Copyright Orthodox Christian Fellowship all Rights Reserved. My Physical Therapist can not believe that after only 6 weeks, I can walk without a brace and even played golf yesterday. When I asked her about the address it turned out to be in the very same building where my father and grandmother lived and where I lived as a child only on a different floor. We went to every possible doctor to determine the cause of not having a child. And the first remain in every joy and rejoicing, already expecting and only not having in their hands the Kingdom and the unutterable good things promised them; and the second, on the contrary, remain in all confinement and inconsolable suffering, like condemned men awaiting the Judge's sentence and foreseeing the torments. [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 am writing this miracle that happened through the intercession of Saint John Maximovich to glorify God that works through His saint and also to give thanks to Saint John for not forgetting us the sinners and helping us. 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. 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. , . 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. 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! Our priest told him we were coming there and why. He served the Divine Liturgy daily, slept little more than an hour a day, and kept a strict fast until the evening. The content on this page is under copyright and is used by permission. Get yourself to the outer fire. After a week, she was again at services and stood weeping. Rejoice, blessed temple of the Holy Spirit. Get back. Cancer sufferer in complete remission.Received on April 5, 2011. 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. It was very interesting to read about his life and miracles. After a week, I asked Oleg about his hand. This site has been made possible by a grant from Leadership 100. It was an experience that is very hard to explain.We planned our trip over Easter weekend.Being Orthodox, it is not unusual to spend the entire Easter weekend attending different services.We went to services on Great Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter.The service were in old Slavonic and Russian. OIKOS IAn angel in the flesh wast thou manifested in these latter times by the grace of God Who ever careth for men. In a little over a week even that was gone. ", 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). (April, 1995), Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthews Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. St. John Maximovitch Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker Feast Day: July 2 "Sanctity is not just a virtue. Terrible indeed is the third day for the soul of the departed, and for this reason it especially needs prayers then for itself. Help received during pregnancyReceived on May 11, 2011. Alas! St. ATHANASIUS THE GREAT, in his famous life of St. Antony, describes the following: In their accusation the demons uttered many brazen lies; but since their slanders were wanting in proof, a free path opened for Antony. Rejoice, closet wherein Your holy labor of prayer was hidden. I ran it under cold water for an hour and prayed. O how you will be troubled at the hour of death for yourself! II, No. The Veneration of the Mother of God During Her Earthly Life. Often this spiritual vision begins in the dying even before death, and while still seeing those around them and even speaking with them, they see what others do not see. And in this too, there is much uproar and great and indescribable turbulence as to who shall take that wretched soul. 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. If the deceased has departed unrepentant, a host of demons and rejected angels and dark powers receive that soul and keep it with them. It grew and the daughter turned to a doctor for help. My grandmother passed away 2 months later, I was with her and I am so grateful that I could spend these last weeks with her.Elena LewisCranial abnormalities disappear overnight!Received August 14, 2013, TestimonialDouglas WirnowskiResuscitation of our son at birthReceived June 19, 2013, We've chosen to have home births for several reasons, and the first two experiences were wonderful so we found another midwife in 2011 during seminary for our third child. ", 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. : - , . These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder: Reading Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA, Apolytikion Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kontakion Holy Transfiguration Monastery. 1 Source: The Orthodox Word, Vol. 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. . 5 . ( ) , , . It is rather we that have fallen from Him, and so must regain the likeness of Divinity as thou hast done. Archbishop Johns abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. Many modern saints personally knew St. John Maximovitch in some way, forming a brotherhood. Phone: (212) 570-3500Contact, Download VCFJoin our Mailing ListsDonate. Then if it be that that soul is condemned, the demons bear it off to below the earth, to a dark and distressing spot. Usually it inclines toward those which are more akin to it in spirit, and if while in the body it was under the influence of certain ones, it will remain in dependence upon them when it leaves the body, however unpleasant they may turn out to be upon encountering them. For three years we expected, pray, cried to have a child. Saint John Maximovitch. Our external, biological and earthly life ends with death, but the soul continues to live on. Enter the building through the north entrance; the chapel is immediately to your left. Eph 6:12), the writings of all the Church Fathers (both ancient and modern) and throughout the prayers of the Church. [1], But when it leaves the body, the soul finds itself among other spirits, good and bad. A couple days ago, my prayer became answered and I feel so blessed. Many people write St. John letters asking for his intercessions about their many worries, concerns, and illnesses. Recently I had the privilage of attending services at Holy Virgin and having my first ever encounter with the relics of a saint. 