VENERABLE JOHN THE RUSSIAN

VENERABLE JOHN THE RUSSIAN

The presence of a Saint is “proof of the work of the Church, of the action of the Holy Spirit in the world”. As the late Professor Ioannis Foundoulis tellingly states, “the presence of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles succeeded in sanctifying and instructing the human flesh and in reinstating the human person to the status og angels through Jesus Christ, thanks to their virtuous works and conduct”.

A Saint corroborates the uninterrupted present of salvation, which came about through the “mystery of Christ”, the incarnation of the Word. […]

(Excerpt from the book’s introduction)

 

H περίφημη αγιολογική μελέτη μεταφράσθηκε στην αγγλική γλώσσα για την ανά τον κόσμο ορθόδοξη διασπορά. Σε αυτήν περιλαμβάνονται ο βίος, η πολιτεία και η ιστορική πορεία του θεοφόρου, νεοφανούς Αγίου της Εκκλησίας, η περιπετειώδης μετακομιδή του άσηπου και αδιαλώβητου από τη σήψη Ιερού Λειψάνου του από την Καππαδοκία στο Νέο Προκόπιο Ευβοίας, κατά την ανταλλαγή των πληθυσμών,  ο θρησκευτικός-λατρευτικός χαρακτήρας της εορτής του Αγίου (27 Μαΐου), καθώς και η υμνογραφία, οι σχετικές Ιερές Ακολουθίες και τα επιτελεσθέντα θαύματα του Οσίου.

(Από την παρουσίαση του εκδότη)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VENERABLE JOHN THE RUSSIAN

PREFACE by His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and all Greece

INTRODUCTION

Abbreviations

 

CHAPTER 1

The life and work of Venerable John

1. Birth – military service – captivity
2. Confession before his master, a Hipparchus
3. Martyrdom and Life of a Venerable Man
4. His wonder-working prayer
5. Dormition, burial and translation of his Holy Relic

CHAPTER 2

1.- a. Of Holy Relics generally, b. The Holy Relic of Venerable John

2.- The rescue of the Holy Relic from fire

3.- The right hand of the Saint on Mount Athos

4.- The translation of the Holy Relic to the island of Evia

5.- A Rare Ecclesiastical Ceremony (The change of the vestments of Venerable John on May 24, 1977, and April 18, 2005)

 

CHAPTER 3

1.- In Prokopion of Asia Minor

2.- In Neon Prokopion on Evia

3.- The Paneghyris (i.e. Festal Assembly) in honour of Venerable John in 1999

4.- Venerable John and the feast day of Evian Saints in Halkis

5.- In the Russian Church

 

CHAPTER 4

1.- In Prokopion of Asia Minor

2.- In Neon Prokopion of Evia

3.- Holy icons

1. By way of introduction to icons
2. Description of certain icons of the holy church of Veneravble John in Neon Prokopion of Evia

4.- The Holy Shrine of Venerable John the Russian in Neon Prokopion of Evia

1. The Guest House of the Holy Shrine
2. The Museum of Asia Minor Culture

 

CHAPTER 5

1.- By way of introduction to the subject of miracles

2.- Miracles of Venerable John

3.- New miracles of Venerable John the Russian

 

BY WAY OF CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY