Miracle of St Michael on the poor peasant who found a treasure in a fish

The miracle of Saint Michael, the angel of the covenant of Christ, the king of glory, his greatness and his prayer and his intercession shall save us from an evil day and from the hours of forgetfulness, from a sin that is committed by day and from a deed that goes about in darkness, for ever and ever. Amen. It is told that there was a certain man in a certain city, faithful and righteous, who feared God and did mercy for the poor and the needy, and who hoped in the greatness of Saint Michael, the chief of angels, and made his commemoration on the tenth and the second of every month. And that man was a farmer who performed the work of ploughing. And after this, in one year, the fruit of the land of that region where he was dried up and withered. And that God-fearing man remained. And he said, "What shall I do for the commemoration of Saint Michael, the chief of angels?" And he was poor and needy and destitute, and there was nothing left in his house, and his clothes were torn and ragged. Upon him came great affliction and lack of food and drink and clothing. And he was hungrier than the daily meal, and hunger and thirst and nakedness seized him, and great sorrow found him, and his strength weakened and his firmness melted, and he became like one intoxicated with strong drink and wine. And he asked to rise from his bed, but from the abundance of his hunger, sorrowing, he slept, and he became like a dead man.

And after that, they praised God, saying, "Blessed be He." Every work of the Lord is for God; He is glorious and He is exalted. For the world, they prophesied this: thirty-three times, after the birth of Christ, He will dwell in the world for thirty-three years. And because of this, our fathers the apostles established that we should celebrate the feast of the glorious angel Michael, the chief of angels, on the tenth and on the twenty-first of each month. His greatness and His intercession and the help of His prayer shall be with us forever and ever. Amen.

After his miracle—of Saint Michael, the chief of the angels—his glory is with his servant forever. And there was a man, a faithful one, who hoped for the mercy of God and the glory of Saint Michael, and he performed his commemoration on the twenty-second of every month, and his work was a work of mercy. And then, in one year, all the fruit of his labor was lost, and he became poor and lacking sustenance daily, and there was nothing in his house, and he was afflicted with great sorrow. He became despondent, and his mind grew heavy in his existence, and he slept like a dead man. And then Saint Michael appeared to him as a helper of the poor in a dream and said to him, "O blessed man, why are you sorrowful?" And he took a fish and from it he took gold, and he made a request to Saint Michael and placed it in the church with honor. And he did not cease to celebrate the feast of the angel and to offer prayer until the day of his death. His glory is with his servant forever and ever. Amen.