[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. 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). 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). 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. So, I picked a day and went there one morning in early March of 2009. Yet, unable to be silent at the wonder revealed to our age of feeble faith, we glorify thee:Rejoice, divine palace from whence the counsel of the Good King is given.Rejoice, for in thy humble activity thou hadst angels serving with thee.Rejoice, thou who didst gain a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.Rejoice, infirmary wherein every ailment is divinely healed.Rejoice, depository wherein thy holy labor of prayer was hidden.Rejoice, blessed temple of the Holy Spirit.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! 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. The pain started to subside immediately and she finally fell sleep. Throughout his life he was revered as a strict ascetic, a devoted man of prayer, and a truly wondrous unmercenary healer of all manner of afflictions and woes. With them pray thou today in heaven on behalf of us who chant on earth: Alleluia! Amen. ", But man was created for immortality, and by His resurrection Christ opened the gates of the Heavenly Kingdom, of eternal blessedness for those who have believed in Him and have lived righteously. ", 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. I have since had a dream of her, walking away from me in a white dress with one word written on the top of one arm. 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 future St. John was born on June 4, 1896, in the southern Russian village (current day Ukraine) of Adamovka in Kharkov province to pious aristocrats, Boris and Glafira Maximovitch. They gave her various creams but these did not help her. Wherefore all thy children look to thee with love in gratitude cry out to God: Alleluia! In 1934 he was made Bishop of Shanghai, where he served until the . Only she will not say anything, and you won't be able to see her; but she will be right here. the priest-monk asked. [8]. This video shows you the interior of the Cathedral where lie the incorrupt relics of Saint John. Rejoice, downpour of the dogmas of Orthodoxy.Rejoice, dew of the thought of God.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! It is doubtful that any one man gave so much protection and comfort as he to the Russian Orthodox people in exile after the Revolution of 1917; he was an unwearying and watchful shepherd of his sheep in China, the Philippines, Europe, and America. And it was close to kids' school as well. [2] He who departs from this world experiences much consolation when he sees friendly people surrounding his dead body. In the morning, she saw no ulcers at all on her legs. 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. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. 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. To thee, the pastor and protector of a countless host * of homeless orphans, widows, paupers, and afflicted souls, * do we offer anthems born of love and thanksgiving. And shouting out aloud, the demons examine the soul, causing terror and saying: 'Where are you going? ", 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). Saint John Maximovitch. A couple days ago, my prayer became answered and I feel so blessed. . 4 , , , . . . . ! ! She will be just as alive as you are now. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Saint John is known for his healing powers. Rent is pretty expensive in Moscow besides I didn't want to move too far away from our kids' school as I was expecting another child and knew it would be impossible for me to take the metro with the infant to get the older children to school if we move to another part of the city.We also wanted to sign a rent lease for at least 2-3 years ( usually in Russia the lease is signed for a year) to avoid this hassle again and to fix the price)but hardly anyone wanted such a long term lease. Elissa Bjeletich and Kristina Wenger tell about a beloved saint. Rejoice, blessed temple of the Holy Spirit. Help received during pregnancyReceived on May 11, 2011. Thank you Saint John Maximovich for not forgetting your flock,us the sinners,and as promised I am telling others about you as you have requested dear Saint and please do not forget us in your prayers and take care of my mother as in our prayers.Cristian SHamilton, Ontario, Canada, St. John's intercessionReceived May 30, 2012, Something was not right with my grown daughter for several years, she was difficult, unhappy, unpredictable. 158-165. 