Despite the fact that all the miracles of St. Spyridon are officially recognized by the church and have documentary evidence in the chronicles of the island of Cyprus, it is very difficult for modern people to believe in them.
However, I was lucky: when I got to the temple of the saint in Corfu, I saw with my own eyes confirmation of what I had read and heard so much about.
The reliquary with the relics of the saint is in plain sight in the temple; it is all hung with gold and silver jewelry — gifts from those whom the saint helped. This container of the relic is locked: the custodian opens it only for Orthodox tourists, and Catholics are only allowed to kiss the reliquary itself.
Perhaps for me it was one of the most powerful shocks in my life. Through the glass I was able to see the face of the saint very well. His features are quite recognizable, his hair and snow-white teeth are perfectly preserved. The skin is slightly wrinkled and darkened, but retains its shape. By the way, the keepers of the shrine say that Saint Spyridon darkened relatively recently. This happened in the 17th century, when a reform of Orthodox rituals and liturgical books was carried out, known to us as the reform of Patriarch Nikon. Apparently, the saint did not like her.
The body of Saint Spyridon has a constant temperature: 36.6 degrees. His hair and nails are growing. And what’s most surprising is that the clothes he’s wearing are changed every six months, because they get worn out, as if he’s not lying in a cancer bed, but walking. The keeper of the shrine said that there were cases when the key simply could not open the lock on the shrine. And then the priests know that there is simply no saint in cancer, he walks around the island.
Scientists from all over the world tried to study the phenomenon of the incorruptible relics of St. Spyridon, and the church did not interfere with them. However, biophysicists and biochemists, having studied the relics of the saint, only threw up their hands. There is no other explanation, other than a miracle, for what any Orthodox visitor to the temple in Corfu can see.
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