Panagia Tinos

Panagia Tinos: A sick grandmother went to Panagia in Tinos every year. Many who saw her in Tinos, one day approached her and asked her.

- Grandma, we have been seeing you for so many years to be sick and to come here to the Virgin Mary. Here everyone asks her to do them good. Can you tell us, what do you say to the Virgin?

And the grandmother said to them:

- I'm not asking Her for anything! I just thank Her for being patient. Thankful, that I have not groaned about my illness. Thanks to Her, I have not lost my mind from my illness. I bow to Her and leave.

This is a great thing!

To have a need and to ask for absolutely nothing! It means that you are above all these things and all you ask is to do the will of the Lord.

Elder Ephraim of the Hermitage of St. Andrew