Svyatogorsk, Ukraine, July 7, 2017
On July 2, the commemoration day of the holy hierarch and wonderworker St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, the patronal feast of the Svyatogorsk Lavra skete named for St. John in his home village of Adamovka, Donetsk Region, was festively celebrated. An icon of the holy hierarch began to stream myrrh during the celebrations, reports the lavra’s site.
The Divine Liturgy was followed by a procession around the church with the reading of the Gospel. Spiritual father of the Skete of St. John Archimandrite Vsevolod (Georgitsa) greeted Met. Arseny and gifted him with a copy of the She Who is Quick to Hear Icon of the God, thanking him for the monastery’s great work in taking in so many refugees during this difficult period in the life of Ukraine, thereby again emulating their heavenly patron who sheltered so many homeless and destitute children. “You love us all, we all live by your prayers and your example. We all love you very much and thank you greatly,” the archimandrite concluded.
The abbot of the lavra later spoke about a “small miracle” that occurred during the feast: “On the feast of St. John, today, a small icon, bought by one woman in the monastery store, began to stream myrrh.” St. John thereby visibly revealed his presence at the celebration. The icon was placed on the stand in the church, and everyone had the opportunity to venerate it, after which they were all gifted with a small icon of St. John and processed to a celebratory meal. 






Ο π. Ευμένιος γεννήθηκε το 1931 στην Εθιά Μονοφατσίου του νομού Ηρακλείου Κρήτης και ήταν το όγδοο παιδί μιας φτωχής & πιστής οικογένειας. Έγινε μοναχός σε ηλικία 17 χρονών, αγωνίστηκε για την καλλιέργεια της ψυχής του με αγάπη και προσευχή και δοκιμάστηκε σκληρά και από την ασθένεια της λέπρας, αλλά και αργότερα, ενώ ήταν ήδη ιερέας, από δαιμονική επιρροή, με την οποία βασανίστηκε ψυχοσωματικά και ελευθερώθηκε μετά από πολλές προσευχές, αγρυπνίες και εξορκισμούς σε μοναστήρια της Κρήτης, όπως στις μονές Κουδουμά και Παναγίας Καλυβιανής. 