Healing Testimony of Ghiyat Mikhael Latouf
Ghiyat Mikhael Latouf, born in 1968 in Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria, is the son of Umayma Latouf, married, and father to one daughter.
As he testified before Fr. Antoine Deeb, Judicial Vicar for the Maronite Eparchy of Latakia, Tartous, Homs, and Hama:
"After placing my hand on the Holy Gospel, I’m member of the Greek Orthodox Church, I affirm that in the year 2000, being admitted to Al-Soufi Hospital in Latakia for surgery to remove metal plates from my leg, I suffered a brain hemorrhage during the procedure and fell into a coma that lasted two months.
When I awoke, I was paralyzed and unable to speak or walk. During that time, I often saw the Virgin Mary in dreams, telling me: ‘Trust in God and do not give up.’
On February 6, 2019, while lying in the living room and still in constant pain, with my mother and daughter nearby, I suddenly saw a bright light shining from an icon of Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist on the wall. The light started to move toward me. I was fully awake, not hallucinating or delirious, and I saw the light clearly.
Then, Saint Sharbel appeared next to me. I had called upon him many times in the past, asking him to intercede for me before the Lord. He was carrying a net made of threads, like a fisherman’s net, which he cast over my stomach and used to draw out the pain, suffering, and illness from me. I cried out to my mother and daughter, "Saint Sharbel!". “Where is he?” they asked. I told them, “He returned with the light into the icon.”
From that moment on, I was completely healed. I regained my strength, returned to work and normal life—as if I had been born anew.
When Dr. Monzer Baghdad visited me, he told me, ‘You were healed by a divine power.’ My condition was also followed by Dr. Issam Suleiman and my cousin Dr. Ghassan Haidar.
I officially recorded the miracle on December 20, 2023. Glory to God in His saints, and all thanks to Saint Sharbel."
As he testified before Fr. Antoine Deeb, Judicial Vicar for the Maronite Eparchy of Latakia, Tartous, Homs, and Hama:
"After placing my hand on the Holy Gospel, I’m member of the Greek Orthodox Church, I affirm that in the year 2000, being admitted to Al-Soufi Hospital in Latakia for surgery to remove metal plates from my leg, I suffered a brain hemorrhage during the procedure and fell into a coma that lasted two months.
When I awoke, I was paralyzed and unable to speak or walk. During that time, I often saw the Virgin Mary in dreams, telling me: ‘Trust in God and do not give up.’
On February 6, 2019, while lying in the living room and still in constant pain, with my mother and daughter nearby, I suddenly saw a bright light shining from an icon of Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist on the wall. The light started to move toward me. I was fully awake, not hallucinating or delirious, and I saw the light clearly.
Then, Saint Sharbel appeared next to me. I had called upon him many times in the past, asking him to intercede for me before the Lord. He was carrying a net made of threads, like a fisherman’s net, which he cast over my stomach and used to draw out the pain, suffering, and illness from me. I cried out to my mother and daughter, "Saint Sharbel!". “Where is he?” they asked. I told them, “He returned with the light into the icon.”
From that moment on, I was completely healed. I regained my strength, returned to work and normal life—as if I had been born anew.
When Dr. Monzer Baghdad visited me, he told me, ‘You were healed by a divine power.’ My condition was also followed by Dr. Issam Suleiman and my cousin Dr. Ghassan Haidar.
I officially recorded the miracle on December 20, 2023. Glory to God in His saints, and all thanks to Saint Sharbel."
