St. John the Wonderworker Icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. John the Wonderworker Icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox Icon of Saint John Maximovich the Wonderworker or Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (2). 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

For the Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin

the Archangel appeared amongst the waters

who watched from a distance the dramatic moments of the Saint and the seven Holy women

the Russian pilgrim Dobrynya

the saint expounded upon the Orthodox teachings of faith in one of his fundamental works under the title: Detection and Refutation of the Pretended but False Gnosis

Parthriarch of Jerusalem

cleansed the lepers

They comforted him assuring him she was in a godly place

and the destitute

between the Apostles Peter and Paul

At the present time part of the head of the Prophet Isaiah is preserved at Athos in the Hilandar monastery

Mary of Egypts read during Great Lent along with the Great Canon St