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. Christopher Flesoras' first Sunday at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church. O beloved Hierarch John, while living amongst us thou didst see the future as if present, distant things as if near the hearts and minds of men as if they were thine own.We know that in this thou wast illumined by God, with Whom thou wast ever in the mystical communion of prayer, and with Whom thou now abidest eternally.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. What kind of goods? John and his family were forced to flee Russia when the Bolshevik revolutionaries came. The next day I came across a job ad that was matching my skills very well and I sent my resume. Aren't you the one who fornicated and thoroughly polluted Holy Baptism? Keep praying for us sinners. Thou dost refresh with thy love and miracles all who cry in faith to God: Alleluia! 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. The first treatment was in Mid-May, and the prognosis for her life expectancy remained the same. About a month before Easter this spring, our priest came to our house to talk with Dayna and to give her communion. Blessed be St John the Wonderworker!Dan Mamula Received July 16, 2014. After its separation from the body it continues to live, to exist, to have awareness. Our Patron Saint A longer biography can be found [here.] 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). Heb 11:33, Ps 22:21) and dark powers under the sky and burning fire (Jer 20:9) that crackles in the members of the body, you must know this: unless you receive the earnest of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 1:22; 5:5), at the hour when your soul is separated from the body, the evil demons hold fast to your soul and do not suffer you to rise up to heaven. Teach us who call upon thee for help, O holy woderworker, to cry out in wonder unto God: Alleluia! I applied St John's holy oil and felt tingling in the knee after I said my prayers. Amen. 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. KONTAKION VIIIA strange sight didst thou behold: in the New World thou didst encounter thy former flock in tribulation. We are a family from Iasi, Romania, married four years ago. They also send and leave him mail, sharing their prayer requests and concerns in letters. 5 (11) (November-December 1966), pp. We had a good friend of ours whose spiritual father cares for the relics of St. John at the cathedral. Before us all stands the same path, and how we shall then wish that we would be remembered in prayer! I felt unworthy to approach the relics of Saint John and stood by the candles next to the shrine. These cookies do not store any personal information. 01 Mar 2023 01:13:17 I anointed him with the oil of Archbishop John in a cross-like form in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the acolyte left for home. He would often visit the sick with Holy Gifts and do so barefoot, no matter how cold it was. 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. We believe that Saint John prayed for us along with other saints. .10 2013 . My daughter healed!Received June 12, 2014. OIKOS IVThose near and far have heard of the greatness of thy miracles, which are made manifest by the mercy of God even to our days. Speaking about the courageous athletes of the faith, he teaches that they too will be scrutinized by the "revenue officials," that is, by the evil spirits. Amen. Therefore, the soul loving the body, sometimes wanders about the house in which its body has been laid out, and thus spends two days like a bird seeking its nest. The soul moves and gives life to the body. Like a spiritual daystar in heaven's firmament, * thou didst encompass the whole world and didst enlighten men's souls. Since his repose in 1966, he has been especially glorified by God through signs and miracles, and his body has remained incorrupt. It is likewise good to send contributions for commemoration to monasteries, as well as to Jerusalem, where there is constant prayer at the holy places. This is where he established his first American parish, St. John the Forerunner. She was able to pull his head out but couldn't pull any further because the cord was wrapped tightly around his neck, twice. Be an intercessor for us of this grace of renewal, O holy John; help us in our weaknesses; heal our sicknesses; cure our passions by thy prayers. 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. I also told St. John that I would tell everyone of how God has glorified him.In the next five years, I accompanied my mother to many doctor visits during her treatment and subsequent follow up at David Grant Hospital. ", St. Macarius Of Egypt writes of this: "When you hear that there are rivers of dragons and mouths of lions (cf. Do for them what is needful for them and within your power. 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. What is Orthodox Christianity? Archbishop John's abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. The soul, meanwhile, cowers and terror encompasses it, and it makes as if to hide in the bosom of the Angels and there is a great discussion and must turmoil until that soul is delivered from the hands of the demons. I was lying in bed for 8 months taking drugs and wiped over my belly the oil from St. John. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Rejoice O holy Hierarch John, wonderworker of the latter times. I was adopted at birth and never knew my birth family. St. John was born in Russia in 1896 in southern Russia and was given the baptismal name of Michael. For the course of two days the soul enjoys relative freedom and can visit places on earth which were dear to it, but on the third day it moves into other spheres. I beg you also, when you will serve the Liturgy, to commemorate my parents" -- and he gave their names (Priest Nikita and Maria). In the morning, she saw no ulcers at all on her legs. Yet offering to God what we have, we cry out to thee thus: Rejoice, thou who didst protect thy children by thine unceasing prayer! In 1921, amid continued rising violence and other persecution against Orthodox believers by the Bolshevik regime, he and his family escaped to Belgrade. What is that significance? St. John is the greatest saint and he has become like a grandfather to me. Such a person discerns in his beloved friends' tears of pain their love and sincere dedication. In 1934 he was made Bishop of Shanghai, where he served until the Communists came to power. KONTAKION VThou wast manifest to be a divinely bestowed light to stop the destructive forces of fallen nature, O holy Hierarch, preserving thy flock on the island of Tubabao from the deadly wind and storm, by thy prayer and the sign of the Cross. 