Today, October 12, we remember the discovery of the relics of St. John of Shanghaitranslated

The discovery of the relics of St. John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, wonderworker, is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on October 12.

The incorrupt relics of St. John were found on October 12, 1993 in the tomb of the Cathedral in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in the city of San Francisco (USA).

Saint John is a unique figure in the history of the 20th century. Russian saint, whose life and ministry took place outside Russia, among emigration - in the Far East, on the islands in the Pacific Ocean, then in the USA and Europe.

Here is just one of many examples that shows what the saint was like: in Shanghai in the 1930s, he created an orphanage, the number of pupils of which in a short time grew to several hundred people. Vladyka himself searched for sick and starving children in the Shanghai slums. Once he bought a baby girl from a beggar Chinese tramp for a bottle of vodka, which he was going to throw in a trash container. In total, during his ministry in the city, he sheltered and saved about 3,500 children.

One of the witnesses to the discovery of the relics of St. John was Archpriest Peter Perekrestov, they told the magazine “Thomas” in the St. Elisabeth Monastery in the city of Minsk.

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