Rejoice, blessed temple of the Holy Spirit. Following the Divine Liturgy, he annointed the congregation individually, and gave each family a q-tip with oil to take to our home altars. Copyright Orthodox Christian Fellowship all Rights Reserved. However, the infants make the following confession (according to St. John): "We have passed by the evil spirits without suffering any harm. , . And it was close to kids' school as well. Basil The Great (4th century) explains it this way: "Let no one deceive you with empty words; for destruction will come suddenly upon you; it will come like a storm. I felt unworthy to approach the relics of Saint John and stood by the candles next to the shrine. 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. Archbishop John's abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. We thank you very much for the Holy Oil from the reliquary of Saint John Wonderworker. He went through his schooling and earned a law degree at the University of Belgrade. Within a few seconds of anointing our son, he coughed slightly, then again, then began crying. Glory to God! As a result, he made the decision to dedicate his life to serving God. 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. But what he did against virtue or against his evil passions, he remembers and none of this is lost. I was sure I will see my baby for this time because of St. John. She lives in Canada and received a sacrament service by his relics while I was in San Francisco. 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. When driving home I was 100% confident that I will have a job soon. Our Patron Saint A longer biography can be found [here.] 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. But, somehow, it felt like home. It is an attainment of such spiritual height, that the abundance of God's grace which fills the saint overflows on all who associate with him. How terrible these demons and their toll-houses are may be seen in the fact that Mother of God Herself, when informed by the Archangel Gabriel of Her approaching death, answering her prayer, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself appeared from heaven to receive the soul of His Most Pure Mother and conduct it to heaven. He continued his education at the same university in Theology, where he finished in 1925. Rejoice, thunder to those obstinate in sin.Rejoice, lightning burning up heresies. 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).". 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? "Yes, that is true," replied St. Theodosius, "but the offering at the Liturgy is more powerful than my prayer. Like a spiritual daystar in heavens firmament, you encompassed the whole world and enlightened souls, hence your name is glorified throughout the East and West. 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. Kontakion 10 Wishing to save the world, the Savior of all has sent a new saint among us and through him has called us out of the dark recesses of sin. God Bless you! 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. Aren't you the one who polluted the angelic habit? This teaching is also given by St. Isidoros Of Pelusium, St. Symeon The New Theolgian and St. Gregory The Theologian. We find this teaching in Holy Scripture (cf. I love You very much Grandpa John and I Thank You for all your prayers! Forgetting about food, he spent the night in prayer with tears and groanings, reflecting on the multitude of man's enemies, on the battle against such an army, on the difficultly of the path to heaven through the air, and on the words of the Apostle who said: 'Our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers of the air' (Eph 6:12; Eph 2:2). OIKOS IAn angel in the flesh wast thou manifested in these latter times by the grace of God Who ever careth for 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). Again, in another hymn to THE THEOTOKOS (from the Monday Matins service) we pray: "At the fearful hour of death free us from the horrible decision of the demons seeking to condemn us." Glory to God! 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. And now, with the publication of Blessed John the Wonderworker and other books and articles about him in the Russian language, the people of Russia are beginning to know, too, and have already experienced healings through his prayers, as the following accounts testify. ( ). We went to every possible doctor to determine the cause of not having a child. .Help with conceiving a babyReceived July 7, 2014My husband and I spent around 6 years trying to have a baby. 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. 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. Do for them what is needful for them and within your power. Wed like to inform of a miraculous healing accomplished through the intercession of St. John. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Terrible indeed is the third day for the soul of the departed, and for this reason it especially needs prayers then for itself. (Saint John revered the memory of Saint Theodosius, believing in the power of his prayerful intercession before the Lord. What kind of goods? The soul moves and gives life to the body. Because of his faith, he received healing from a serious illness through the prayers of Saint Theodosius. They also send and leave him mail, sharing their prayer requests and concerns in letters. 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. 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. 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. The next day I came across a job ad that was matching my skills very well and I sent my resume. My daughter Vanessa had high temperature.I had holy oil for 10 years and anointed the child, and fervently prayed to blessed John. An early Church catchiest, referring to custom officials who collected taxes, relays to us the common Church teaching: This view is upheld by our great Father, St. Eph 6:12), the writings of all the Church Fathers (both ancient and modern) and throughout the prayers of the Church. 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). Some time later, the cough stopped and the boy quietly slept until morning. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 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. Get yourself to dark Hell. It was very interesting to read about his life and miracles. We invite you to prayerfully consider sharing the resources given to you by God with a donation to the Archdiocese. St. Macarius Of Alexandria (having received the teaching not from men but from an angel) explains: "When an offering (i.e., the Eucharist) is made in Church on the third day, the soul of the departed receives from its guardian angel relief from the sorrow it feels as a result of the separation from the body. 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. 