When the image of a holy man rises before us, then because of his inherent otherworldliness and the improbability of the events occurring in his life, this image moves away from us, ascending, as it were, onto the pedestal of a monument - unreal and inaccessible, and most importantly, it never seems unattainable. But this man is servile to us, only having handed over his life entirely to God, having been crucified with Him. And we need a feeling of connection, closeness to such people and the feeling of being able to follow them. Revelations of living accomplices and witnesses to the lives of saints give us this thread, the opportunity to grab onto this chain of patristicism, and seeing before us a living person like us, to touch his unearthly side, as if emerging through the story of the events of earthly life. Here it is before us a living testimony to holiness in our apostasy days, written very beautifully and vividly, conveying the inspiration that can kindle us with the flame of all-consuming love for God. St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco, wonderworker. Years of earthly life: June 4/17, 1896 - June 19 (July 2), 1966. Source: Language: Russian (pre-reform) Contents: Preface 5 First meeting 11 Vocation with the rosary 21 Shelter of St. Tikhon 27Love of God 33Oatmeal 35Schiarchimandrite Volodya 37My report 45Answers to questions 47Brotherhood 51Orthodox Word 55St. John of Kronstadt 59Western Saints 63Lesson of Self-Humiliation 67Tie 71Rotten Moses 75Orphan 79The Trial of a Saint 85Monasticism 91Tomb 97Assumption 101Conclusion 105Akathist to Saint John, the Wonderworker of Shanghai 107