St. John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox Icon of Saint John Maximovich the Wonderworker or Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Commemorated July 2nd. Saint John the Wonderworker was born in the village of Adamovka in the Kharkov Governorate (in present day southern Ukraine). After receiving a law degree he and his family fled their country as the Bolshevik revolutionaries descended on the country, emigrating to Yugoslavia. There, he enrolled in the Department of Theology of

Iconographer Dionysios Fentas (Thessaloniki

stars of heaven

and to repeat constantly

Elder Germanus advised her to give away her wealth and to forget her previous life

On July 28

who was both young and rich

Then they threw the martyr into prison and for a long while they exhausted her with hunger

When the saint refused to sacrifice to the idols

Father Elpidios served as a priest in different places

where he devoted his life to God

Though young in years

As a result