θαύμα του Αγίου Ιακώβου

He had a pimple on his forehead, but it had become inflamed and the whole area had become swollen, causing his left eye to close, so that he could no longer see. He had heard about Saint Elder Jacob, read his books, and asked him with all his heart. After Saint Elder Jacob died, he said: "Father Jacob, take the holy skull of Saint David, and please come and bless me with the cross." And when he lay down at night, while he was between sleep and wakefulness, he saw Elder Jacob beside his bed, alive in his entire form. And Jacob was blessing him with the cross on his forehead. But when he went to bless him, he saw the devil beside him shouting: "Do not bless him, he is one of us!" Saint James replied, saying: "No, he is one of us." The devil repeated: "He is one of us, because of this and that of his sins," and began to enumerate the sins of that man. But Father Jacob replied, saying: "Yes, he committed those sins, but he confessed them, and God has erased them." The devil said: "Yes, he confessed those sins, but he did not confess some others." Saint James said: "He atoned for them with his good deeds." Then he went to the man and said: "Andreas, tell the demons that I am saved." The man was in a state of extreme fear and could not open his mouth. Elder James pressed him on the back and said: "Andreas, tell the demons that I am saved." The man could barely whisper, but he did not succeed. Then for the third time, Elder James pressed him on the back even more tightly and said: "Tell them that I am saved." Because of this pressure, the man was finally able to say the phrase with difficulty, saying: "I am saved." When the demons heard this phrase, they disappeared. Andreas slept peacefully. In the morning, when Andreas woke up, he went to the bathroom and looked at his forehead. He saw that the pimple had opened and pus the size of a cigarette was coming out of it, a

s he said. Then he went to his wife who was in the kitchen and told her what had happened. His wife looked at his back and saw the mark of the hand of Elder Jacob, which remained for three days. This incident has been told to us, but it carries for us, who have heard and read, the full theology of our faith...