One day St. Ephraim of Katounakia had a guest...

One day Saint Ephraim of Katounakia had a guest. At some point he shakes standing up, reverently bows his head and silently waits for something. "What's going on, elder?" The guest asks. "Forgive me, my child for this sudden move, but the Virgin Mary has just passed to bless us. Every day she passes by the cells of the monks here on Mount Athos to bless us all one by one.