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Θαυματουργές εικόνες σε ορθόδοξη εκκλησία τού Σίντνεϊ
Αγαπητοί συντάκτες,Στο εκκλησάκι της Αγίας Μαρίας που ανήκει στην Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Αντιοχείας, στο δυτικό προάστειο Mt Prichard του Σίντεϊ της Αυστραλίας, ένα θαύμα συμβαίνει καθημερινά: Από το τέλος Αυγούστου 1994, μια εικόνα του Χριστού σε φυσικό μέγεθος εκκρίνει καθαρό ελαιόλαδο.
K.Z., Σίντνεϊ, Αυστραλία
Share International, Δεκέμβριος 1994
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MIRACLE ICONS IN WESTERN SYDNEY
Dear Editors,
In the tiny Antiochian Orthodox Church of St Mary, in the far western suburb of Mt Pritchard, Sydney, Australia, a miracle happens every day. Since the end of August, a life-sized icon of the Christ is exuding pure olive oil. It forms in beads all over the painted surface of the icon, and is captured in receptacles and on wads of cotton wool laid at the base. So far since it began, more than three litres of the oil have been collected. The priests anoint all who come to the church, and there are hundreds flocking there every day. The oil has been tested at a laboratory in Sydney, and without a doubt it is pure olive oil! The icon was painted in the usual way, on hardwood, and was shipped out to Australia about seven years ago. Nothing unusual happened until a decision was made to demolish the church and build a larger one in another location. Two days later the icon started to ooze oil, to the utter amazement of the clergy.
Several members of the Sydney and Canberra meditation groups have witnessed the phenomenon, and have also noted that the oil has an aroma of roses. Several healings have been said to have taken place, and Archbishop Gibran has asked that if a healing is claimed to have occurred a prior medical record should be produced.
In another Orthodox Church, about two kilometres from St Mary's, an icon of the Madonna is gradually renewing itself. Unlike the icon of the Christ, which was painted in one of the Greek Islands only seven years ago, the icon of the Madonna is about one hundred years old, and was painted in Russia. During the Russian Revolution it was caught in a fire, and totally blackened. Subsequently, it was smuggled out of Russia and taken to China, where there were many refugees from the Revolution. Years later, still in its blackened state, it was brought to Australia and placed in the Intercession of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church, Cabramatta, where it remains. Father Peter, when he came to the church in 1981, remembers that the icon was still in its blackened state, showing no colour at all. Since then, the icon has been gradually renewing itself. The original colour is coming back, revealing the beauty and form of the Madonna and the child Jesus.
K.Z., A.T.M.N. Sydney, Australia
(SHARE INTERNATIONAL, December 1994)
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