"Because God Loves You, He Kept You From Seeing What You Just Saw" (A Miracle of Saint Panagis Basias)

 

A Testimony of Gerasimos Drakopoulos 

Regarding a Miracle of Saint Panagis Basias

When I was 12 years old, one night when I was sitting outside my father's goldsmith shop in the central square of Lixouri, some of his friends gathered - as every night - to chat. These were all the literate people of the city and most of the elderly.

That night the discussion revolved around the holiness and miracles of Papa-Basias [1801-1888] and each of them had a miracle to tell. Then, my late father told me an amazing miracle of Papa-Basias, which was experienced by my grandfather Vasilios Drakopoulos, lead chanter and composer of many church songs. The miracle is as follows.

Saint Panagis Basias Resource Page

St. Panagis (Paisios) Basias (Feast Day - June 7)

 

Saint Panagis Basias of Kefallonia 

 

Chronology of the Life of Saint Panagis Basias 

 

Memories of Saint Panagis Basias (Archimandrite Joachim Spetsieris)

Saint Panagis Basias: A Contemporary Fool for Christ

Select Miracles of Saint Panagis Basias

 

"Because God Loves You, He Kept You From Seeing What You Just Saw" (A Miracle of Saint Panagis Basias)

 

Saint Panagis Basias Disciplines the Young Man Who Beat His Mother

 

Saint Panagis Basias and the Cholera Epidemic of 1850

 

Photographs of Saint Panagis Basias of Kefallonia (1801-1888) 

 

Synaxis of All Saints of the Island of Kefallonia

Photographs of Saint Panagis Basias of Kefallonia (1801-1888)

Saint Panagis (Paisios) Basias was born in Lixouri, Kefallonia in 1801. His entire life proved to be a continuous ascetic striving and an adherence to the monastic existence even as a parish priest. He liturgized and preached on a daily basis, spending the remaining time of his day visiting the homes of the faithful who were in need of comfort, charity, spiritual guidance, relief and compassion. God also granted him the gift of prophecy. His widespread fame as a miracle worker forced him to claim mental illness, in order to avoid the fall into arrogance and egotism, thus earning him the title of "Fool for Christ". For five years he was confined to a bed, never stopping however to bless, guide and console the devout who visited him. He passed away on June 7th in 1888. His sacred relics continue to be a source of numerous miracles for those  that approach them with faith.