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Patriarch Hoayek’s second miracle
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Patriarch Hoayek’s second miracle

From Svenska Dagbladet · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Elias Hoayek was beatified after the Vatican recognized a miraculous recovery linked to a dream about the late Lebanese patriarch.
  • Lebanese army officer Nayef Abou Assi said he regained movement and became free of pain after dreaming that Hoayek placed his hand on him and told him he was not ill.
  • The essay presents Hoayek’s broader legacy as connected not only to the supernatural but also to Lebanon’s continued existence as a multiconfessional Middle Eastern state.

The Vatican’s recognition of a miraculous recovery led to the beatification of Elias Hoayek this summer. Yet the patriarch’s most striking legacy may have less to do with the supernatural than with the survival of Lebanon as a multiconfessional state in the Middle East.

In July 2005, Lebanese army officer Nayef Abou Assi experienced what he described as a remarkable recovery. A fall three years earlier had left him with problems believed to stem from a worsening slipped disc. His condition deteriorated until he suffered severe pain, partial paralysis and difficulty walking without assistance.

That night, Abou Assi said he dreamed that a man called to him and wanted to take him to a house. There he met a bearded man dressed in white. The figure placed his hand on Abou Assi’s head and body and said, “I am Patriarch Hoayek, do not worry, there is nothing wrong with you.”

When Abou Assi awoke, he said he was free of pain for the first time in several years. He could move and walk normally again. The account appears in a deeper essay on Hoayek’s second miracle and the meaning of his legacy.

I am Patriarch Hoayek, do not worry, there is nothing wrong with you.

— Elias Hoayek, as recalled in Nayef Abou Assi’s dreamThe words were spoken by the figure Abou Assi identified as the late patriarch in the dream associated with his recovery.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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