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St John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Shanghai
After the repose of Archbishop Simon of Shanghai in 1933, Archbishop Victor who headed the Russian Mission in China sent a request to the Synod for a new bishop for Shanghai. In 1934, the hieromonk John (Ioann in Russian) was consecrated bishop of Shanghai when he was 38 years old, by Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) in the presence of many Russian hierarchs and Serbian delegates, such as his contemporary, St Nikolai (Velimirovich) of Ochrid.
Upon arrival in Shanghai from the former Yugoslav republic on the feast of the entry of the Theotokos (Nov 21/Dec 4, 1934), St John, even though a strict bishop, led a life of simplicity and asceticism. He was active not only in Church with serving daily liturgies but also in the society, where he gathered abandoned children from the streets and started an orphanage. He likewise oversaw the completion of the construction of the Cathedral dedicated to the icon of the Theotokos, Surety of Sinners. The Russian Church Abroad elevated him as Archbishop of Shanghai after World War II in 1946, where he stayed until the Communist goverment took power in mainland China in 1949.
Many among his flock who did not wished to stay fled with him through Hong Kong to the Philippines. He eventually arrived in America and took up the archbishopric see of the Church Abroad in San Francisco in 1962. St John fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, July 2, 1966. His glorification took place on June 19/July 2, 1994 at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in the city of San Francisco, where his uncorrupt relics were revealed when his sepulchre was opened. He is commemorated each year on the Saturday closest to June 19 / July 2. The Holy Bishop's Council of the Moscow Patriarchate during its June 24-29, 2008 session, have declared universal veneration for St John setting a day of his memory on June 19 (July 2).
by hand of Olga Chernyak commissioned
for Joy of All Who Sorrow parish (Minsk, Belarus).
Online copy of icon print provided with blessing
of Fr Peter Perekrestov (San Francisco, USA)
"Beiguan", 1939, pg 72-73
1938 St John with Shanghai orphans
photo from Hieromonk James (Corazza)
St John gave this
photo as gift to a
Bitola Seminary student.
Back of photo says:
"Rely on God and put
your faith in Him, at
the same time serve Him
sincerely and diligently.
Hieromonk John. The day
of Sts. Cyril and
Methodius, 11 V 1934"
St John at a farewell party
with his students, here
already as a bishop just
before going to China
Bishop John
in Shanghai
from Man of God—
Archbishop John
the Wonderworker
Fr Elias & Bp John
in Shanghai. From pg 42,
Joy of All Who Sorrow (2002)
after liturgy on Oct 23, 2005
in St John's ex-sepulchre on lower level
of Holy Virgin Cathedral, San Francisco.
Reliquary with portion of relics of St. John of Shanghai to be brought to Yoshkar-Ola (October 21, 2013)
John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (Reading, Apolytikion and Kontakion © Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA)
Patronal Feast of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco in Framingham, MA (July 2, 2013)
Saint John of Shanghai (June 22) Sunday sermon delivered by Met. Philaret (July 3, 1966)
The Re-Vesting of the Relics of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (November 17, 2011)
St. John of Shanghai is prayerfully commemorated in Shanghai (July 2, 2010)
Transfer of the Relics of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (October 28, 2008)
Transfer of the Relics of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Hong Kong - Beijing, October 25-27, 2008)
Condensed biography of Saint John Maximovitch (1896-1966) (Holy Philotheos of Paros, Issue 23, May - August 2008)
The Service to the Holy Hierarch John, Archbishop of Shanghai & San Francisco English trans. from the Church Slavonic by Reader Isaac E. Lambertsen (2002)
The Relics of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco Will Be Brought to China (October 17, 2008)
Bishop Theodosy of Seattle's Epistle On the Occassion of the Presentation of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco's Relics to the Russian Orthodox Church's Communities in Beijing, Shanghai & Hong Kong (October 10, 2008)
DECISION of Holy Bishops' Council of Russian Orthodox Church on the report of Metropolitan Yuvenaliy of Krutitsa and Kolomna, Chairman of the Synodal Commission on the Canonization of Saints (Jun 24, 2008)
Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Marks the 40 th Anniversary of the Repose of St John of Shanghai (Maximovich) (July 3, 2006)
Holiday Services Celebrated for St. John (Maximovich) in Shanghai (July 2, 2005)
Life and miracles of St. John (Maximovich)
Editor: Bishop Alexander (Mileant) (2001)
Man of God—Archbishop John the Wonderworker
compiled by Archpriest Peter Perekrestov (1994)
St. John, Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco and His View of the Russian Church in the 20th Century by Archpriest Peter Perekrestov (December 2003)
St John in Shanghai
Reminiscences of Nun Euphemia, as Told to the Nuns of Holy Cross Skete
The Price of Sanctity
Memories of Archbishop John Maximovitch by Abbot Herman
A Brief Life of Saint John, Wonder-worker of Shanghai and San Francisco (Jordanville, 1997)
The Archbishop John of Shanghai and San-Francisco wonder-worker Fund
Notes of a Pilgrim on the Glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Nov 20, 1994)