Title
- Dabra Zamaddo's church and the complaint of the icon for falling on the ground
Description
After Abbuna Yohannes had finished constructing the church at Dabra Zamaddo, he placed an icon of Mary on a chair. One day the icon fell off the chair without anyone noticing. Mary went to Abbuna Yohannes directly and asked him about the fallen picture. Abbuna Yohannes instructed a man from his household to go restore the icon to its proper position. At first the man insisted that the icon was already in place, but he followed the abbot’s orders and found that the icon had indeed fallen. He put the image back in place, then returned to Abbuna Yohannes and explained what had happened. The abbot was pleased that the man had told the truth and explained the importance of not telling lies.
Contributors
- Wendy Laura Belcher, editor
- Jeremy Brown, editor
- Taylor Eggan, contributor
History
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Taylor Eggan on :
(PEMM) typed incipit and summary at https://pemm.princeton.edu/stories/1008 -
Wendy Laura Belcher on :
(PEMM) identified the miracle
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