Visions of women in hardship to heal
A nun in the monastery in Tinos Greece had a vision of the Virgin Mary, in 1822. The Virgin told her to find an icon. People dug and found it, and a spring emerged from the earth with water and the epidemic on the island stopped and everyone was healed. They built a church on the spot now thousands of pilgrims come each year for healing and kiss the icon from her vision. It is the healing place of Modern Greece, like Lourdes in France.
The monastery is high on a mountain, cold windy and wild. The nuns are there swirling in the elements dreaming. The small cell in which she slept and visioned is dark cold and uncomfortable, not a place of vacation on this Greek isle. The nun had a series of visions, and could not even believe them herself.
Visions come to women in hardship, in darkness, in wind and cold, in retreat, in sacrifice and are hard to believe.
Her skull is in a glass case in the church today, you can see it and ..in your imagination..see her arise as smoke to heaven with your prayers of healing and wholeness for yourself, others, community and the earth.
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from:
http://www.antiochian.org/node/17353
"St. Pelagia, an eighty-year-old nun, had several dreams in June of 1822 in which the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to her. St. Pelagia was living in the women’s monastery of the Dormition on Mt. Kechrovounios, about an hour’s journey from the village. She had lived there from a young age, and was known for her great virtue and piety.
The Theotokos appeared to her in a dream and ordered her to go to Stamatelos Kangades (a prominent man of the village), and tell him to uncover the church of St. John the Baptist in the field of Anthony Doxaras.
Terrified by the vision, Pelagia attributed the dream to her imagination, and she began to pray. She was afraid to tell anyone about her dream, but the following week, the Theotokos appeared to her again, reminding her of her instructions. Still, the nun remained silent and told no one of her vision. The Theotokos appeared a third time, this time with a severe manner. She chastised the nun for her unbelief, saying, “Go and do as I told you. Be obedient.”
St. Pelagia woke up in fear. As she opened her eyes, she saw the same mysterious Woman she had seen while asleep. With great effort she asked, “Who are you, Lady? Why are you angry with me, and why do you order me to do these things?” The Woman raised her hand and said, “Proclaim, O earth, glad tidings of great joy” (Megalynarion of the Ninth Ode of the Canon for Matins of the Annunciation).
Understanding at last, the aged nun joyfully exclaimed, “Praise, O heavens, the glory of God” (which is the next line of the Megalynarion)."
visions of women in hardship to heal.....
