I was sure I will see my baby for this time because of St. John. 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. At home she sprinkled her legs with holy water and went to bed. I have connected with my birth family on my mother's side. 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. 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. We pray to St. John to help us to have this child. St. John helped me find a job and saved me from getting fired from that job when my boss set me up with false accusations. Archbishop John's abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. A parishioner of our church, Sts Constantine & Elena, Indianapolis, MO, gave us holy oil from Saint John and I anointed my husband every day with fervent prayers to Saint John to intercede for us. 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. 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. The souls of the dead do not lose their consciousness, they do not even lose their dispositions -- that is, hope and fear, joy and grief, and something of that which they expect for themselves at the Universal Judgment they begin already to foretaste.". Therefore, at the next church service, Olga wept from gratitude and was too emotional to tell us by herself. Saint John helped me 8 years ago with my home baby delivery bill. KONTAKION XIII0 all-radiant and most wondrous God-pleaser, holy hierarch John (x3), consolation for all who sorrow, accept this, our offering of prayer, that through thy prayers to our Lord we may be delivered from fiery Gehenna and by thy God-pleasing intercession we may chant forever unto God: Alleluia! So, I picked a day and went there one morning in early March of 2009. 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.". 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. It is rather we that have fallen from Him, and so must regain the likeness of Divinity as thou hast done. 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. We believe that Saint John prayed for us along with other saints. In the spring of 2008 our 1-year-old daughter Maria fell ill with a viral infection of the skin. 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 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. Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966) was a spiritual phenomenon. And in this too, there is much uproar and great and indescribable turbulence as to who shall take that wretched soul. The estimates for work to the house were anywhere from $7000 to $10000. 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.". In the first two months of the new year I had some interviews, but didn't get a job. 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. The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in Seattle in 1966. 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. We can do nothing better or greater for the dead than to pray for them, offering commemoration for them at the Liturgy. Many modern saints personally knew St. John Maximovitch in some way, forming a brotherhood. Rejoice, downpour of the dogmas of Orthodoxy.Rejoice, dew of the thought of God.Rejoice, O holy hierarch, Father John, speedy helper amid misfortunes! .Help with conceiving a babyReceived July 7, 2014My husband and I spent around 6 years trying to have a baby. 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. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. 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. KONTAKION XDesiring to save the world, the Savior of all hath sent unto us a new saint and through him hath called us forth from the dark abyss of sin. I was a recent convert to Orthodoxy and I'm sure she thought I was a religious fanatic as I attended church services frequently. Have faith and the Lord will heal you. At this time, Nadezhda was reading the book on St. John Maximovitch and his miraculous healings. Archbishop Johns abundant miracles both before and after his death testify to his love for the people. John Maximovitch intercede on our behalf! I have searched for so many years to find the records in order to know from where I come. 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. I started praying to St. John for help. My sister felt good after labor and delivery, as well. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates and and happenings at St John. Icons with scenes from their lives are also available. I know that if it was not for St. John's help, the outcome could have been different. St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, You can view our Sunday services via live stream link, Saturday Divine Liturgy 8am ; Vespers 6pm. For you shone forth with the grace of the Son of Righteousness, O John, our beloved shepherd. 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. : ? I was adopted at birth and never knew my birth family. Parish icon of St. John with scenes from his life, with a relic, resting on his cassock. . But especially beneficial for them is commemoration at the Divine Liturgy. How can St. John Maximovitch intercede for us? This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. 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 had Unction served over the daughter and later gave her cotton saturated with oil from Archbishop Johns lampada. And woe to that soul in which that person was born. 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! 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. 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. We started looking for a place,but couldn't find anything that would be suitable. Glory to God for His servant, John!Xenia LanerganMystery revealedReceived October 27, 2014For as long as I can remember, God and his son have been a part of my life though I did not pay them their dues. Saint John Maximovitch. So when the labor stopped progressing, our midwife told my wife to get out of the pool and lay down so she could try pulling our son out. 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. It stretcheth out its hands to men, and findeth none to succor. The content on this page is under copyright and is used by permission. She had no intention of remaining clean upon entry but through God's mercy a series of errors kept her long enough to truly feel and appreciate sobriety. 501 West 27th Street,Cheyenne, WY 82001Phone: 307.635.5929 | Email the Parish Office. I decided that I would start looking for a job after the Holidays, but decided to read the akathist to Saint Nicholas every Thursday or more often if possible. 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 was born in Russia in 1896 in southern Russia and was given the baptismal name of Michael. A month prior to issues with the house we had read the book of Saint John Maximovich. It is a miracle! 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. ", 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. I still can not say I have fully delivered on my promise, but I am trying. , , , . As a result, he made the decision to dedicate his life to serving God. Copyright Orthodox Christian Fellowship all Rights Reserved. How can they encourage you spiritually to become a saint? She is in another place. In my presence during the next five years, her oncologist and the nursing staff repeatedly said, "Mrs. McFadden we do not know why you are still alive." She no longer gave him any medication, only some holy water. 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. 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. 