It is not unusual to find miraculous occurrences recorded in the lives of the Saints. Throughout the history of the Church Christians have carefully preserved the marvelous stories of how God has manifested His Power through the lives of His holy men and women. It is precisely through these stories, however, that modernistic scholarship now attempts to chip away at historic Christianity.
Scholars invariably begin with a premise that miracles are untenable.
Using this assumption, they declare any stories containing miracles therefore to be fables, and we are soon left with a picture of a Christian Church devoid of any supernatural power whatever. As an answer let us take one story which scholars dismiss as fable yet which the Orthodox Church cherishes, and let us test it to determine its validity. The seven were quite unwilling to do so. Since he considered these youths something of a special case he allowed them a short time in which to change their minds while he went away on a brief journey Rather than to consider renouncing their faith, the seven in stead gave alt of their possessions to the poor, except for a small amount of money, and fled to a nearby cave at the south-east corner of Mt. Frion, which was south of the city. From there occasion ally one of them would sneak back into the city to purchase food.