Miracle of St. Nectarios

The construction of the Church Stephen in Paliachora is placed in the 17th - 18th century, but after the abandonment of Paliachora, it ended up in ruins, like many other churches. In this state was the church at the time when Saint Nectarios erected the church of his monastery (1904-1908), the Holy Trinity. At that time, some workers had gone to the ruined churches of Paliachora to find ashlars, and among them was Agesilaos Hatzopoulos, a native of Kypseli, who found a massive ashlar, but, while trying to lift it, he became immobile and lost his voice. His colleagues, unable to do anything, informed the Saint, who went to the place, said a prayer for him and he immediately got well.

Saint Nectarios, examining the stone, recognized that it had "openings" and therefore it was a Holy Altar of a temple. Since everyone was unaware of the name of the Church, they called the old vicar of Vatheos Simeon Kalamara, who knew Paliachora well, who explained to them that it was the church of St. Stephen. Hatzopoulos, out of gratitude to the Saint for his miracle, repaired the dilapidated church and placed the "opening" in their place.

This incident is known in Aegina and he saves it in his book "Christian Aegina". Mr. S. Dimitrakopoulos.