Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, one of the greatest Orthodox spiritual figures of the past three centuries, is celebrated and revered mainly by Russian believers. Although this saint was Serbian on his father\u2019s side, celebrated a Serbian slava, completed Serbian theological studies, was tonsured in a Serbian monastery, and was consecrated as a bishop in the Serbian capital, Belgrade\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why this is so can today only be a matter of discussion. It is probably due to those banal reasons, since this magnificent man, whose secular name was Mikhail Borisovich Maximovich, was born in Russia, and among us Serbs there is that saying: Out of sight, out of mind! In this case, far from history and reverence\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And everything recorded during the life of John of Shanghai was wondrous and became part of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He earned his status long before his repose; he was a living saint who walked the earth and worked miracles, saved people, above all the poor, the displaced, and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Serbia he also began one of the rarest and most difficult ascetic feats \u2013 the feat of sleeplessness, in which he persevered for 40 years, until the end of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stay beside his relics in the Church of the Mother of God in San Francisco was a special feeling, so see what was recorded in the report from that holy place and what our editor Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107 revealed about Saint John of Shanghai\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n