{"id":79873,"date":"2025-07-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/02\/07-02-shen-joani-maximovich-i-shangait-dhe-san-francisko\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:42:53","slug":"07-02-shen-joani-maximovich-i-shangait-dhe-san-francisko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/07\/02\/07-02-shen-joani-maximovich-i-shangait-dhe-san-francisko\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Joani Maximovich i Shangait dhe San Francisko"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"oa-saint-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/07_02_\u0399\u03c9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2_\u039c\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03bc\u03bf\u03b2\u03b9\u03c4\u03c2_text_scenes_only-2.webp\" alt=\"Sh\u00ebn Joani Maximovich i Shangait dhe San Francisko\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Ai ecte zbathur n\u00ebp\u00ebr rrug\u00ebt e Shangait, edhe n\u00eb dit\u00ebt m\u00eb t\u00eb ftohta, duke mbajtur Misteret e Pap\u00ebrlyera p\u00ebr t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebt. Ai shp\u00ebtoi pes\u00eb mij\u00eb refugjat\u00eb, duke i \u00e7uar nga Kina komuniste n\u00eb nj\u00eb ishull n\u00eb Filipine dhe m\u00eb pas n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb dhe Australi. Ai rridhte nga familja aristokrate Maksimovich dhe ishte n\u00eb lidhje gjaku me Sh\u00ebn Joani Maksimovich, Mitropolitin e Tobolskut, relikti i t\u00eb cilit mbetet i pakorruptuesh\u00ebm edhe sot e k\u00ebsaj dite. Ai lindi n\u00eb fshatin Adamovka, Provinca Kharkiv, n\u00eb Rusin\u00eb Jugore dhe mori emrin e pag\u00ebzimit Michael. Prind\u00ebrit e tij, Boris dhe Glafyra, ishin njer\u00ebz t\u00eb devotsh\u00ebm dhe e rrit\u00ebn at\u00eb me nj\u00eb dashuri t\u00eb thell\u00eb p\u00ebr Kish\u00ebn. Q\u00eb n\u00eb mosh\u00eb t\u00eb vog\u00ebl ishte i dashur dhe hante pak, por shquhej p\u00ebr but\u00ebsin\u00eb dhe prirjen e tij t\u00eb zjarrt\u00eb fetare. Ai veshi ushtar\u00ebt e vegj\u00ebl t\u00eb murgut dhe mblodhi ikona, pasi i p\u00eblqente t\u00eb lexonte biografit\u00eb e Shenjtorit. Mbr\u00ebmjeve q\u00ebndronte n\u00eb k\u00ebmb\u00eb dhe falej gjat\u00eb, pa u lodhur. Ai ishte m\u00eb i madhi midis pes\u00eb v\u00ebllez\u00ebrve dhe u b\u00eb m\u00ebsuesi i tyre i par\u00eb n\u00eb besim dhe tradit\u00eb. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7, prind\u00ebrit e d\u00ebrguan n\u00eb shkoll\u00ebn ushtarake t\u00eb Poltava, ku u formua karakteri i tij. Aty u takua me peshkopin Poltavas Theofanis, nj\u00eb hierark i dashur, i cili la gjurm\u00eb t\u00eb thella n\u00eb shpirtin e t\u00eb riut n\u00eb prov\u00eb. N\u00eb nj\u00eb parad\u00eb ushtarake, teksa kalonte pran\u00eb Katedrales, ai b\u00ebri kryqin para shok\u00ebve t\u00eb klas\u00ebs. Shok\u00ebt e klas\u00ebs qesh\u00ebn dhe talleshin me t\u00eb, nd\u00ebrsa m\u00ebsuesit fillimisht menduan t&#8217;i shqiptonin nj\u00eb d\u00ebnim t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb