Miracle in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

When during the Great Patriotic War the Germans occupied Kiev, the German commandant of the city wished to visit the world-famous Caves of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. For this, we found a guide - a monk, a former inhabitant of this monastery. Inspection began with the Near Caves.

At that time, the relics in the crawfish rested openly, not under the panes. The monk-guide walked ahead with a lit candle, followed by the Germans with flashlights. The commandant walked with a gun in his hand. Near the crayfish of St. Spyridon Prosfornik, who had died 800 years ago, he stopped and asked what these relics were made of. The monk began to explain that these are the bodies of people, with their holy life vouchsafed of incorruption. The commandant took his pistol by the barrel, and with a handle he hit Reverend Spiridon with a hand. Dry, darkened from centuries of skin burst on the wrist, and blood gushed from the wound (traces of three dried streams of it are visible now on the hand of the monk). The commandant, in horror, fled from the cave, and after him, and all his retinue.

The next day, on the city radio, the German commandant's office announced that the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was opening, and those who wish could settle in it. Similar announcements appeared throughout the city on pillars and fences.

From the biography of prep. Kukshi (Velichko) Confessor

In Soviet times, the relics of the saints were studied, scientists discovered that in the relics of the content are highly purified oils that have no non-fatty acids or inorganic phosphates, which promote decomposition processes. It was revealed that the power of St.. class devotees with supernatural properties: self-sterilization, absence of pathogenic bacteria. Unlike the smelly Egyptian mummies, the fragrant remains of devotees do not contain any antiseptics. Research has established that the chemical composition of the relics is inherent only in a living organism!

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