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Theotokos\u2019 Robe in Blachernae
\nFourth Sunday of Matthew<\/h2>\n

Juvenaly, archbishop of Jerusalem; the New-martyrs of Samothrace; Archbishop John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco<\/h4>\n
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Theotokos\u2019 Robe in Blachernae<\/h4>\n
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Theotokos\u2019 Robe in Blachernae<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During the reign of Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great in the early fifth century, the brothers Galbius and Candidus traveled from Constantinople to Palestine to venerate the holy places. They stayed in the home of an old Jewish woman in a small settlement near Nazareth. They noticed a room in her house where many lamps were lit, incense burned, and sick people were gathered. When they asked her what the room contained, the pious woman did not answer for a long time. After persistent requests, she said that she had a very precious sacred item: the Robe of the Mother of God, which performed many miracles and healings. Before Her Dormition, the Most Holy Virgin bequeathed one of her garments to a pious Jewish maiden, an ancestor of the old woman, instructing her to leave it to another virgin after her death. Thus, the Robe of the Mother of God was preserved in this family from generation to generation.<\/p>\n

The jeweled chest, containing the sacred Robe, was ultimately transferred to Constantinople. St. Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and Emperor Leo, having learned of the sacred treasure, were convinced of the incorrupt state of the holy Robe, and they certified its authenticity. At Blachernae, near the coast, a new church in honor of the Mother of God was constructed. On June 2, 458, St. Gennadius transferred the sacred Robe into the Blachernae church with appropriate solemnity, placing it in a new reliquary. <\/p>\n

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Read the entire article on the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Archbishop John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco<\/h4>\n
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Archbishop John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our Father among the Saints John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896-1966), was a diocesan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) who served widely from China to France to the United States.<\/p>\n

The future Saint John was born on June 4, 1896, in the village of Adamovka in Kharkiv province to pious aristocrats, Boris and Glafira Maximovitch. He was given the baptismal name of Michael, after the Holy Archangel Michael. In his youth, Michael was sickly and had a poor appetite, but he displayed an intense religious interest. He was educated at the Poltava Military School (1907-14); Kharkiv Imperial University, from which he received a law degree (in 1918); and the University of Belgrade (where he completed his theological education in 1925).<\/p>\n

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Read the full biography of Vladyka John on the Orthodox Church in America<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n

Services and Events This Week<\/h2>\n