St. Nektarios the Wonderworker
My family has been blessed with a miracle from holy oil and an annointing. Our youngest had a tumor growing in his left ear which had virtually destroyed his hearing. He had an operation to remove the tumor, but after the operation, his ear canal healed completely shut. We took him to a specialist in Boston who said that he believed further surgery would be needed but that his hearing was probably gone in that ear. He said to come back in six weeks and they would schedule the surgery. We were devastated of course. Previous to going down to the specialist, I had mentioned to the priest's wife that I wished someone had some holy oil from the lamp over the tomb of +Nektarios of Aegina in Greece because of the great miracles attributed to that oil. She looked at me stunned and said she had been cleaning out some boxes that day and had found a vial of that oil which they had brought with them from their former parish along with a small icon of the saint. That evening the priest came over and annointed our son and told us to annoit him ourselves with the oil everyday. We did. Six weeks later it was back to the specialist. He looked in our son's ear, turned to us and asked. "What have you been doing?" I told him about the annointing and +Nektarios. "Well" he said "his ear is open! We think we have a miracle here!" He knew what he was talking about since he had on several occasions served as an investigator of "ear" miracles for the Vatican. The doc wanted all the details of +Nektarios. Tests of the boy's hearing later that day showed that it was actually better, by far, than before the tumor!
Kontakion, 4th Tone
You lived your life in a holy way, O St. Nektarios; being a Bishop rich in wisdom, you have glorified the Lord with your life of virtue; being strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit, you drive out evil spirits and heal the sick. Intercede for those who come to you in faith!
St. Nektarios the Wonderworker
I received anointing when I was less than 2 years old, (as well as having many masses said for me and a whole gaggle of nuns praying for me). I drank a glass of turpentine, went into convulsions lost consciousness. I recovered, no permanent damage, although some may disagree whether or not there was any brain damage. ;-)
Thank you for sharing that story!!!
You lived your life in a holy way, O St. Nektarios; being a Bishop rich in wisdom, you have glorified the Lord with your life of virtue; being strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit, you drive out evil spirits and heal the sick. Intercede for those who come to you in faith!