Miracles of ʾAnānya

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God. We write the account of the miracles and the greatness of the virtues of this righteous one, our father ʾAnānyā, whose name is Fāsīledes, the martyr, which he performed after his death. His prayer: May the power and blessing of his God and the humility of our Lady Mary, her prayer and her blessing, be with us. The first miracle which ʾAbuna ʾAnānyā performed, of the wilderness of the monasteries and the mountains and the caves, and like his father who traversed the sea of wonders, and like Giyorgis who became a martyr, and like ʾElyās who guarded the clouds, and like Pāwlos who subdued the preaching, and like Pēṭros who offered the myrrh and was crucified upside down. And on one day, many sick and ailing persons came, and they say, "He who heals the sick by the fringe of his garment, we have seen and we have heard, except our Lord ʾIyāsus Krestos, who healed by the fringe of his garment, and except his apostles and his disciples, he also surpassed them in the performance of miracles and wonders by his prayer.

Salutation to your heart, healer of sickness and disease, and from every affliction, and from the fire of Nineveh, by the praise of the prophet Jonah, who has no equal. Second miracle: The ending of a famine through the relics of ʾAbuna ʾAnānyā and ʾAbuna Ṗawlos. During a famine in their land, while drought reigned and locusts devoured the fruit of their land, monks came, having taken counsel with the men of the countryside. And because of the sin of withholding rain and the devouring of the locusts, they were healing all the sick until this day, for the pure and honorable bones of the righteous fathers are their prayer.

Salutation to your bones, which heal the sick, and your purity, which purifies our flesh. Third miracle: How holy water from ʾAnānyā’s shroud prevents grasshoppers from coming near The water in which a piece of the shroud of ʾAnānyā had been soaked prevented grasshoppers from touching the grain that had been sprinkled with it. Miracle 3 A miracle of our father ʾAnānyā: There were two brothers, one a layman and one a monk, and their dwelling was together. A sister, a widow, had been separated from them by a tree, and on a certain day a grasshopper came. And the layman dipped in water from the garment of the cloak of our father ʾAnānyā and sprinkled the water of blessing upon that widow who had been separated by the tree, while she was hiding all her possessions in that tree. And the grasshopper did not taste the fruit of the grain. And the people who saw this marveled and were amazed at the greatness of the miracles of the pure and holy chosen one, the ascetic, the prayerful.

ʿĀrke-hymn 3 You bound the mouth of the locust, O ʾAnānyā, priest, son of Surāfēl, intercessor; by your prayer, O father, save me from the strong hand of the destroyer, and let not the striker smite me. Fourth miracle: Healing of a man from elephantiasis Miracle 4 A miracle of our father ʾAnānyā. And on one of the days, a man came from the city of Tənbēn, who was afflicted with the disease of elephantiasis. And when he heard the report of his (ʾAnānyā’s) life, his grace, and his miracles—how he heals the sick, cures the infirm, and gives sight to the blind—and the commemoration of the righteous is performed until the day of their death, he prayed. ʿĀrke-hymn 4 O you who healed the man from elephantiasis and obliterated the disease, as Moses obliterated the serpents of Dātān and ʾAbīrōn. Fifth miracle: Healing of a blind woman The two monks carrying the relics of and entered the house of a blind woman who was healed on the spot.

Miracle 5 The miracle of our father ʾAnānyā, the righteous, like Elijah the faster, like George the martyr. He prayed, and on one day, while two monks were traveling, they covered the head of our father ʾAnānyā and bound the foot of our father Paulos. At evening time, in the house of a certain blind woman, when they entered her house, her eyes were opened and she became seeing. And she said to them, "Are you not gods? No, the God of the righteous healed you." She made a commemoration of the righteous fathers, our father Paulos and our father ʾAnānyā, who healed your eyes. He prayed for them. ʿĀrke-hymn 5 O lamp, ʾAnānyā and Paulos, of mercy and the New Gospel, and for its feast, the consecration of this sanctuary. Sixth miracle: Healing of a pregnant woman A woman who was about to give birth fell seriously ill. She recovered after coming into contact with a piece of the shroud of .

Sixth Miracle The miracle of our father ʾAnānyā, the righteous and faithful, his prayer. And a certain pregnant woman was seized by the pain of childbirth, and she was brought near to death, and she suffered for many days. And they brought many remedies, but she was healed of none of her pains. And her father and mother and her relatives and many neighbors despaired, and all of them grieved. And then she was healed in an instant, and she gave birth to a son. And they made a feast, those who were assembled, the people, his prayer. ʿĀrke-hymn 6 O you who healed from the severe pain of childbirth, bring us, O blessed one, with the priests, twenty and four. Ends O you who healed from the severe pain of childbirth, bring us, O blessed one, ʾAnānyā, martyr and gentle, in the cavern, raise up our prayer into the heavens, the people, with the priests, twenty and four. O you who cause us to dwell, ʾAnānyā and Paul, our teachers of the New Gospel, who healed the eye of the woman of pregnancy and old age, save us, fathers, from pregnancy and evil, and return her to this sanctuary. Completed is the life and miracles of our father ʾAnānyā, his prayer and his blessing be with all the children of the congregation forever. Amen.