John of Shanghai and San Francisco

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Saint John the Wonderworker
John on his arrival in Shanghai
Bishop of Shanghai, Archbishop of Western Europe, Archbishop of San Francisco
Born	(1896-06-04)4 June 1896 Adamovka, Izyumsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	2 July 1966(1966-07-02) (aged 70) Seattle, Washington, USA
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	June 19/July 2, 1994, San Francisco, California, U.S. by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Major shrine	Cathedral of the Theotokos, Joy of All Who Sorrow, San Francisco, California, USA
Feast	June 19 (O.S.)/July 2 (N.S.) (nearest Saturday in ROCOR)
Attributes	Glasses

John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Russian: Иоанн Шанхайский и Сан Францисский, romanized: Ioann Shankhayskiyi i San Frantsiskyi; born Mikhail Borisovich Maximovitch, Russian: Михаил Борисович Максимович; 4 June 1896 – 2 July 1966) was a prominent ascetic and prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. He was a pastor and reputed wonderworker with purported powers of prophecy, clairvoyance and healing. He is often referred to as St. John the Wonderworker.