One of the most striking events in the Orthodox Church in recent years has been the extraordinary response to the remarkable life of the reposed leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop John Maximovitch (1896-1966). He served the Church as bishop, first of Shanghai in the Far East, then of Western Europe, in Paris and Brussels, and finally of Western America in San Francisco. Manifesting many contrasting forms of sanctity, he was at once a God-inspired theologian and a "Fool-for-Christ," a zealous missionary leader and a feeder of the poor, a severe ascetic and a loving father to orphans. Like Moses, he delivered his flock from oppression, bringing it from communist China to the free world; like the first apostles, he was given power from God to heal wounded souls and ailing bodies.
BLESSED JOHN THE WONDERWORKER offers abundant source materials on the life of this contemporary apostolic Church leader, a pictorial biography and the first verified collection of 100 personal testimonies of his sanctity. Focusing on God's presence, through the experience and impact of one man, this book provides a key for those seeking a life of true holiness in our times.
Author(s): Fr. Seraphim Rose, Abbot Herman
Edition: 3rd Revised
Publisher: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 477
City: Platina, California
Tags: saint john maximovitch wonderworker shanghai san francisco
Cover
Contents
Preface to the 1st Edition
Preface to the 3rd, Revised Edition
Part 1: Materials on the Life of Blessed John
1. Bishop Savva: First Chronicler of Blessed John’s Life and Miracles
2. The Vita Prima of Blessed John (1896-1966)
3. Childhood (1896-1911)
4. Teacher at the Bitol Seminary, Yugoslavia (1929-1934)
5. Wonderworker of Shanghai (1934-1951)
6. Victim of Envy: The Sufferings Endured by Blessed John in Shanghai
7. Apostle to the West (1951-1966)
8. Blessed John in the Netherlands: His Veneration by the Dutch Orthodox Church Today
9. The Death of a Saint
10. The Sepulchre
Part 2: A Pictorial Biography
Part 3: A Record Book of Blessed John’s Intercessions
Editor’s Preface
1. Deliverance from Blindness
2. Deliverance from Certain Death
3. Miraculous Preservation in Vietnam
4. Healing of Leg Ailments
5. Healing of a Dangerous Growth
6. Help in Finding a Spouse
7. Mystical Protection at Death
8. Protector of Tyavellers
9. Deliverance from Cancer
10. Preservation from a Car Accident
11. Hope for Departed Non-Orthodox
12. Reminder to Pray for the Dead
13. Healing of an Ulcer
14. Help in Stopping Bleeding
15. “Pray for the Sick”
16. Call to Orthodoxy
17. Miracles in France
18. Healing from Asthma
19. The Closeness of Saints
20. Healing of Arthritis
21. Healing of Injured Fingers
22. Deliverance from a Skin Growth
23. Help for the Paralyzed
24. Diverting of a Hurricane
25. Help for a Sufferer of Rheumatism
26. The Healing Oil
27. An Infection Abated
28. Deliverance from Meningitis
29. Relief from Eye and Stomach Pain
30. Help for a Broken Hip
31. Help in Finding Things
32. Relief from a Spinal Deformation
33. Healing of Neuralgia
34. Miraculous Help after Reading the Service to Blessed John
35. The Closeness of Blessed John
36. Protection of Three Orthodox Boys
37. A Miraculous Telephone Conversation
38. Removal of a Swelling
39. Intercession for a Jewish Boy
40. A Paschal Resurrection from Near Death
41. Salvation of Shanghai from Bombing
42. Guardian of Spanish Orthodox Christians
43. Restoration of Mental Health
44. Deliverance from Death
45. Deliverance from Fire
46. Disappearance of Arthritic Pain
47. Healing of a Hopelessly Sick Doctor
48. Help in Asthma Attacks
49. Salvation from Typhus
50. Healing of Appendicitis
51. Help in Acquiring Seminary Education
52. Healing of Emphysema
53. Help in Finding Work
54. Healing of Fingers
55. Disappearance of a Carbuncle
56. Help in Avoiding Surgery
57. Healing of Brain Disease
58. Recovery from Skin Burns
59. Removal of Eczema
60. Immediate Termination of a Prolonged Illness
61. Deliverance of the Homeless
62. Saving of an Eye
63. Finding of a Lost Friend
64. Preservation of a Child’s Leg
65. Mystical Contact with the Hearts of Children
66. Healing of a Protruded Spinal Disc
67. Healing of a Thumb, Eye and Back
68. Healing of Peretonitis
69. Healing of Intestinal Maladies
70. Relief from a Rash
71. Healing from Neuralgia and the AIDS Virus
72. Relief from Insomnia
73. The Miracle of the Button
74. Intercession for a Newborn Infant
75. Raising of a Paralytic
76. The Clairvoyance of Blessed John
77. Blessed John the Quick-Hearer
78. Help to the Lesna Convent
79. Healing from Internal Poisoning
80. Healing from Dipthenia
81. Healing from Meningitis
82. Fire from Heaven
83. Call to Repentance
84. Hearkening to the Call of the Dying
85. Help After a Lung Operation
86. Help for a Respiratory Infection
87. Saving of Two Lives
88. Healing for a Paralyzed Arm
89. Help in Finding Work
90. A Health-Restoring Vision
91. Rescue from an Obsession with Obedience
92. Returning of a Loved One
93. Reading of Thoughts
94. Clairvoyant Fearlessness
95. The Saint’s Healing of Those Who Turned Against Him
96. ‘Restoring of Life through the Holy Mysteries
97. A Car-Accident Victim Restored to Health
98. Termination of a Drought
99. Help in Childbirth
100. The Saint’s Own Approval of Publishing Miracles
Epilogue
