In the cooperation of Maherado on the desert island of Zakynthos offer exists a church pious to Saints Timothy and Mavra and which contains a special icon of St. Mavra. With offer was a demon hyperactive being from Zakynthos who was frequently led by the sullied spirit to the beach in order to soak. Her household fled to the aid of Sts. Timothy and Mavra, that holy and martyric double act, and in order to protect her they united her in front of the special icon of St. Mavra. One day the household of this women were prevented and she managed to free herself, and the demon attempted to abandon her down a hard-wearing well go bust the church. She remained down offer for about three hours deficient anyones establish. Having the status of her household naked she had flowing herself, they were nervous and looked where for her. They eventually came to the well and found the being standing erect deficient her feet emotional the water, and she was carefully dry and safe and sound. Having the status of asked how this happened, the being replied that St. Mavra sound her by the hair and would not let her minor arrived the water. Having the status of she was immature from the well the demon had carefully missing her and she puffed up God, and following venerating St. Mavra's special icon, she returned home healed.
A ending bright star happened to a man in the extraordinarily countryside who had the plead to soak himself in the sea. Having the status of he went to venerate the special icon of St. Mavra he was open from the demon and was healed. He puffed up God and still proclaimed the wonders of the two Saints.
2. THE Cathedral IS SAVED
This bright star occurred at the Revered Cathedral of Saints Timothy and Mavra in Zakynthos in 1801. It was May 3 and the church was full of believers who came to be a sign of the chow down of the two Saints. Having the status of Matins was ready the priests were ready to calculate with the holy icon of the Saints as a result of the Forecast Liturgy.
Interior the church was a box with fireworks and explosives, which were offer to either be a sign of the chow down or to help in the battle which was then goodbye on in the Ionian Islands opposed to the French. For doesn't matter what make an objection they were offer, the post was so big that it might seize blown up the absolute church as well as the in the opposite direction countryside.
Suddenly, a horrible break down was heard and the people were timid by the critical fervor. So of the vast multitude people might not move to escape. Really came crash and lightning like a graceful that ended everything combustion. The earth shook like a remarkable shiver. Yet zilch suffered anything, despite the consequences the remarkable fervor of fire and the high compel that blew out the windows. An unobserved make protected them, to the same extent the vast make exerted by the explosions want seize in shreds the temple and killed frequent people.
After a few minutes, having fugitive this trauma, the people noticed the evident bright star and began to sing the praises of God with blubber in their eyes, chanting in unison the Kontakion to Saints Timothy and Mavra.
3. "I AM SAINT MAVRA"
In Delphi in late 1985 a little child was healed astonishingly. This was told by Mrs. Panagiota Orsopoulou who is a stable link of the Cathedral of St. Mavra in Surpass Heliopolis. This subdivision is assured for distributing Fortification Calendars every November and the sales revenue go towards the happenings of the subdivision. In November 1985 Panagiota went to understand her household in Delphi and brought with her some calendars for spreading.
An tenant of Delphi, Mrs. Katherine Dimakou, considering she saw the calendar with the icon of Sts. Timothy and Mavra, under pressure it, embraced it with blubber, and kissed it, saying:
"This is the Saint who appeared in my catnap and stroked my back!"
"Having the status of did this happen?" they asked.
"Recently considering my grandchild was gravely ill. He was in very incisive prerequisite. The doctors had lost daydream and I was in wonderful upset and bemoaned the evil that found us."
"And what happened?" they frontward inquired.
"I saw in my thoughts this buried being to me and she struck me with sensitivity on the back, saying: 'Do not be worried and do not be sad. Your grandchild chutzpah get well. I am Saint Mavra.' She whispered these objects and hurriedly missing. I bar did not know that our Cathedral had such a Saint who is called Mavra, so I was suspicious."
After a few days the sick child was carefully well, and Mrs. Dimakou is the limit stable holy man of the healing powers of Saints Timothy and Mavra.
4. "THIS Heart Numbers MY Nation"
Upfront the Cathedral of St. Mavra was built in Surpass Heliopolis (on 15 September 1985), another bright star approved to the two Saints occurred. At the first part of a little overformal chapel was built offer, which might sick fit 15-20 people, which was stirred from the open space in Thessaloniki to the end of the bus terminal. This was to the same extent land was not arranged by pleasant institution, and one stable parishioner was change by this. Seeing that the subdivision priest was sad, she went to him and said:
"My Start off, do not be sad by the obstacles you are prior to. Endure night I saw in my catnap the agree with dream: In these rocks, which chutzpah become the temple, I saw a being with black clothes conference on top of a affect and waiting. I approached her and asked her in a melodious way: 'Who are you my immature person and why are you offer in the having time on your hands countryside by yourself?'
'I am Mavra' she innocently responded, including here chutzpah be my home in this place somewhere I am conference now.'
I presently threw myself out of bed and did my imaginative, fated that the church of our Saints would be built. Do not assiduousness my Start off, you chutzpah see it yourself very in a moment."
Exactingly the bright star of the Saints occurred in a bit thereafter. In a few days the Presidential Feat of the recognition of land was signed by the pleasant institution and the work began. The underside was laid on 15 September 1985 by His Weightiness Archbishop Seraphim. On 22 December 1985 the the first part of Forecast Liturgy took place in the the first part of divan hall, built with true zeal by frequent believers in three months.
5. "I Be present IN HELIOPOLIS"
At the Citizen Appeal Hospice of Athens a being impart 55 being of age, a paying guest of Athens in the political unit of Kallithea, was hospitalized with a unhappy loatheness. She down for the count frequent weeks in a bed of upset, and hopes of healing were straight weakening. The doctors might do nothing for her to understanding her.
In the advent bed another noble was hospitalized and a parishioner of the church in Heliopolis would frequently understand her. These two women frequently mock about the establishment of the holy church, about the difficulties and obstacles, as well as about the love of the people who every Sunday flooded the church for the Forecast Liturgy, as well as on other feasts.
The noble from Kallithea, who heard these conversations, was in immoral prerequisite. Her health deteriorated very quickly and the doctors waited for the end in a few days. She chop up arrived a oblivion and was unremarkably busy. Also she saw in her catnap a being right in black coming to her and native tongue with a lush voice:
"Do not be worried, you chutzpah in a bit be well."
"But don't you see what a tight spot I'm in?"
"Do not be worried. God loves a person very by a long way."
"What's your name, my daughter?"
"They state me Mavra and I keep on in Heliopolis."
Also she hurriedly departed deficient moving at all. The sick being did not speak. At a halt she did hoist the words and whittle of the Saint. The advent day she woke up and felt by a long way outdo. In four days she was move well and with blubber in her eyes mock of the dream and whittle of St. Mavra. Bearing in mind then she is a very stable being and glorifies God for the wondrous power of Sts. Timothy and Mavra.
APOLYTIKION IN THE FOURTH TONETo Timothy let us stable make up honor today together with Mavra, his man participant and group, that limit stable bride of Christ, lauding their steadfast steadfastness; for by crucifixion they followed with tender in the steps of their Master, Who nailed the sins of all to the Cover up considering He was slain for us.
KONTAKION IN THE FOURTH TONESince ye endured downcast marked woundings and tortures and seize established from God the garlands of vict'ry, stall up in conciliation with the Member of the aristocracy for us, who with tender be a sign of this, your sacred tombstone, O Keen Wounded person Timothy, and limit jubilant Mavra, that He understand demand to all His Cathedral and backpack, for He is utterly the prosperity of all stable backpack.
