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[[File:St David of Euboea - as a child before icon of Forerunner.jpg|left|thumb|St. David of Euboea as a child before the icon of St. John the Forerunner.]]
When little David was three years old, one evening he saw Saint [[John the Baptist]] in a vision. Saint John took his hand and they went together to a [[chapel]] dedicated to his memory. There, Saint John went into his [[icon]], while the child got down on his knees in front of it. Little Davids David's parents, as well as the whole village, were looking for him for six days and nights.
On the sixth day, which was Saturday, David's father went with some villagers to that chapel to serve the [[Vespers]] and [[Prayer|pray]] to the Saint for his child. When they arrived, they were surprised to see little David on his knees in front of the icon of Saint John. His face was glowing with a celestial light and he didn't look at all haggard. Then they all understood that this child was not like the other children, he was special.
The monastery became a beacon for the area of North Euboea which illumined the people's souls and comforted the Christians during those difficult [[Ottoman rule and Eastern Christianity|years of slavery]].
Saint David was distressed and hurt to see the poverty and misery of the people who came to the door of the monastery . He cared first for the spiritual welfare of the pilgrims and then for their material needs. The believers called the monastery ''"The Monastery of Charity".''
===Later Life and Departure===