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. ( ). The soul moves and gives life to the body. By St. John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco . She tried all the usual medical procedures and pumped him with oxygen, but nothing was working even after several minutes. The pain was growing in force until she could no longer suffer it and needed to get me up to give her a pain pill and take her to the doctor. Our earthly life is a preparation for the future life, and this preparation ends with our death. Evangelos, Vancouver, BC, Finding a place to liveReceived February 26, 2014. Invoke the mercy of God, that we may one day join thee in His Kingdom. I was hoping that it would be something that I could do, because I didn't want to disappoint co-workers. Until then changes are possible in the condition of souls, especially through offering for them the Bloodless Sacrifice (commemoration at the Liturgy), and likewise by other prayers. In the pure life that thou hast led during our sinful times, we see a model of virtue, a source of instruction and inspiration. My son Daniel is now 10 months, he is a healthy and happy baby, and we constantly thank St. John for helping to bring him in this world.VeraGratitude to St. JohnReceived June 24, 2014 , . She was able to pull his head out but couldn't pull any further because the cord was wrapped tightly around his neck, twice. 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. The soul of the righteous is taken by the holy angels, passed through the air and is raised up. ", The champion of Orthodoxy against the Nestorian heresy, St. Cyril Of Alexandria likewise teaches: "When the soul is separated from the body it sees the fearful, wild, merciless and fierce demons standing by. This word is read during the epistle for funerals in The Holy Orthodox Faith. I know for sure that every woman who has not yet had children and who truly believes in intercession of St. John to God can live the happiness that I and my husband live now.Georgiana Zaharia. If the soul is found to have lived piously and in a way pleasing to God, it is received by the holy angels and transferred to that ineffable joy of the blessed and eternal life. (Saint John revered the memory of Saint Theodosius, believing in the power of his prayerful intercession before the Lord. It was a clearly a miracle after so many years of trying! I saw what I can only describe as a miracle and it has changed my life. Some time later, the cough stopped and the boy quietly slept until morning. 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. Through his missionary labors he also brought into the Church many who had not been "of this fold." After a week, she was again at services and stood weeping. 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.". This is how the people of Israel mourned for the great Moses. .Help with conceiving a babyReceived July 7, 2014My husband and I spent around 6 years trying to have a baby. ", In a prayer of the Midnight Service of Saturday (addressed to THE SAVIOUR) we pray: "Master, be merciful to me and let not my soul see the dark and gloomy sight of the evil spirits, but let bright and joyous angels receive it.". 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. He was a member of the Little Russian noble family of Maximovitch, to which St. John of Tobolsk also had belonged. Containing dozens of never before published photographs, and with interviews with many who knew St. John very well . Each minute he would be racked by this cough. "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. I read testimonials to St. John and with tears, I began to pray for her in front of a large icon of St. John in my church, I asked that he intercede for her as I didn't know what was wrong. When I was done, I looked in the mirror and saw the damage. 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! Then the holy angels with profound regret abandon the soul and it is received by those dark demons so that may fling it with much malevolence into the prisons of Hades.". 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. 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. 1 Source: The Orthodox Word, Vol. He continued his education at the same university in Theology, where he finished in 1925. There have been many appearances of the dead and other occurrences which confirm how beneficial is the commemoration of the dead. 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. [6] The Church's teaching on the state of souls in heaven and hell before the Last Judgment is set forth in its clearest fashion by St. Mark Of Ephesus in his dialogue with the Roman Catholics over the Roman doctrine of Purgatory (which the Orthodox reject as false). (Pray one Our Father . She was able to get scissors in to cut the cord, and though he came right out, he was purple and limp. 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. I thought I would be very happy to get that, but it would be too much to ask Saint John for it. The Veneration of the Mother of God During Her Earthly Life. Having prayed, she came over to her sleeping son, crossed him and turned him on the other side. His work as an apostle, missionary and miracle worker continues even now." - "St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco" St. Herman Press Now, however, both the one and the other are in places proper to them: the first, in absolute repose and free, are in heaven with the angels and before God Himself, and already as if in Paradise from which Adam fell and often visit us in those temples where they are venerated, and hear those who call on them and pray for them to God, having received from Him this surpassing gift, and through their relics perform miracles and take delight in the vision of God and the illumination sent from Him more perfectly and purely than before, when they were alive; while the second, in their turn, being confined to hell, remain in 'the lowest pit, in darkness and in the shadow of death' (Ps 87:7), as David says, and then Job: 'to the land where the light is darkness' (Job 10:21-22). I decided to apply to the school anyway. 