This video shows you the interior of the Cathedral where lie the incorrupt relics of Saint John. John and his family were forced to flee Russia when the Bolshevik revolutionaries came. This is why the holy angles of God who met and received us rejoiced, the righteous greeted us with joy and the saints with delight said, 'Welcome, the lambs of Christ!'". And shouting out aloud, the demons examine the soul, causing terror and saying: 'Where are you going? It was very interesting to read about his life and miracles. Therefore, in the person whose heart is pure and a stranger to passion, they cannot find anything to wrangle over; on the contrary, the opposing quality will strike them like arrows of lightning. It raiseth its eyes to the angels; all unavailing is its prayer. St. John Maximovitch is one of the only incorrupt saints in America. This site has been made possible by a grant from Leadership 100. KONTAKION IChosen wonderworker and pleaser of Christ, who pourest forth inexhaustible streams of inspiration and a multitude of miracles upon the whole world, we praise thee with love and call out to thee: Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! Let's just say I feel happier when I give it my best effort.Glory to God for all things!Holy Father John, pray to God for us.EvgeniaCalifornia, Help during deliveryReceived September 23, 2011, My sister was induced to start labor on July 2nd, 2011. Little Savas John's eye now appears clear and healed. We were looking for a miracle to happen in San Francisco. And woe to that soul in which that person was born. St. John Chrysostom likewise calls demons "revenue officials" who threaten us and who are "overbearing powers with a fearful countenance that horrifies the soul that looks upon them. The experience provides the faithful significant content to listen to, watch, and read; in order to lead, grow, and inspire. Preserve us, that we too may abide in this Faith, who cry out to thee:Rejoice, thou who wast a new Martin by thy miracles and ascetic feats.Rejoice, thou who wast a new Germanus by thy confession of the Orthodox faith.Rejoice, thou who wast a new Hilary by thy divine theology.Rejoice, thou who wast a new Gregory by thy love and glorification of God's saints.Rejoice, thou who wast a new Faustus by thy monastic fervor.Rejoice, thou who wast a new Caesarius by thy steadfast love for the canons of the Church of God.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! ", St. Macarius Of Egypt writes of this: "When you hear that there are rivers of dragons and mouths of lions (cf. : ? Thereafter he ministered in Europe, serving as Bishop first in Paris then in Brussels, until he became Archbishop of San Francisco in 1962. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Her case was somewhat complicated since her OB/GYN did not notice how fluids left her body and she had no fluid around the baby for, at least, a day or so. The soul is our very existence, the center of all our energies and our thoughts. Beholding the grace bestowed upon thee, we know that God hath not abandoned His people.It is rather we that haste fallen from Him, and so must regain the likeness of Divinity as thou hast done.Through thine intercession, O blessed one, grant that we may increase our striving toward our heavenly homeland, setting our affections on things above, laboring in prayer and virtue, waging war against the attacks of our fallen nature.Invoke the mercy of God, that we may one day join thee in His Kingdom.For our deepest wish is to live forever with Him, with the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. I knew it would be a very hard thing to do, but I had to give it a try and why not start right away. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Our family left immediately following Liturgy and drove to my mother's home where I annointed her, and asked for St. John's intercession unto her salvation, and I continued to ask his intercession when I prayed daily. And so we also, marveling, cry out in awe:Rejoice, enlightener of those in the darkness of unbelief.Rejoice, thou who didst lead thy people from the Far East to the West.Rejoice, fountain of miracles poured forth by God.Rejoice, loving chastiser of those who have gone astray.Rejoice, swift consoler of those who repent of their sins.Rejoice, guide of those who walk the straight path.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! He is also helping different people that I pray for. The next morning we got up to to church and Glory to God my eye felt great and to my surprise there were only a few tiny purple dots on the skin around my eye. O beloved Hierarch John, good shepherd and beholder of the hearts and minds of men! She gave us a vile of St. John's holy oil and told us to anoint the baby if anything went wrong (we had heard of other stories of St. John's healing during emergencies at birth). KONTAKION IIIBy the power of the grace of God wast thou manifest as a father to orphans and instructor of the young, raising them in the fear of God and preparing them for the service of God. Recently I had the privilage of attending services at Holy Virgin and having my first ever encounter with the relics of a saint. A couple days ago, my prayer became answered and I feel so blessed. Our Mother Church has also ordained common Memorials twice a year: on the Saturday before Meatfare Sunday and on the Saturday before the great feast of Holy Pentecost. Neither have the first yet received the inheritance of the Kingdom and those good things 'which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man' (1 Cor 2:9); nor have the second part yet been given over to eternal torments nor to burning in the unquenchable fire. Have this in mind.". We believe that Saint John prayed for us along with other saints. Among men there was only One Who before His suffering fearlessly said: 'Hereafter I talk not much with you: For the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me (John 14:30). I have connected with my birth family on my mother's side. St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. ", Therefore, panikhidas (i.e., Trisagion Prayers for the Dead) and prayer at home for the dead are beneficial to them, as are good deeds done in their memory, such as alms or contributions to the church. Thou didst travel to the ends of the earth to save thy flock and proclaim the glad tidings of the Gospel to those in darkness. In addition to these we must have annual Memorials in remembrance of the deceased. June, 1995), 4) Another parishioner of mine, Nadezhda, told me that her son Michael caught a severe cold and had a convulsive cough which only grew worse. We confidently recommend our web service provider, Orthodox Internet Services: excellent personal customer service, a fast and reliable server, excellent spam filtering, and an easy to use comprehensive control panel. "How can you, O Saint, ask my prayers, when you yourself stand at the heavenly Throne and grant to people God's mercy?" Wherefore, my beloved brethren, meditating on the brevity of our life, let us beseech of Christ rest for him who hath departed hence, and for our souls great mercy. Share the feast of In the spring of 2008 our 1-year-old daughter Maria fell ill with a viral infection of the skin. I love You very much Grandpa John and I Thank You for all your prayers! . 4 , , , . . . . ! ! glorified in Imperial Russia, St. John of Tobolsk was the distant ancestor, heav-enly patron, model, and guide of the newly-revealed Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonder-worker. God glorifies His saints! Deliver us also from bondage to sin and the invisible foe, that, rejoicing, we may cry out to God: Alleluia! After venerating St. John's incorupt relics at Holy Virgin Mary Joy of All Who Sorrow, and placing the names "birth mother" and "Birth father" on the prayer sheets, I received a call from an agency I had contacted with my information. In 1921, during the Russian Civil War, his family fled to Belgrade, joining the ranks of Russian exiles in Serbia, where he later became a monk and was ordained priest. Glory to God, His Mother, Virgin Mary and His Saint John! Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966) was a spiritual phenomenon. I was sure I will see my baby for this time because of St. John. Amen. A translation from Romanian to English to the testimonial by Victoria Flueraru, a Romanian teacher.Pain went away.Received September 30, 2012, I want to share a miracle that happened with my mom. Glory to God!Savina, Healing of infantReceived December 16, 2011, A miracle just took place this evening, Friday December 16, 2011. Let us therefore be ourselves merciful to the dead. But when the heart has not been cleansed, the soul will rush to whatever passion the heart has most sympathy for; and the demons will take it like a friend, and then they know where to put it. After talking to her for a while, we all sat together and talked about Dayna's headaches.He suggested that we go to visit Ostrog Monestary in Montenegro that has been spiritually beneficial to many. Phone: (212) 570-3500Contact, Download VCFJoin our Mailing ListsDonate. , , . She was able to get scissors in to cut the cord, and though he came right out, he was purple and limp. I was shouting to her and she kept on walking, then suddenly paused, just long enough to look over her shoulder, and pointing to the word, simply but directly told me "HOPE" - then walked on, disappearing! The doctors insisted on surgery, but when she came to the hospital for observation, the doctors and the sick woman herself were amazed: the swelling had disappeared and there remained only a scar. And Basil The Great, in the prayers read at Pentecost, writes literally the following: But if souls have departed this life in faith and love, while nevertheless carrying with themselves certain faults, whether small ones over which they have not repented at all, or great ones for which -- even though have repented over them -- they did not undertake to show fruits of repentance: such souls, we believe, must be cleansed from this kind of sins, but not by means of some purgatorial fire or a definitive punishment in some place (for this, as we have said, has not at all been handed down to us). The body feels nothing then: it does not see its close ones who have assembled, does not smell the fragrance of the flowers, does not hear the funeral orations. Glorifying the wonders of a holy hierarch who once walked among us, we cry out to God: Alleluia! For the dark custom officials saw our spotless body and were put to shame; they saw the soul good and pure and were embarrassed; they say the tongue immaculate and pure and blameless and they were silenced; we passed by and humiliated them. Probably the clearest and most comprehensive account of the toll-houses is that given by an angel of the Lord to St. Macarius Of Egypt: The angels then show whatever good the soul has done, charity or prayer or liturgies or fasting or anything else. KONTAKION IIBeholding the abundance and variety of thy virtues, O holy Hierarch, we see in thee a living source of God's wonders in our time. On the second application, I was applying the oil to my vertical scare, fumbled with the bottle, and the oil spilled in a perfect line to make a cross on my knee. I was hoping that it would be something that I could do, because I didn't want to disappoint co-workers. The testimonials below are accounts from people who have chosen to write to us about the miraculous help they received through the prayers of St. John. Each minute he would be racked by this cough. He still has some medical issues but we pray that he will soon recover completely.Savina, Help in finding a jobReceived November 1, 2011Towards the end of 2008 my company was downsizing and I was laid off. So, I picked a day and went there one morning in early March of 2009. "This man, who appears weak is, in fact, a miracle of ascetic steadfastness and determination in our time of universal spiritual weakening." This documentary is the first of its kind on St John Maximovitch. They also send and leave him mail, sharing their prayer requests and concerns in letters. These growths had rapidly become ulcerous and had begun to multiply. She lives in Canada and received a sacrament service by his relics while I was in San Francisco. Let us take care for those who have departed into the other world before us, in order to do for them all that we can, remembering that "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.". 