Your support helps us further the vital ministry work. In the Church prayers are ever offered for the repose of the dead, and on the day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, in the kneeling prayers at vespers, there is even a special petition "for those in hell. As soon as he heard Dayna's name, he turned to her and asked how she was feeling.She seemed to be his focus, too.I was very touched by this.In all, it was a very moving experience.That Sunday, we had some time to sightsee.Dayna's headache was "in the background" that day. 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. It was not happening due to my health issues, and doctors said they were not sure if it would happen at all, and recommended to do IVF or adopt. Elissa Bjeletich and Kristina Wenger tell about a beloved saint. Yesterday I received the oil. Try, if it be possible, to have the funeral in Church and to have the Psalter read over the deceased until the funeral. 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. I put holy oil from St. John's lamp on the skin all around my eye and eyelid and prayed very hard. Let us hold @shinnewn in prayer for continued healing, @neecygrace as she continues in her new faith commitment and @RevDaniel that he might continue to end on time. On the third day, He Who Himself rose from the dead on the third day, commands the Christian soul, in imitation of His Resurrection, to ascend to the Heavens to worship the God of all. Then they would be correct who say: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! 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. People travel great distances to see and venerate him and wrap themselves in his robes. (1995). Thou prayest for us now at the throne of God, as thou thyself didst say after thy death: "Even though I have died, yet am I alive." Within a week we found 2 contractors that completed the work for only $1200!!! My husband and I were getting discouraged by the search but deep in my heart I knew we would find a place that we needed. At the very height of the sickness, Saint Theodosius appeared to him and said, "Serve tomorrow, you will be well." Received on June 5, 2011. It was not even reported in my credit history. After a week, she was again at services and stood weeping. 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. Your body will die, but you will over to a different world, being alive, remembering yourself and recognizing the whole world that surrounds you.". Get going to that worm that never sleeps.'. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. 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. My daughter Vanessa had high temperature.I had holy oil for 10 years and anointed the child, and fervently prayed to blessed John. , . Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. In the first two months of the new year I had some interviews, but didn't get a job. Being put to shame here means that the soul itself is thrown into hell.". I had asked the priest to serve a moleben for us, I was reading the akafist to St. John and the whole bill was written off by the grace of God. Keep praying for us sinners. Get down. 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. 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. St. Hesychius, Presbyter of Jerusalem (5th century) teaches: St. EPHRAIM THE SYRIAN (4th century) thus describes the hour of death and the hour of judgment at the toll-houses: St Cyril of Alexandria explains this further: But, by the same token, the good angels do not abandon the soul to these evil stations. He completely surrendered himself to God, presenting himself as a 'living sacrifice' and he became a true vessel of the Holy Spirit. After living there for a few years the landlord said he didn't want to rent it out anymore and we needed to find another place and fast. .Help with conceiving a babyReceived July 7, 2014My husband and I spent around 6 years trying to have a baby. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. ", 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. In fact, the soul loses nothing that it did in the world but remembers everything at its exit from this body. She also was shining and said with wonder "God spoke to me, and said" things which could only have been The Lord, giving her His peace and showing her Himself, and That Place where all His Saints repose.She fell asleep after receiving peace from the torment and anguish she had suffered for 16 months. [4] There is absolutely no doubt that the teaching of the toll-houses is the teaching of the Orthodox Church. OIKOS VAll who have trusted in thy help in desperate circumstances and adversities have found deliverance, O bold intercessor, before the Throne of God. Glory be to God through His saints!Valentina Bowden, Help from St. JohnReceived August 11, 2012, I want to share my help from bishop John. "It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb 9:27). 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! Joel. How can each of our college degrees help our mission as Orthodox Christians? We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Also I was pregnant in first and second year after we married and I lost both babies at 8 and 10 weeks. Only she will not say anything, and you won't be able to see her; but she will be right here. The estimates for work to the house were anywhere from $7000 to $10000. Rejoice, thunder to those obstinate in sin.Rejoice, lightning burning up heresies. For several days, her son would occasionally cough, but the convulsive fits did not return, and he became quite well. 8 East 79th Street New York, NY 10075 The content on this page is under copyright and is used by permission. If God the Father chose Her, God the Holy Spirit . I asked her why she was weeping and all she could say was that everything was fine. Finally, I annointed the area directly above, below, and to the sides of his eye and our family prayed to St. John and to the Theotokos for our son to be healed. I saw what I can only describe as a miracle and it has changed my life. Certain individuals and institutions are presented for reference purposes only and may not be under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. We send the enclosed donation with our gratitude and thanks. 