Dear Listeners, The following account was written by a parishioner of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary located in Towne & Country, Missouri. She related this story to her spiritual father on the very same day that this miraculous appearance to her of St. Raphael the newly Appeared Martyr from Lesvos, Greece happened. My name is Alexandra,  and my family and I  immigrated to the United States from the island of Lesvos,  Greece when I was a young girl.  Fourteen years ago, I came down with breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and radiation. This past November,  my cancer returned. They told me that it was an aggressive form of ductal carcinoma,  and I needed a mastectomy.   A few days before Thanksgiving,  I had a double mastectomy. Unfortunately,  infection set in, and two weeks later, I had a second surgery.  Somehow, during the 2nd surgery, I got E-coli, and on Christmas Eve,  I had a 3rd surgery.  Needless to say, I have been going through a lot of pain. I had 25 rounds of radiation,  and when that was over, I was put on oral chemo, and estrogen blockers. Every  day I have been suffering from excruciating pain. Some days have been worse than others, and nights have been torturous. I hardly got any sleep.  My aunt came to see me from Chicago and brought me a book about the miracles of St. Raphael, who is honored on our island, Lesvos.  She also brought me an icon and holy oil from there. I had been putting the oil on my body, and reading the book, but not every day.  Yesterday, we were invited to dinner, and we went, but the pain was excruciating.  We left early and came home. I went to my iconostasis, and I prayed wholeheartedly. For six months, I have been in constant pain. I begged the saints, our Holy Mother, Jesus, and God to help me. I cried and told them that I can't take the pain anymore. I put holy oil from St. Raphael on me, kissed his icon, and begged Him to help me. I took my pills, and after several hours,  I fell asleep.  At 4:30 this morning,  May 15th, 2026, I was awakened by the most beautiful aroma one could smell. It was incomparable to any scent I have ever experienced.  No flowers, not the most expensive perfume, nothing smelled like it. It was heavenly! Then over my my bedroom door, I saw tiny twinkling lights,  and then an outline of a tall man appeared. It was a very comforting presence. He looked like he had a cloak on, but I couldn't tell. After about a minute, He was gone, but the beautiful smell wanted through our room. I woke  my husband up, and asked him if he smelled it too, to which he replied that he could, and he asked me if I had put on perfume. I told him that I had not. It was very early in the morning,  and I lay in bed, taking in the relaxing and intoxicating aroma. I fell asleep, and a few hours later I woke up. I was dreading getting out of bed, and starting another day in pain. When I tried getting out of bed, I did not feel any pain! I got up, and for the first time in 6 months, I felt like my old self again. No one truly knows what it feels like to wake up and go about your daily business without any pain unless he has experienced it too.  I have been giddy all day.  I truly believe that it was St. Raphael that I saw, and he came to take away my pain.  Lord have mercy. I feel so blessed. Amen. This sign in our times was recorded on Ancient Faith Radio that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.