From the Prologue of Ochrid
This Nilus was a native of Morea. As a hieromonk he came with his uncle to the Holy Mountain. He struggled ascetically as a hermit in a deserted place called Holy Stone. When he reposed, myrrh flowed from him in such abundance that it streamed from the mountaintop into the sea. This wonderworking myrrh attracted sick people from all sides. The disciple of Saint Nilus grew weary of the multitude of visitors, and in prayer complained to his spiritual father, Saint Nilus. And the flowing of myrrh at once ceased. Saint Nilus struggled ascetically in the full sense like the ancient saints. He reposed in the seventeenth century.
“But how will God hear me now if I do not hear her?”
