Publisher's Synopsis
"Without money," he said, "you will not receive a single grain from me."Then the poor farmer cried and went to the hierarch of God Spiridon, to whom he told about his misfortune. The saint comforted him and let him go home, and the next morning he himself came to him and brought a whole pile of gold (where did he get the gold from - this will be discussed later). He gave this gold to the farmer and said: "Take, brother, this gold to that bread merchant and give it as a security, and let the merchant lend you as much bread as you now need for food; when the harvest comes and you have excess bread, you will redeem this pledge and bring it back to me.The poor farmer took the gold from his hands and hastily went to the rich. The greedy rich man was delighted with the gold and immediately released the poor bread to the poor as he needed. Then the famine passed...