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. During the end of World War II, when communist power was beginning to affect China, he helped around 5,000 refugees escape to an island in the Philippines, then traveled to Washington D.C. to help amend the law to allow refugees into the United States. In the account of Theodora, the bag from which the angels took in order to be separated from the tax-collectors was the prayers of her elder. She was living with my father not too far from our current apartment and that was another reason I didn't want to move too far away from this area of the city so I could still visit her frequently. A few years ago we lived in San Francisco and that's where I first heard about St. John. What does this mean? * 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 information contained on the website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is for informational purposes only. St. John Of Damascus adds: "the Apostles who speak for God and the spirit-bearing Fathers have decreed this with inspiration and in a manner pleasing to God.". I wiped his eye clean several times only to have more yellow discharge reappear in a matter of minutes. St. Dorotheos (6th century) summarizes the teaching of the early Fathers in this way: "For as the Fathers tell us, the souls of the dead remember everything that happened here -- thoughts, words, desires -- and nothing can be forgotten. Glory to God, His Mother, Virgin Mary and His Saint John! 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 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. Beholding the grace bestowed upon thee, we know that God hath not abandoned His people. . . Look down at the humility of our words, which we offer out of love" for thee, and help us, O saint of God, to cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, so that we may labor for the Lord with fear and rejoice in Him with trembling. Researching her prognosis from a lung oncology text, I found out that 98% of patients with this symptom die within six months of the pneumonia, and the other 2% within 12 months.Her doctor at UCDMC prescribed pallative chemotherapy and radiation to be admnistered at David Grant Hospital. This day is continued, in as much as the death of man is also continued at the same time, Sunday, however, is the "day of the Resurrection, the eighth day, which symbolizes the anticipated age of eternity, the resurrection of the dead and the endless kingdom of God.". Therefore, it is very doubtful that a soul, as long as there remain in it sympathies for the objects of any passion, will not be put to shame at the toll-houses. , . She was able to get scissors in to cut the cord, and though he came right out, he was purple and limp. The virtuous soul is surrounded by bright angels of light, while the sinful soul is surrounded by dark and evil beings, that is, the demons. OIKOS IIIThou shouldst truly be praised from the heavens, and not from earth, O father John, for our words are feeble beside thy deeds. There were many lesions on her skin, particularly on the face, and doctors said conservative treatment was very unlikely to be successful. [4], Then, having successfully passed through the toll-houses and bowed down before God, the soul for the course of 37 more days visits the heavenly habitations and the abysses of hell, not knowing yet where it will remain, and only on the fortieth day is its place appointed until the resurrection of the dead. St. Ignatius Brianchaninov cites over 20 examples of references to the Toll-houses in the Divine service books and this is not a complete list! 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. The diagnosis was a frightful one, cancer of the breast. , , , , - . In the evening he would begin to fall asleep but the cough continued to torment him. , . People in America, Europe, and the other places of his pastoral labors have long known of the power of his heavenly intercessions. When I was done, I looked in the mirror and saw the damage. Katherin McFadden fell asleep in the Lord on July 12, 2006, five and half years after the pneumonia revealed the large cell carincoma going through her chest wall. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I am so thankful to Saint John for hearing my prayers and knowing my hearts desire of being able to get into this school. 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. 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 Get going to that worm that never sleeps.'. OIKOS VIIWe see thee as a new chosen one of God, who wast manifest in the latter times as one of the holy Hierarchs of Gaul, exhorting thy flock to preserve the same Orthodox faith that they confessed, and astonishing the peoples of the West by thy holy life. My daughter Vanessa had high temperature.I had holy oil for 10 years and anointed the child, and fervently prayed to blessed John. Following the Divine Liturgy, he annointed the congregation individually, and gave each family a q-tip with oil to take to our home altars. And they come again to another rung and there find another toll-house, fiercer and more horrible. I saw what I can only describe as a miracle and it has changed my life. [2] He who departs from this world experiences much consolation when he sees friendly people surrounding his dead body. 2023Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In the pure life that thou hast led during our sinful times, we see a model of virtue, a source of instruction and inspiration. : ? 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