At the time of the saint’s death there was a drought and the cistern that collects the rain water was nearly empty so that the brother thought to leave the monastery for want of drinking water. One week after the great man’s departure from the body, a cloud full of rain rose from the west; but on the regions behind us that it traversed it sprinkled only a few little drops, then, when it arrived here and above the mountain, the cloud poured out such a quantity of rain, that the carriers through which the water used to flow broke, not having room to hold the furious stream of the rain water. And the quantity of water that sufficed for our needs flew into the cistern, while the excess was drawn out by hand (and poured) outside the wall by the brothers, so that it would be scattered away from there as well: for they kept in mind the danger that such an immense mass of water might weaken the foundations of the monastery, should it gather inside the buildings.
This happened seven days after the saint went to rest; but (another miracle happened) in the same day when the servant of God departed from his body. An immense crowd rushed here, and the store-chamber keeper had only two batches of bread, which was bound to suffice for the consumption of our ascetes alone for 14 days. However, the whole crowd which had convened here ate and all were satiated, and the morsels of bread that were left were collected by us and miraculously sufficed to the needs of our fathers for two more weeks.
(transl. Leah Di Segni)