1) Valentina A. is a member of our parish which is dedicated to the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God. And so, we entreat God and believe to deliver the departed (from eternal torment), and not from any other torment or fire apart from those torments and that fire which have been proclaimed to be forever.". St. John Chrysostom, describing the hour of death, teaches: St. Isaiah The Recluse (6th century) teaches that Christians should. St. This word is read during the epistle for funerals in The Holy Orthodox Faith. It is the attainment of such spiritual heights, that the abundance of God's grace which fills the saint overflows as well on all those who associate with him. And the angels and the demons reckon up, and if they find the good greater than the evil, the angels seize the soul and take it up the next rung, while the demons gnash their teeth like wild dogs and make haste the snatch that pitiable soul from the hands of the Angels. She was able to pull his head out but couldn't pull any further because the cord was wrapped tightly around his neck, twice. Take some time to compose letters to St. John and send them to: Holy Virgin Cathedral Joy of All Who Sorrow, 6210 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94121. We annointed him with St. John's oil every day, placed an icon of the Theotokos inside his crib, and through the intercessions of St. John, the Theotokos, Saint Savvas the Sanctified, St. Savvas of Kalymnos, and St. Savas the Prince of Serbia, glory to God, our son was healed. Graduate School acceptanceReceived January 17, 2013I was applying to graduate schools and I had a top choice that was completely out of my league due to my GMAT score. Having prayed, she came over to her sleeping son, crossed him and turned him on the other side. In December 2012 both my mother and my mother-in-law came visiting from Russia.The most important thing for them was to take a pilgrimage to St John The Wonderworker. I also anointed Olga. . As college students, how can we emulate his passion and surrender to Gods will? Saint John Maximovitch's ascetical struggles and constant prayer throughout his life as a bishop had a mixture of reactions from those who were under his leadership. Saint Nino Orthodox Church - Stillwater, OK, Orthodox Church in Stillwater and Enid - Oklahoma. Cancer sufferer in complete remission.Received on April 5, 2011. How you will sigh! And it was close to kids' school as well. Maximovitch was a patriot of his fatherland and was profoundly disappointed by what he saw as human weakness and impermanence during the tragic events of the 1917 Revolution. OIKOS IIIThou shouldst truly be praised from the heavens, and not from earth, O father John, for our words are feeble beside thy deeds. ", This same Father also teaches us: "When the soul abandons the body a certain great mystery is enacted. map link here:https://goo.gl/maps/pFkcTumTgqfFKc9g6. My Physical Therapist can not believe that after only 6 weeks, I can walk without a brace and even played golf yesterday. They had all the details and even pictures. As thou once didst hear the mental petitions of thy far-scattered flock even before they could speak to thee, so now hear our prayers and bring them before the Lord. Beseech the most compassionate God, that He grant us forgiveness of sins, that we may come wakefully to our senses, and cry out to God, asking that we be given the spirit of humility, the fear of God and piety in all the ways of our life. But, somehow, it felt like home. OIKOS IIBeing filled with love and replete with theology, O divinely wise John, made wise by the knowledge of God and adorned with love for the suffering, teach us also to know the true God in love as we call out to thee in admiration:Rejoice, unshakeable stronghold of Orthodox truth.Rejoice, precious vessel of the Holy Spirit.Rejoice, righteous denouncer of impiety and false doctrine.Rejoice, zealous fulfiller of the commandments of God.Rejoice, ascetic who didst not allow thyself to rest upon a bed.Rejoice, beloved shepherd of the flock of Christ.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! O thou who didst depart this temporal life unto life eternal, to which the all-pure Mistress, the Directress of the Russian diaspora, guided thee by her wonder-working Kursk-Root Icon, whose companion thou wast on the day of thy repose, thou dost now rejoice in the choir of the saints who glorify the one God, Who is worshipped in Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Use your money not for outward adornment of the coffin and grave, but in order to help those in need, in memory of your close ones who have died, for churches, where prayers for them are offered. He answered two very importent questions for me that will impact my life and that of my family forever.Wayne M.Knee healed fastReceived September 28, 2014I had knee surgery to re-attach my patellar tendon. My husband Alan (Andrew) was diagnosed with cancer stage IV, last year. Rejoice, thunder to those obstinate in sin.Rejoice, lightning burning up heresies. ,., ! ., Son's ankle healed immediately Received June 8, 2014, My son had pain in his ankle for a couple of weeks and I was unable to help him We rubbed the oil from St John on his ankle and asked for St John's help and the pain went away immediately. He continued his education at the same university in Theology, where he finished in 1925. My eye hurt terribly. Give to us who have fallen into sin, confusion and despair the same stern yet loving instruction that thou didst once give to thy chosen flock. Archbishop John then moved to Paris and was assigned to the Archdiocese of Western Europe in 1951. 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