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. Thou didst travel to the ends of the earth to save thy flock and proclaim the glad tidings of the Gospel to those in darkness. Then they would be correct who say: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! The soul of the righteous is taken by the holy angels, passed through the air and is raised up. I applied St John's holy oil and felt tingling in the knee after I said my prayers. OIKOS VIShining forth in thy righteousness, thou didst do the impossible and persuade the authorities of this world to have pity on thy flock, O good shepherd. Get down. Saints Constantine & Helen Orthodox Christian Church, Preparatory & Thanksgiving Prayers for Holy Communion, Small Supplication to the Most Holy Theotokos, AKATHIST TO SAINT JOHN THE WONDERWORKER (MAXIMOVITCH), Supplication to Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri. Aren't you the one who fornicated and thoroughly polluted Holy Baptism? He said he himself did not even notice when that swelling had disappeared. 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. The skin around my eye had red and purple blotches. O relatives and close ones of the dead! 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. He usually appears in my dreams and heals me, it has happened several times. According to St. John, even the souls of innocent infants must pass through these toll-houses, for the all-evil devil seeks to snatch their souls, too. His father Maxim Vasil'evich and mother Euphrosyn had seven sons, of which John was the eldest. OIKOS XIWe see thee as a radiant lamp of Orthodoxy for those in the darkness of ignorance, O good shepherd of the flock of Christ. 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. * Wherefore, cease not to entreat Christ, that He show mercy and redeem our souls. The next morning we got up to to church and Glory to God my eye felt great and to my surprise there were only a few tiny purple dots on the skin around my eye. What is that significance? (NOTE: If the funeral is in a church where there are no daily services, the relatives should take care to order the forty-day memorial wherever there are daily services.) In 1921, during the Russian Civil War, his family fled to Belgrade, joining the ranks of Russian exiles in Serbia, where he later became a monk and was ordained priest. Then the evil spirits will seek out in the departing soul its deeds; then they will present before its view the sins towards which they had disposed it, so as to draw their accomplice to torment. 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. 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. Not for an instant does it cease to exist. 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. His mother, a professional medical worker, was very frightened because at one time he had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance with these same symptoms. [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. My Physical Therapist can not believe that after only 6 weeks, I can walk without a brace and even played golf yesterday. He continued his education at the same university in Theology, where he finished in 1925. Our external, biological and earthly life ends with death, but the soul continues to live on. [8]. 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. In 1921, amid continued rising violence and other persecution against Orthodox believers by the Bolshevik regime, he and his family escaped to Belgrade. 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. [2] He who departs from this world experiences much consolation when he sees friendly people surrounding his dead body. . Glory to God, His Mother, Virgin Mary and His Saint John! What benefit would there then be from virtue and good deed? Saint John is known for his healing powers. Later in 1946, he was named the Archbishop of China. ", In another place St. John says that these evil spirits are called "persecutors and revenue officials and collectors of taxes in the Sacred Scripture." 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. 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. 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. In thee we see the living likeness of our Maker, the living spirit of the Gospel, and the foundation of our Faith. It was tragic for us. [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). ", 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.". But being in the middle of the night, she was hesitant. Share the feast of 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. The first treatment was in Mid-May, and the prognosis for her life expectancy remained the same. Thank you Saint John Maximovich and thank you Lord Jesus and thank you Holy Mary. Joel. 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 , . , , . We find this teaching in Holy Scripture (cf. When driving home I was 100% confident that I will have a job soon. ", This truth is confirmed by various liturgical services. Help received during pregnancyReceived on May 11, 2011. 2023Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. ", Every one of us who desires to manifest his love for the dead and give them real help, can do this best of all through prayer for them, and particularly by commemorating them at the Liturgy, when the particles which are cut out for the living and the dead are let fall into the Blood of the Lord with the words: "Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those here commemorated by Thy Precious Blood and by the prayers of Thy saints.". In December 2000, my mother Kathrin J. McFadden was told she had pneumonia because a large cell lung carcinoma had gone through her chest wall. She began to treat him with various medications. 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. 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. And although I studied and studied, I couldn't get my score to improve. 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. . 4 , , , . . . . ! ! ! Before us all stands the same path, and how we shall then wish that we would be remembered in prayer! Get back. The mother was very thankful to Archbishop John for the healing of her son and continues to pray to him with gratitude. A translation from Romanian to English to the testimonial by Victoria Flueraru, a Romanian teacher. The testimonials below are accounts from people who have chosen to write to us about the miraculous help they received through the prayers of St. John. How many then are its tears, and there is none to show compassion! With them pray thou today in heaven on behalf of us who chant on earth: Alleluia! I am so thankful to Saint John for hearing my prayers and knowing my hearts desire of being able to get into this school. Wed like to inform of a miraculous healing accomplished through the intercession of St. John. . 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. I beg you also, when you will serve the Liturgy, to commemorate my parents" -- and he gave their names (Priest Nikita and Maria). 158-165. 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. The mother began to pray, asking help from St. John, that he would heal her son. For the dark custom officials saw our spotless body and were put to shame; they saw the soul good and pure and were embarrassed; they say the tongue immaculate and pure and blameless and they were silenced; we passed by and humiliated them. These cookies do not store any personal information. (April, 1995), Enid services are held at the small chapel at St. Matthews Episcopal located at 518 W. Randolph Ave. You can also read about many of his miracles and responses to his letters here. Because of his faith, he received healing from a serious illness through the prayers of Saint Theodosius. For several days, her son would occasionally cough, but the convulsive fits did not return, and he became quite well. Baby was born absolutely healthy via natural delivery. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, meditating on the brevity of our life, let us beseech of Christ rest for him who hath departed hence, and for our souls great mercy. 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! I feel so close to him and I tell him all my problems like he is alive. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 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