Mazgaba Maṣāḥəft

Title

• Dabra Zamaddo's church and the tree that wrecked havoc on it

Description

In the country of Semrata Ab, there was a church devoted to Mary. Next to the church there stood a large tree that continued to widen until it became larger than the church. The clergymen were sad, as they were unsure how to solve the problem. If they cut the tree it would fall on the church, but if they did nothing it would eventually fall on the church regardless. The clergymen held rogation at vespers and prayed to Mary for help. When the they returned to the church the following day they found that the tree had miraculously been bent, such that it no longer endangered the church. The clergymen rejoiced that their church, Adnanita ʿOm, would survive.