His Excellency Metropolitan Paisios of Tyana, abbot of the Patriarchal Stavropegial Monastery of Saint Irene Chrysovalantou.
INTERVENTIONS OF THE MOST GRACIOUS
ST. IRENE CHRYSOVALANTOUHoly Father of
Saint Irene Chrysovalantou
Church in Astoria,
New York,
I am writing this
letter with reverence
to tell you that I
am not worth the miracle
which Saint Irene Chrysovalantou
performed to such an unfaithful
and sarcastic person like me.
Last year, while the miraculous
icon of Saint Irene Chrysovalantou
was in Chicago, my wife and
I went to worship and take the
blessed apple. When my wife
offered me the Holy Apple,
I ate it even though I told
her with sarcasm: “Do you
really believe that this
apple can do whatever
science couldn’t do in
order to give us a child?â€
That was true, for five
years science kept telling
us there is no hope for us to
have a child. But in spite
of my unfaithfulness,
Saint Irene Chrysovalantou
did the miracle to me with her
Holy Apple. One month after
the day we both ate the
Apple we found that my wife
was pregnant. So, now we have
our little adorable Chrysovalanti
who makes our life full of
dreams and happiness.
This year, we went to
worship the miraculous icon
of Saint Irene Chrysovalantou.
My son Chrysovalanti, Saint
Irene’s gift to a truly
unfaithful and unworthy
person like me, was there too.
Father, please pray to
Saint Irene Chrysovalantou to
protect our little child
during his whole life.
From our part, we
do promise we are going
to come to worship
Her Grace, in Astoria,
on the name day of Saint
Irene Chrysovalantou, which
is also my son’s name day.
We kiss your hand with respect,
Angelos, Sofia and Chrysovalanti
Chicago Ill.