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. We pray to St. John to help us to have this child. OIKOS XIISinging praise unto God, the heavenly choir of saints rejoiceth that He hath not forsaken the fallen and faithless world, but hath manifested His almighty power in thee, his meek and humble servant. Saint John Maximovitch, pray to Christ our God for the Holy Orthodox Church, for the world, and for us all. He usually appears in my dreams and heals me, it has happened several times. But, somehow, it felt like home. Cancer sufferer in complete remission.Received on April 5, 2011. They gave her various creams but these did not help her. Each minute he would be racked by this cough. The Veneration of the Mother of God During Her Earthly Life. Icons with scenes from their lives are also available. 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). She lives in Canada and received a sacrament service by his relics while I was in San Francisco. . 5 . ( ) , , . "Yes, that is true," replied St. Theodosius, "but the offering at the Liturgy is more powerful than my prayer. But some must be cleansed in the very departure from the body (as St. Gregory The Dialogist literally shows); while others must be cleansed after the departure from the body, before they come to worship God and are honored with the lot of the blessed, or -- if their sins were more serious and bind them for a longer duration -- they are kept in hell, but not in order to remain forever in fire and torment, but as it were in prison and confinement under guard. There have been many appearances of the dead and other occurrences which confirm how beneficial is the commemoration of the dead. We anointed affected skin, lesions began to disappear and in two weeks Maria got well, no scars at all!Alexander and Irina YakovlevsMoscow, Russia, Help received with a baby delivery billReceived on June 29, 2011. 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. 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. Descriptions of the aerial toll-houses may also be found in the following Saints' lives: Likewise, St. Theophan The Recluse writes: What do these toll-gatherers seek in those who pass through? Containing dozens of never before published photographs, and with interviews with many who knew St. John very well, this DVD is an inspiring and fitting tribute to this wonderworker who is loved by Orthodox Christians all over the world. 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. 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. Show us who feel frightened and alone the same compassion that thou didst once show to the trembling fatherless ones.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.In thee we see the living likeness of our Maker, the living spirit of the Gospel and the foundation of our Faith.In the pure life that thou hast led during our sinful times, we see a model of virtue, a source of instruction and inspiration. 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! 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). [5] Some souls find themselves (after the forty days) in a condition of foretasting eternal joy and blessedness, and others in fear of the eternal torments which will come in full after the Last Judgment. He received at baptism the name of Michael, his heavenly protector being The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in Seattle in 1966. It was during a trip to Seattle, Washington in 1966 that Archbishop John reposed, and his incorrupt relics now rest in the new Joy of All Who Sorrow cathedral in San Francisco. The next thing I found out was that driving to the Holy Virgin Cathedral "Joy of all who sorrow" would take me about a couple of hours. 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. Our priest told him we were coming there and why. I am writing about this because just before this trip, I read a story on the internet about Dr. Ducic and peripheral nerve decompression surgery. I love You very much Grandpa John and I Thank You for all your prayers! 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. , , , , - . 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. We thank you very much for the Holy Oil from the reliquary of Saint John Wonderworker. Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966) was a spiritual phenomenon. 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. 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. , . The next morning she still felt tenderness in the jaw but she anointed the place again and the pain went away completely. Another day later I got a call from the hiring manager and eventually got the job. John and his family were forced to flee Russia when the Bolshevik revolutionaries came. St. Please continue to pray to God for us!Dn. He continued his education at the same university in Theology, where he finished in 1925. (Pray one Our Father . The job duties were very close to the dream job I had imagined for a second. But it is quite possible that the demons, instead of something frightful, might present something seductive. 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! Have this in mind.". 