THE PRICE OF SANCTITY. MEMORIES OF ARCHBISHOP JOHN MAXIMOVITCH Fr. Herman (Podmoshensky)

This discription of St. John (Maximovitch) was written in 1998 by the ever-memorable Fr. Herman (Podmoshensky), who reposed two days ago on June 30, as hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad were celebrating the twentieth anniversary of St. John's canonization. The assembly of hierarchs received word of Fr. Herman's passing just as they were beginning the Divine Liturgy at the Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco—the very cathedral built through St. John's labors. The author of this unforgettable account was commemorated as "newly reposed" that very day. It is noteworthy also that Fr. Herman and Fr. Seraphim (Rose) compiled the first "life" of St. John, entitled Blessed John the Wonderworker, which was instrumental in Archbishop John's canonization some years later.

* * * I shall not die but live, and I shall tell of the works of the Lord

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