Hangs His Cloak on A Ray of the Sun:

This is one of the countless miracles that Anba Abraam blessed us with, which I never grow tired from hearing or telling/writing.

Anba Abraam received new furniture for the episcopate. He refused to use it, and asked the servant to put it in the storage area. Along came a poor woman complaining to him about her daughter who would not get married because they don't have money to buy furniture for her and her future husband. Anba Abraam told the servant to show this lady the new furniture, and let her take what she needed.

Later, some of the people complained to Pope Kyrillos V about the giving away of the furniture. Afterwards, there was a collection to build a new house for the episcopate. Anba Abraam gave that money also to the poor and needy. There goes another complaint.

The Pope asked to see Amba Abraam. He went without delay. Being an old man, he had poor eyesight. On his arrival, he went in to see the Pope in his suite. It was a summer afternoon, and a ray of the sun through a hole in the shade of the window was mistaken by Anba Abraam for a rope used to hang clothes; (it was a habit in those days to install ropes for hanging a coat, a shoal or the like). Anba Abraam, threw his Farageia (Cloak or coat) on it and it stayed there. When Pope Kirollos V saw how the Lord works wonders with His children, and specifically with Anba Abraam not to embarrass this saint on earth. He changed the purpose of the call and instead he inquired about his health and gave him 15,000 Egyptian Pounds to build a new house for the episcopate.

When the people came back to see the Pope, he scolded them for their lack of faith, concluding: "How can I argue with a man of God who was able to hang his cloak on a ray of the Sun." The new house for the episcopate was not built in Anba Abraam's life ... because the money was used to help the poor.