St. Nikolai (Mogilevsky) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan
Will you really, for the sake of your household affairs, leave the Sufferer alone and not share in His sorrows, not respond to His call?!
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
“I am the Resurrection and the Life,” Christ said also to us. He is the source of our resurrection.
The silver and glass coffin of the Saint never opens unless there is a reason to do so, and this usually takes place when the Saint indicates for it to be done.
The conference, held at the Holy Virgin, Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral, home to the relics of St. John, was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of his glorification.
There are countless miracles attributed to the miraculous icon, which is celebrated with a procession every year on May 17.