SPEAR Factoids about Miracles

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event: Many miracles came about through the prayers and the bones of Zacharias. See factoid page

event: The number of visitors to the holy men in the palace of Hormisdas resulted in the floor collapsing. Thanks to the prayers of the saints and the mercy of God, no one was injured. See factoid page

event: Two young men enter the cell of Simeon and are unable to leave or put down the food they have taken until Simeon releases them by prayer. See factoid page

event: After mighty labors of abstinence, Abraham received gifts of the Spirit that enabled him to cure the sick and to drive out demons. See factoid page

event: Habib was so holy, that many would confess their sins to him without any prompting on his part. Habib performed many miracles and mighty works against his enemies. See factoid page

event: Wherever John went, he healed the sick and exorcised demons. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora miraculously stopped a Hun from killing him, probably in 515. This date is suggested in a footnote by Brooks. See factoid page

event: John's mother and father visited the holy Maro and asked him to save John's life, as all of his brothers and sisters died in infancy. See factoid page

event: From atop his column Zeʿora healed the sick by blessing water and sprinkling it on them. See factoid page

event: Maro bid a certain brother to fetch lentils for the baby John to eat. See factoid page

event: Two children were were struck down with illness and died when their parents refused Simeon's attempt to tonsure them. See factoid page

event: John, who appeared dead, was revived by eating the lentils provided by Maro. See factoid page

event: Maro's fame grew as he became known for performing blessings and miracles through prayer. See factoid page

event: A certain layman whose wife was barren came to Maro for help. Maro gave him one of his toenails to hang on his wife, who then promptly conceived a son whom he named Maro. See factoid page

event: Justinian fell ill and Theodora hid him while she convinced Zeʿora to heal the emperor. See factoid page

event: When the community was at Mar Mama, a miracle occurred, where those affected by famine were fed by unending bread at the monastery after the fathers had prayed. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora restored Justinian to health and the emperor relented from pusuing strict persecution of non-Chalcedonians. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora miraculously restored a spring that had stopped flowing See factoid page

event: Agapetus sent a message to Zeʿora at a villa near Sycae, demanding he obey Justinian. Zeʿora refused. Anonymous 3645 tried to bring him back to the city but heavy winds prevented him crossing the Golden Horn. See factoid page

event: The Huns invaded but the monastery was protected and left unharmed because of Maro's prayers. See factoid page

event: After Paul's death miracles were everywhere wrought through his holy bones, men taking his skull and going round the districts, and, wheresoever locusts came, or hail or a scorching wind or bubonic plague, and his right hand or his head went, God would straighlway make deliverance. See factoid page

event: Sometime around 519-520 Isaiah attempted to demonstrate his sanctity in the city of Alexandria by raising Anonymous 3754 from the dead. He was unsuccessful and fled. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Miracles,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/keyword/miracles.html, 2023-03-23T12:34:17.335-04:00.

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