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. Since his repose in 1966, he has been especially glorified by God through signs and miracles, and his body has remained incorrupt. Not for an instant does it cease to exist. It truly was an ugly sight - I wondered if those scars would ever heal. As college students, how can we emulate his passion and surrender to Gods will? At the time of its accounting the angels offer in turn the soul's good works. I beg you also, when you will serve the Liturgy, to commemorate my parents" -- and he gave their names (Priest Nikita and Maria). Archbishop John then moved to Paris and was assigned to the Archdiocese of Western Europe in 1951. When we moved back to Moscow, Russia we rented a small apartment near our kids' school. Rejoice O holy Hierarch John, wonderworker of the latter times. In fact, the holy angelic powers enumerate to the evil spirits the good acts of the soul that were done by word, deed, thought and imagination. He said he himself did not even notice when that swelling had disappeared. Share the feast of He is also helping different people that I pray for. Christopher Flesoras' first Sunday at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church. [1], But when it leaves the body, the soul finds itself among other spirits, good and bad. I had prayed about it to St. John and I even made the sign of the cross with the Holy Oil of St. John on my paperwork I mailed to the school. The soul is our very existence, the center of all our energies and our thoughts. As a result he made the decision to dedicate his life to serving God. My Physical Therapist can not believe that after only 6 weeks, I can walk without a brace and even played golf yesterday. Several months passed, we tried conservative therapy, but there were no improvements. O blessed John, with all the saints we greet thee and give honor to thee:Rejoice, new star of righteousness which hath shone forth in heaven.Rejoice, new prophet who wast sent before the final reign of evil.Rejoice, thou who like Jonah dost warn all of the wages of sin.Rejoice, thou who like the Baptist John calleth all to prayer and repentance.Rejoice, thou who like Paul endured much for the sake of the Gospel and the preaching of the Faith.Rejoice, new apostle whose miracles instill in us faith and awe.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. While tossing and turning she spotted a bottle of holy oil from the relics of St. John of San Francisco on her night stand. 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. . It stretcheth out its hands to men, and findeth none to succor. How could this degree help him through his mission? St. John Maximovitch Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker Feast Day: July 2 "Sanctity is not just a virtue. People in America, Europe, and the other places of his pastoral labors have long known of the power of his heavenly intercessions. But, as it says in the Psalm, 'In that day all their thoughts shall perish' (Psalm 145:5). O how you will be troubled at the hour of death for yourself! 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. It is not she whom they will put in the grave. In three weeks I found out I was pregnant! A few years ago we lived in San Francisco and that's where I first heard about St. John. Within a week we found 2 contractors that completed the work for only $1200!!! 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! st john maximovitch prayer of healing St John the Wonderworker - Orthodox It involved a godly woman of Russian descent who was a member of the New Martyrs of Russia Orthodox Church, where Father Sergei Sveshnikov is the priest. 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. We had a good friend of ours whose spiritual father cares for the relics of St. John at the cathedral. In thee we see the living likeness of our Maker, the living spirit of the Gospel, and the foundation of our Faith. OIKOS IIIThou shouldst truly be praised from the heavens, and not from earth, O father John, for our words are feeble beside thy deeds. If you have an account of assistance received from St. John and would like to share it with others, please submit the details here: http://www.sfsobor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152. The next day I got a call from our real estate agent and she said that there is a great newly renovated apartment in our price range. Services are conducted DAILY at the Cathedral: Liturgy, Vespers & Matins. , . 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. They had all the details and even pictures. Truly, we have nothing to offer thee, except if we begin to correct our lives, becoming new men instead of old. "It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb 9:27). Show us who feel frightened and alone the same compassion that thou didst once show to the trembling fatherless ones. 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. 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. Born: June 4, 1896 Died: July 2, 1966 Glorification Date: July 2, 1994 Commemoration Dates: July 2 Copyright Orthodox Christian Fellowship all Rights Reserved. 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