John of Shanghai and San Francisco was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Archbishop John with Russian refugees on Tubabao Island
Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco
Icon of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Incorruptibility
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Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their
John of Shanghai and San Francisco
…On July 2, 2008, the Patriarchate of Moscow recognized ROCOR's canonization for universal veneration. John's relics are considered to be incorrupt. Witnesses reported that it did not decompose between his death, and initial burial. When the body of John was exhumed and examined in 1993, there were…
The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church (Tenerife, Spain).
The body of Saint Rita of Cascia, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (1381 – May 22, 1457)
Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, India
The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651)