I was invited to go to Sesklo, 16 km away from Velestino for a power of attorney contract.
The house was on the edge of the village.
I go in and the hostess tells me she was going to find witnesses.
In the meantime I ask the old woman if she wants to confess and she asks me:
"My child, are you of Christ?"
"Let me tell you. I come from a village in Evia. My daughter is married here.
Every Saturday I went and swept the Church of Saint Demetrios because no woman dared to go due to there being loud noises.
I was thirteen years old.
I was seriously ill. Fever 41 (=105.8).
My mother would go to the nearby river, soak the towels and put them on my forehead to cool off.
One day when my mother left for the river, a young man appeared, without opening the door, and I asked him:
The house was on the edge of the village.
I go in and the hostess tells me she was going to find witnesses.
In the meantime I ask the old woman if she wants to confess and she asks me:
"My child, are you of Christ?"
"Let me tell you. I come from a village in Evia. My daughter is married here.
Every Saturday I went and swept the Church of Saint Demetrios because no woman dared to go due to there being loud noises.
I was thirteen years old.
I was seriously ill. Fever 41 (=105.8).
My mother would go to the nearby river, soak the towels and put them on my forehead to cool off.
One day when my mother left for the river, a young man appeared, without opening the door, and I asked him:
'Barba, how did you get into my room?'
'Calm down,' he said saying my name, 'I am the Martyr Demetrios. If I do not take care of you who cleans my house, who will I take care of!'
He comes to the bed, picks me up and I sit on the bed.
He crosses me four times, front, back, right and left.
I immediately realized that the fever was gone.
I became well.
'I'm leaving now because your mother is coming. You will grow up, get married and have three children.'
'I do not want to get married, I want to be well,' I said loudly and he disappeared in front of me.
My mother came, and I told her what happened."
He comes to the bed, picks me up and I sit on the bed.
He crosses me four times, front, back, right and left.
I immediately realized that the fever was gone.
I became well.
'I'm leaving now because your mother is coming. You will grow up, get married and have three children.'
'I do not want to get married, I want to be well,' I said loudly and he disappeared in front of me.
My mother came, and I told her what happened."
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
