Miracle of St Michael: Miracle on the Egyptian sailors

The miracle of the angel of glory, Michael, the chief of angels, the joyful and exalted, in the dread of his terrible majesty and his supplication, protects us and shelters us, saves us and delivers us from the evils of flowing blood; with the shadow of his wings he hides us from the face of the enemy, so that he may not reach us; he watches over our time and cuts short our path of the way of the world, so that he may not find us. For all of us who have believed, he saves us and renews us forever and ever. Amen. I open with a parable of my mouth and I tell a likeness from hidden and secret things, from the beginning I narrate and I recount the miracle and wonder and power which the holy Michael, the chief of angels, performed, whose light of fire is not extinguished, and who continually asks for mercy at all times and intercedes before God on behalf of all the race of the children of the living, and hastens to come down to help them and saves those who call upon him, and hears their prayers and saves those who believe in him and grants their requests, and for those who remember his name in faith, whether on sea or on land or on any road or in all distress and severe afflictions, he saves them. Behold, now we will tell you, who have gathered here, how it happened formerly, on one of the days, many people from the land of Egypt went to the seashore.

And then Saint Michael, the chief of angels, descended from heaven, and he seized that boat with his hands and pulled it, and he brought out those who were in it from the dry land, and they recovered their lives, and they did not suffer even a slight injury to their bodies. And they recounted this miracle to all people and praised the Lord who had saved them from the waves of the sea by the hand of Saint Michael, the chief of angels. And these men continued to celebrate his commemoration every month on the tenth and the eleventh until the day of their death. The blessing and intercession of this glorious and great angel, the chief of angels, Michael, protect us and shelter us and hide us from the hand of the enemy and the adversary. And may he also cover me with the shadow of his wing from the pain of body and soul forever and ever. Amen.

After his miracle—of Saint Michael, the honorable chief of the angels—may his blessing be with us forever and ever. I shall speak in a parable and relate a likeness from among the creatures of the world, and I shall recount to you a small portion of the power of the honored and exalted angel, the chief of the angels, who is adorned with the light of life and who continually intercedes for the feet of the sea at the request of the children of the Egyptians, and who grants them salvation, lest they perish, and delivers them from their distress. Now then, we shall relate to you what happened in former times: many Egyptians in a boat, on the sea of al-Takazi, and they besought the Lord our God on our behalf, for they had become destined for death, for destruction, and for ruin, while they wept with great and bitter weeping. At the time of seeing the salvation of God, the holy chief of the angels descended from heaven, and he took hold of their boat and brought them out onto dry land, and they recovered their lives. And he did not break for them a single twig. And this miracle was for them, and they continued to celebrate the commemoration of the honored angel every month, from the tenth to the twelfth, until the fire of their death. Its narration is with its completion, for the world, amen.