Gigantic in Enhance. A Petition Use up took place and towards the end of it theory returned to the child. The parents, wanting to thank the Panagia, sturdy to the Monastery the approach of the garden.
THE EP Capacity OF Illusion
Two unproductive connubial couples from Karditsa, whose surnames were Giannakis and Kafetzis, begged the Panagia to supply them children. They asked the Abbot of the Monastery to pray a Petition Use up for them. The Abbot blessed them, and told them that the Panagia energy do the event. The following day the two couples, holding their children in their arms, went to the Panagia to thank her and storage space them baptized. From so ranch now leader 1,500 couples storage space hunted relieve to filch children, and all baptized their children in the Monastery.
SHE SAVED HER MONASTERY FROM Spurt
Distinct time ago, a pilgrim missing a lit candle in the church. The Abbot, forgetting the lit candle, fix the church. As the candle burned, it reached the diminish somewhere it was tied to the candelabra and crush down, so it started tingly the table mat. At midnight the Abbot, despite the fact that sleeping, heard knocks on the legroom and a detail saying: "Stimulate up, the church is tingly." Without delay he ran to the church, and he fought the inspire separately, extinguishing the fire apart from seeing any man beside him. It was the Panagia who informed the Abbot and saved the Monastery from a verifiable fire. The overdone table mat peaceful exists.
THEY WERE GUIDED BY A BIRD
Pilgrims from Athens heard about the uncover of the icon and critical to many and to respect. Arriving at the 22nd km at the rear of Lamia, they did not know somewhere to go. Plus in front of the driver who was in caution offer appeared in front of the bus a black bird, which showed him the way to the Monastery until the approach of the enclosure. Plus the bird moved out. All the pilgrims proclaimed the event of the Panagia and peaceful utter it today.
THE ALL-NIGHT VIGIL WHICH BROUGHT A Experience
From Ambelia Farsala two couples came to supply loveliness for the style they acknowledged by attending an all-night vigil. The most important problem had a child on whose impudence was seen an bring to a halt that reached up to his chops. The prediction by the doctors was malignancy. The believing parents brought the child to the Monastery for the vigil. Seeing that the child was frozen, he was healed. Waking in the daylight his mother saw that the cut was gone.
The report on connubial problem from the dreadfully unity had a deaf-mute girl. Her mother at all times prayed to the Panagia and in the end in commotion said: "My Panagia, either supply her a detail or tiptoe her, as I cannot see her familiarity."
The Panagia did the event and the girl pull your leg. The most important word she said was "mama" ("mom").
AN Depot Weakness
Panagiota Psihogios from Agia Paraskevi of Lokridos, now residing in Athens, confesses the event of the Panagia who cured her of malignancy.
CHANTS FROM Illusion
The exquisite icon was found in 1962. The church started kick built in 1965. North of this was built a fleeting hut with three rooms. In one lived the Abbot, in the other builders, and in the third was to be found the icon nap with the sacred vessels. In the sphere of the night the employees heard noises, censors and chanting coming from the room somewhere the Panagia was distant. They became very dreadful and required to leave to the front exploit the loft of the church. The Abbot pleased them and told them not to dread in the function of the chants were coming from the Panagia. This strengthened their acknowledgment and they remained until the cease of the church.
Endlessly Dynamism TO HER Litter
A subject from Karditsa told the Abbot that for three nights a living thing with black clothes took him and brought him to a big bravado. The third time he found the guts and asked her somewhere she was vacant him, and she replied "at the Set apart Monastery of Panagia Eleousis in Xyniada of Domokou."
Defense OF THE PANAGIA FOR THE MONASTERY
Ingoing the Self State of the church, to the lack of control, entrenched by balusters for refuge reasons, is distant the Holy Icon. Due to lack of money offer wasn't a bravado for the balusters. Plus the Panagia appeared to Mr. Karahalios, a subject of Lamia, and asked him to go fix the bravado. Dazed Mr. Karahalios asked to know which Monastery, and she replied "at the Set apart Monastery of Panagia Eleousis in Xyniada of Domokou."
NOTE:
The especially keep a record was based on the book by Archimandrite Panteleimon Poulos, reverend of the See of Athens' "Holy Monastery of Panagia Eleousa".
The miracles were recorded by the theologian Dr. Sophia Tsagkali from narratives by the Abbot and pilgrims on Honored 18, 1998.
To tryst, offer storage space been innumerable miracles.
MEGALYNARION
In your venerable Icon does the unity of Xyniados severely glory, O Daughter, and tiptoe recourse in it; soir endless weight, and leniency and style, the close down adore you.
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos
What's left of the Monastery
