Nairobi, Kenya, November 14, 2018
A miracle occurred at the seminary in Nairobi recently, reports His Eminence Archbishop Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi and All Kenya.
On November 9, the feast of the great St. Nektarios of Aegina, an icon of the saint at the Patriarchal Seminary of Archbishop Makarios III in Nairobi, where they faithfully celebrate the services every morning and evening, began to stream myrrh just before Abp. Makarios departed to serve Liturgy, as he reported to Romfea.
Great Vespers with artoklasia was celebrated in the schoolโs chapel dedicated to St. Macarius the Egyptian on the eve of the feast, after which Abp. Makarios gave a sermon in which he exalted St. Nektarios as a great example for Orthodox Christians, and assured the students and all those gathered that โIndeed โฆ the saints are always with us, beside us, literally surrounding us and listening to us when we talk to them and ask them for something.โ
The Kenyan hierarchโs words would be proven true in a marvelous manner the next morning, when, as Abp. Makarios was preparing to go serve Liturgy in a nearby village, an altar server came and told him, โSomethingโs happening in the holy church right now that we donโt understand.โ
Going to the seminaryโs chapel, Abp. Makarios found that the icon of St. Nektarios was streaming a fragrant myrrh from two placesโfrom the holy Gospel and from the hand of the saint holding the Gospel.

Icon Of St Nectarios of Aegina. Archbishop Makarios praying near the Icon as it streamed Myrrh in Nairobi
As His Eminence writes, he crossed himself, venerated the icon, and said aloud, โLord have mercy!โ He then left to serve the Divine Liturgy in the village as scheduled.
Returning to the seminary in the early afternoon, he was informed that the myrrh continued to flow during the Divine Liturgy at the seminary, stopping only once the Liturgy ended.
As Abp. Makarios writes, the miracle was especially touching for the younger African brethren who had never experienced such a thing, which is unthinkable in their culture.