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. I wiped his eye clean several times only to have more yellow discharge reappear in a matter of minutes. 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 The completely opposite happens with those who have repented: for near the holy servants of God there are now angels and good spirits standing by, surrounding and protecting them, and when they depart from the body, the choir of angels receive their souls to themselves, to the pure aeon. And in this too, there is much uproar and great and indescribable turbulence as to who shall take that wretched soul. How you will sigh! Aren't you the one who polluted the angelic habit? St. John healed a possessed woman from my city after I brought oil and his icon to her. 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. 01 Mar 2023 01:13:17 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. . But what he did against virtue or against his evil passions, he remembers and none of this is lost. Baby was born absolutely healthy via natural delivery. Subsequently we received Holy Oil from Saint John's vigil lamp and gave oil to our Orthodox church congregation and in return many believers at our church, healed their headaches, eye afflictions, heart bypass surgeries, pancreatic cancer, arthritic joints,etc. Archbishop Johns abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. 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. So, again with The Saint's Oil,and the prayer, I anointed her for separation of body and soul. However, the infants make the following confession (according to St. John): "We have passed by the evil spirits without suffering any harm. Our life would be pointless if it ended with death. . 4 , , , . . . . ! ! About a month before Easter this spring, our priest came to our house to talk with Dayna and to give her communion. 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.". 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. At the time of its accounting the angels offer in turn the soul's good works. [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. . May I now, O Lord, be able to do Your will for the . 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. 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). 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. ", They prescribe Memorials on the ninth day "as a reminder of the living and the dead," as well as "on the fortieth day after death according to ancient practice.". His work as an apostle, missionary and miracle worker continues even now." - "St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco" St. Herman Press 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. Therefore, at the next church service, Olga wept from gratitude and was too emotional to tell us by herself. , , , . Recently I had the privilage of attending services at Holy Virgin and having my first ever encounter with the relics of a saint. It was one of the most intense experiences of our lives so far, but yet another story of St. John's continued wonderworking even to this day. 543 . KONTAKION VIPreaching salvation though slow of speech, thou wast shown to be like a new Moses, leading thy people out of the captivity of the godless, O all-blessed John. Services are conducted DAILY at the Cathedral: Liturgy, Vespers & Matins. St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, You can view our Sunday services via live stream link, Saturday Divine Liturgy 8am ; Vespers 6pm. 5 (11) (November-December 1966), pp. Saint John helped me 8 years ago with my home baby delivery bill. Thou dost refresh with thy love and miracles all who cry in faith to God: Alleluia! * 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. But, as it says in the Psalm, 'In that day all their thoughts shall perish' (Psalm 145:5). Sunday, June 11, 2001, was Fr. 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. 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. ", St. John Of Damascus vividly describes the state of the soul, parted from the body but still on earth, helpless to contact the loved ones whom it can see, in the Orthodox Funeral Service: "Woe is me! When, during the course of life, the passions have been banished from the heart and the virtues opposed to them have been planted, then no matter what seductive thing you might present, the soul, having no kind of sympathy for it, passes by it, turning away from it with disgust. Several months passed, we tried conservative therapy, but there were no improvements. She was able to pull his head out but couldn't pull any further because the cord was wrapped tightly around his neck, twice. 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. 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. These cookies do not store any personal information. KONTAKION IXAll the angelic hosts rejoiced at thy soul's ascent to the mansions of heaven, marveling at the wonders thou didst perform on earth through the action of the Holy Spirit, to Whom we sing: Alleluia! Christopher Flesoras' first Sunday at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church. After its separation from the body it continues to live, to exist, to have awareness. The soul is our very existence, the center of all our energies and our thoughts. O how you will be troubled at the hour of death for yourself! They also send and leave him mail, sharing their prayer requests and concerns in letters. The skin around my eye had red and purple blotches. 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! the servant of God,XeniaMother with Terminal Cancer lives 5 additional years. She began to treat him with various medications. 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. God glorifies His saints! 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