8 East 79th Street New York, NY 10075 [3] Here, St. John is simply repeating a teaching common to the Church. (April, 1995), Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthews Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. People in America, Europe, and the other places of his pastoral labors have long known of the power of his heavenly intercessions. Child healed of viral infectionReceived on July 24, 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. 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. 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. Similar prayers, addressed to the Lord and to the Holy Angels, are found throughout the service for the Repose of the Dying. Thus, even after thy repose, thou dost reveal the Truth to those ignorant thereof, illumining the souls of the faithful, who cry out to thee such things as these:Rejoice, thou who with divine wisdom dost enlighten those who languish in unbelief.Rejoice, rainbow of quiet joys for the meek. I know, one should not make promises, but I made a promise to improve my Christian life in a certain way. [1] But his soul continues to live. 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. 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. I had questioned my faith for so long and recieved much needed confirmation from blessed St John that day. She was able to get scissors in to cut the cord, and though he came right out, he was purple and limp. 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. Seeing the beauty of thy virtues, we cry out to thee:Rejoice, thou who from earliest childhood wast adorned in piety.Rejoice, thou who didst ever live in fear of God and do His holy will.Rejoice, thou who didst manifest the grace of God through good deeds done secretly.Rejoice, thou who dost hearken to the prayers of those in distress.Rejoice, thou who didst hasten, full of love, to save thy neighbors.Rejoice, joy to all who fall down before thee with faith.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! Get down. She was in labor only for a few hours and delivery took less than 45 minutes. When we moved back to Moscow, Russia we rented a small apartment near our kids' school. 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. 01 Mar 2023 01:13:17 "It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb 9:27). St. John is a very understanding, strict, but simple and very kind, teaching me prayers, since then I learned how to fight back against the devil and has improved my spiritual life.When I feel sick or sad I turn on the DVD about his life and I immediately receive the help or answer to my questions. 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. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition. I really believe that because of our experience at the cathedral, we felt more at ease pursuing treatment with Dr. Ducic. St. GREGORY THE GREAT, in answering the question, "Is there anything at all that can possibly benefit souls after death?" 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. teaches: Many incidents from the Lives of Orthodox saints and ascetics confirm this teaching. Alas! She began meeting with a kind and loving local priest and became baptized at Pascha the following year. Rejoice, thou who didst ever guard thy flock with the sign of the Cross. 2022. 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. But if the soul is found clean and sinless, it goes up the Heaven with such joy.". We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. At the end of the Moleben, I anointed all communicants with the oil of St. John Maximovitch. ", 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! He is also helping different people that I pray for. Yet offering to God what we have, we cry out to thee thus: Rejoice, thou who didst protect thy children by thine unceasing prayer! Wherefore all thy children look to thee with love in gratitude cry out to God: Alleluia! It grew and the daughter turned to a doctor for help. And they come again to another rung and there find another toll-house, fiercer and more horrible. 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. 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. It is rather we that have fallen from Him, and so must regain the likeness of Divinity as thou hast done. FROM APOSTOLIC TIMES and to our days all who truly love Christ give veneration to Her Who gave birth to Him, raised Him and protected Him in the days of His youth. Significantly, all of this testimony is confirmed by the liturgical prayers of the Church. The Orthodox Observer places the Church in the context of the current world we live in through a diverse and informative experience offering participants meaningful exchange with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, her ministries, and affiliates. And who shall tell, holy Father, the straits in which the condemned souls will find themselves in that place! 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. Another day later I got a call from the hiring manager and eventually got the job. 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). Found Birth FamilyReceived November 11, 2014I am almost 48 yrs old. And although I studied and studied, I couldn't get my score to improve. OIKOS VAll who have trusted in thy help in desperate circumstances and adversities have found deliverance, O bold intercessor, before the Throne of God. I applied St John's holy oil and felt tingling in the knee after I said my prayers. 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 John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of Tobolsk Commemorated on June 10 Troparion & Kontakion Saint John, Metropolitan of Tobolsk and All Siberia, the Wonderwonder, in the world was named John Maximovitch, and he was born in the city of Nezhino in 1651. Yesterday I received the oil. , . In addition to this, when Savas John was born he was in the NICU at the hospital, for several days due to a blood condition. At the very height of the sickness, Saint Theodosius appeared to him and said, "Serve tomorrow, you will be well." The soul of the righteous is taken by the holy angels, passed through the air and is raised up. For a minute I thought about my dream job. Our priest told him we were coming there and why. 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. We had a good friend of ours whose spiritual father cares for the relics of St. John at the cathedral. St. John was born in Russia in 1896 in southern Russia and was given the baptismal name of Michael. She was able to pull his head out but couldn't pull any further because the cord was wrapped tightly around his neck, twice. It truly was an ugly sight - I wondered if those scars would ever heal. 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. . 5 . ( ) , , . . St. John healed a possessed woman from my city after I brought oil and his icon to her. , . Not for an instant does it cease to exist. First and foremost he was a man of prayer. 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! 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. In addition to these we must have annual Memorials in remembrance of the deceased. 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