Signs of the Time [The Skopje miracle from Easter 2012 ] The Skopje miracle from Easter 2012 Easter miracle of Macedonian icons
Hundreds of people are crowding into the church of Sveti Dimitrije (St Dimitrija) in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, to see icons that began to shine brightly on Sunday 8 April 2012, a week before Easter was celebrated in the Christian Orthodox Church. Hundred year old icons and frescoes which had been covered in candle grease and stains from smoke started to renew their colour by themselves and glittered as if they had been newly restored, said witnesses. It began with some icons and halos on saints' heads turning gold and spread to all the icons, the haloes, crosses, armour, clothes, and jewellery, and then some colours changed not only to gold but to green or red. The chance of all those frescoes and icons being renewed by an artist or some "chemical", say observers, are almost impossible since this phenomenon is happening in front of hundreds of people observing the "miracle" with their own eyes. "It is really a miracle, it started Sunday in the central part of the iconostasis (a wall of icons and religious paintings), the golden colour is very visible and the phenomenon continues," said Father Dimce Malinov. "Since this morning I have observed the phenomenon, half of the icons are already cleaned. First a red colour appears which turns golden. You can see the icons clearing up from top to bottom." Although the present church was built in the 18th century, it is believed that a church has stood on the site since the 13th century. Nearly two-thirds of Macedonia's 2.1 million residents are Orthodox Christian and local people consider the phenomenon a sign from God. (Source: Agence France-Presse; YouTube: mina89madcap <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ6UwH8mL0w> ) (Benjamin Creme's Master confirms that this was a miracle manifested by Maitreya and marks a new phase in the appearance of signs. See the article `The coming transformation <http://share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2012/2012-03.htm#Mes\ tari> ', SI March 2012.)
