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Go East, Holy Man. . .
In the ancient Kyivan Rus’ city of Ustiuh, there was (and still is) found a famous Ukrainian Miraculous Icon of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (of Ustiuh). It depicts the Archangel St Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that She is to become the Mother of God and the Mother of God Herself standing with the Figure of Her Son. Closely associated with this Ukrainian Icon is Saint Procopius, the Fool-for-Christ’s Sake.
A German Catholic merchant working in Novhorod, Procopius converted to the Kyivan Church and Her Orthodoxy and became a wandering Fool-for-Christ’s sake. He eventually came to Ustiuh. He went barefoot, dressed only in a poor, thin cloak and carried three staffs.
During one winter in Ustiuh, when even the birds were freezing and falling from the sky, Procopius was rejected by one and all. Even the dogs ran from him. As he lay freezing, an angel appeared to him and touched him. He then felt warm all over and survived.
During a terrible storm that saw lightning bolts destroy buildings in Ustiuh, the people ran to the Cathedral to ask the Mother of God for help. That is when they saw St Procopius praying for them before the miraculous Icon from which flowed Holy Oil. The storms ceased soon after.
After his repose in the Lord, the people found the Psalter-book used by St Procopius to pray. They marvelled that St Procopius prayed in Latin. Along with St Procopius is another Fool-for-Christ’s Sake, St John of Ustiuh and they are commemorated together, along with the Miraculous Mother of God of the Annunciation.
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