Having read the book on the healings and life of St. John of San Francisco (Blessed John the Wonderworker), she came to me after church services and asked for oil from the lampada in the sepulchre of Archbishop John, as her daughter was seriously sick. For with much wisdom didst thou explain the precepts of the true Faith, teaching us to sing with faith, hope and love to the one God in Trinity: Alleluia! Recently, I anointed my Mother, Eva, in hospital following a huge operation, for healing with Holy Oil sent from Fathers' lamp, and after 16 months of illness and prayer, the blessing finally came.She began to regain strength and came out of mental illness for a few days, was "herself" talking and remembering, but following this, we were told we should prepare for the end. O wondrous hierarch John, thou didst stretch thy heart to encompass within it a multitude of people from among diverse nations and peoples who honor thee. KONTAKION XIII0 all-radiant and most wondrous God-pleaser, holy hierarch John (x3), consolation for all who sorrow, accept this, our offering of prayer, that through thy prayers to our Lord we may be delivered from fiery Gehenna and by thy God-pleasing intercession we may chant forever unto God: Alleluia! The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in Seattle in 1966. In the pure life that thou hast led during our sinful times, we see a model of virtue, a source of instruction and inspiration. Amen. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. 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. "Sanctity is not merely a virtue. When I was done, I looked in the mirror and saw the damage. Joel. I asked her why she was weeping and all she could say was that everything was fine. The sight was awful. Recently I had the privilage of attending services at Holy Virgin and having my first ever encounter with the relics of a saint. Every apartment I saw was either too expensive, or the owners didn't want to rent out to a family with small kids and a dog on top of that, or it was too far away. Rejoice, thunder to those obstinate in sin.Rejoice, lightning burning up heresies. 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.". All these things are destroyed immediately when the soul passes out of the body. Our Patron Saint A longer biography can be found [here.] [5] According to the revelation of the angel to St. Macarius, the Church's special commemoration of the departed on the 9th day after death (apart from the general significance of the ranks of angels) occurs because up to then the soul is shown the beauties of Paradise, and only after this, for the remainder of the forty days, is sown the torments and horrors of hell, before being assigned on the fortieth day to the place where it will await the resurrection of the dead and the Last Judgment. I don't remember how I formulated the internet search, but one of the first links that came up was about St. John, The Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco. People in America, Europe, and the other places of his pastoral labors have long known of the power of his heavenly intercessions. Prayer of thanks for healing from illness<br>St. John of Kronstadt<br><br>O Lord Jesus Christ, I am not the only Son of the Father who has no beginning, I am the one who heals all sickness and all I am in man, but I have forgiven me, the sinful, and delivered me from my sickness, and I will not let her grow in her, and I will die in my sin. Get yourself to dark Hell. Rejoice, blessed temple of the Holy Spirit. As a result, he made the decision to dedicate his life to serving God. But we have received that even the souls which are held in hell and are already given over to eternal torments, whether in actual fact and experience or in hopeless expectation of such, although not in the sense of completely loosing them from torment or giving hope for final deliverance. Certain individuals and institutions are presented for reference purposes only and may not be under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. The information contained on the website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is for informational purposes only. You can send your prayers to: St. John Maximovitch c/o Holy Virgin Cathedral "Joy of All Who Sorrow" 6210 Geary Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94121 - An episode of the Tending the Garden of our Hearts podcast on Ancient Faith Radio I love You very much Grandpa John and I Thank You for all your prayers! I had questioned my faith for so long and recieved much needed confirmation from blessed St John that day. Thou hast gone over unto the life unaging, unto the other world, yet thou art in truth not far from us, for heaven is closer to us than our own souls. Have faith and the Lord will heal you. St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, You can view our Sunday services via live stream link, Saturday Divine Liturgy 8am ; Vespers 6pm. And in this too, there is much uproar and great and indescribable turbulence as to who shall take that wretched soul. Amen. The Apostle, knowing that the aerial powers are seeking only one thing, are concerned over it with all fervor, exert themselves and strive to deprive us of a free passage to heaven, exhorts: 'Take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day (Eph 6:13), that the adversary may be put to shame, having no evil thing to say of us (Tit 2:8).". The Garland of the Annual Church Calendar O how you will be troubled at the hour of death for yourself! [8]. John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco with an icon greeting ecard. , , , . These are the wondrous miracles of Blessed John. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. A grim angel (i.e., a demon) will come to take and drag violently the soul that has been tied to sins; and your soul will turn toward here and will suffer silently, having already been excluded from the organ of mourning (the body). It was very interesting to read about his life and miracles. How can St. John Maximovitch intercede for us? Michael Maximovitch, the future Archbishop John, was born on June 4, 1896, in the village of Adamovka in the province of Kharkov in southern Russia. Vladyka, please, pray for is sinners. According to St. John, even the souls of innocent infants must pass through these toll-houses, for the all-evil devil seeks to snatch their souls, too. According to various revelations there are twenty such obstacles, the so-called "toll-houses," at each of which one or another form of sin is tested; after passing through one the soul comes upon the next one, and only after successfully passing through all of them can the soul continue its path without being immediately cast into gehenna. We started looking for a place,but couldn't find anything that would be suitable. KONTAKION VIIDesiring to glorify as is meet the ancient saints of the West, of lands which had fallen away from the truth, thou didst revive their veneration in the Orthodox Church, O lover of the saints of the East and the West. Being put to shame here means that the soul itself is thrown into hell.". St. EUSTRATIUS THE GREAT MARTYR (4th century), St. NIPHON OF CONSTANTIA in Cyprus (4th century), St. SYMEON THE FOOL FOR CHRIST (6th century), St SYMEON OF THE WONDROUS MOUNTAIN (7th century). 158-165. For our deepest wish is to live forever with Him, with the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church. It grew and the daughter turned to a doctor for help. Your body will die, but you will over to a different world, being alive, remembering yourself and recognizing the whole world that surrounds you.". Each minute he would be racked by this cough. Alas! , , . For you shone forth with the grace of the Son of Righteousness, O John, our beloved shepherd. St. John Maximovitch Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker Feast Day: July 2 "Sanctity is not just a virtue. 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. Before thy firm support of prayer, we cry with faith:Rejoice, sight to those who are blind.Rejoice, thou who by the power of prayer givest life to those on their bed of death.Rejoice, thou who with divine wisdom dost enlighten those in confusion and doubt.Rejoice, refreshing water to those perishing in the heat of sorrow.Rejoice, loving father to the orphaned and abandoned.Rejoice, holy teacher of those who seek the Truth.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! Many people write St. John letters asking for his intercessions about their many worries, concerns, and illnesses. He is also helping different people that I pray for. Our external, biological and earthly life ends with death, but the soul continues to live on. Evangelos, Vancouver, BC, Finding a place to liveReceived February 26, 2014. People travel great distances to see and venerate him and wrap themselves in his robes. 2023Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Thereafter he ministered in Europe, serving as Bishop first in Paris then in Brussels, until he became Archbishop of San Francisco in 1962. The following should suffice, however, to illustrate the Orthodoxy of St. John Maximovitch's words: But that souls are delivered thanks to a certain purgatorial suffering and temporal fire which possesses such (a purgatorial) power and has the character of a help -- this we do not find in either Scripture or in the prayers and hymns for the dead, or in the words of the Teachers. Copyright Orthodox Christian Fellowship all Rights Reserved. The Holy Archdiocese does not exercise any administrative oversight or assignment authority over clergy that are not part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Saint John is known for his healing powers. Get back. Now marveling at thy patience and longsuffering, we all cry out to God: Alleluia! People travel great distances to see and venerate him and wrap themselves in his robes. ", St. Theophan, in writing to the brother of a dying woman, says: "Your sister will not die; the body dies, but the personality of the dying one remains. Here wast thee called to suffer persecution and by thine patience, righteousness and instruction to guide the flock, and didst erect the church of the Mother of God, the Joy of All Who Sorrow. Through the prayers of our holy Father, Saint John The Wonderworker, and of All Thy Saints, O Lord, continue Thy mercy, and grant us the hope we must place in Thee! In another place, St. Theophan (continuing his letter to the brother of the woman who was about to die) writes: Having begun thus, remain in unceasing crying out to God to help her, for the course of six weeks, and indeed for longer than that. Saint Dymphna, martyr of purity, patroness of those who suffer with nervous and mental afflictions, beloved child of Jesus and Mary, pray to Them for me and obtain my request. It was tragic for us. He went through his schooling and earned a law degree at the University of Belgrade. (1995). For example, in Small Compline we ask THE MOTHER OF GOD to "be merciful to me not only in this miserable life, but also at the time of my death; take care of my miserable soul and banish far from it the dark and sinister faces of the evil demons. As thou wast a merciful nurturer of orphans and a skilled instructor on earth, be thou now a guide and Christian understanding for us amid the turmoil of the Church; hearken to the groaning of the troubled youth of our corrupt times, who are tempest-tossed by most wicked demonic possession, and mercifully regard the despondency of our weak pastors, caused by the inroads of the corrupting spirit of this world, and who languish in idle indifference. It only goes over to another order of life. OIKOS VAll who have trusted in thy help in desperate circumstances and adversities have found deliverance, O bold intercessor, before the Throne of God. This site has been made possible by a grant from Leadership 100. Many who died in repentance, but who were unable to manifest this while they were alive, have been freed from tortures and have obtained repose. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Like a spiritual daystar in heaven's firmament, * thou didst encompass the whole world and didst enlighten men's souls. It was a clearly a miracle after so many years of trying! 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. * Hence, thy name is glorified throughout the East and West, * for thou didst shine forth with the grace * of the Sun of Righteousness, O John, our beloved shepherd. the servant of God,XeniaMother with Terminal Cancer lives 5 additional years. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. She had suffered for a couple of days a lot of pain in her lower mandible that irradiated to the left side of the neck. It was a temporary job with a very long term that was eventually extended beyond what would be normally expected. But, somehow, it felt like home. Her husband, a military man, later came to me and told me that her leg had developed some infected growths. Even those thoroughly familiar with the life of St John will find this documentary contains much that they . When I looked at the apartment it was everything we wanted: a lease for as many years as we needed with no price changes, newly renovated, a wonderful landlord who was very happy to let a family in and loved dogs, and the best part that all I needed to do to visit my dying grandmother was go up in the elevator. The Archdiocese responds to the spiritual needs of the Greek Orthodox Christian Faithful through National Ministries, providing programs and services to your local parishes, Metropolises, and you. And it's true : we have the most beautiful girl in the world and sometimes I feel it is a dream and not the reality. ", St. John Cassian (5th century) likewise teaches: "Souls after the separation from this body are not idle, do not remain without consciousness; this is proved by the Gospel parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:22-28). 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. What does this mean? Wed like to inform of a miraculous healing accomplished through the intercession of St. John. We invite you to prayerfully consider sharing the resources given to you by God with a donation to the Archdiocese. 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