disiplinor. Princi Konstandini, mbrojt\u00ebsi i Shkoll\u00ebs, mbrojti Mikaelin e ri dhe njohu tek ai ndjenja t\u00eb sh\u00ebndetshme fetare. Kur u diplomua, ai donte t\u00eb studionte teologji n\u00eb Kiev, por ai iu bind prind\u00ebrve dhe studioi drejt\u00ebsi n\u00eb Kharkiv. Kur shp\u00ebrtheu lufta civile n\u00eb Rusi, familja e tij u detyrua t\u00eb largohej nga atdheu dhe t\u00eb strehohej n\u00eb Jugosllavi. N\u00eb Beograd u regjistrua n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn Teologjike dhe shiste gazeta, p\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrballuar barr\u00ebn financiare. N\u00eb vitin 1924 ai u shugurua lexues nga Mitropoliti Antonio Hrapovitsky, primati i par\u00eb i m\u00ebvonsh\u00ebm i Kish\u00ebs Ruse t\u00eb Diaspor\u00ebs. Dy vjet m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb murg me emrin Joani n\u00eb manastirin e Milkov\u00ebs, duke marr\u00eb rrug\u00ebn e shenjt\u00ebrimit t\u00eb plot\u00eb. Mitropoliti Antonios e shuguroi hierodiakon dhe pak m\u00eb von\u00eb Episkopi Gabriel i \u00c7eljabinskut e ngriti n\u00eb hieromonk n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtin vit. Ai dha m\u00ebsim n\u00eb nj\u00eb shkoll\u00eb teologjike serbe n\u00eb qytetin e Vitolit dhe kreu sh\u00ebrbesa n\u00eb gjuh\u00ebn greke, me k\u00ebrkes\u00eb t\u00eb grek\u00ebve dhe maqedonasve vendas. Fama e tij u p\u00ebrhap shpejt dhe hierark\u00ebt e Kish\u00ebs Ruse t\u00eb Diaspor\u00ebs vendos\u00ebn ta ngrisin at\u00eb n\u00eb grad\u00ebn episkopale. Ai u shugurua peshkop dhe iu besua Dioqeza e sapokrijuar e Shangait, megjith\u00eb hezitimet e tij dhe pengesat n\u00eb t\u00eb folur. Kur mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Shangai, gjeti nj\u00eb kish\u00eb gjysm\u00eb t\u00eb nd\u00ebrtuar dhe nj\u00eb tuf\u00eb t\u00eb ndar\u00eb nga grindjet etnike midis ortodoks\u00ebve. Ai punoi pa u lodhur p\u00ebr t\u00eb bashkuar komunitetet e ndryshme dhe p\u00ebr t\u00eb sjell\u00eb paqe n\u00eb marr\u00ebdh\u00ebniet mes tyre. Pak nga pak ai nd\u00ebrtoi nj\u00eb katedrale t\u00eb madhe kushtuar Hyjlind\u00ebse Garantit t\u00eb M\u00ebkatar\u00ebve, me nj\u00eb kambanore dhe nj\u00eb famulli t\u00eb gjer\u00eb. Ai themeloi kisha, spitale dhe jetimore, nd\u00ebrsa u dha jet\u00eb shum\u00eb nismave bamir\u00ebse t\u00eb famullis\u00eb. Sht\u00ebpia e f\u00ebmij\u00ebs q\u00eb ai organizoi iu kushtua Sh\u00ebn Tycho t\u00eb Zadonskut, mikut t\u00eb dashur t\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00ebve t\u00eb vegj\u00ebl. Filloi me vet\u00ebm tet\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00eb dhe p\u00ebrfundoi duke pritur tre mij\u00eb e pes\u00ebqind shpirtra n\u00ebn \u00e7atin\u00eb e saj. Ai lutej pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb, kryente ciklin e sh\u00ebrbesave \u00e7do dit\u00eb dhe vizitonte t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebt me Misteret e Pap\u00ebrlyera. Ai shpesh l\u00ebvizte zbathur edhe n\u00eb t\u00eb ftohtin m\u00eb t\u00eb ashp\u00ebr t\u00eb dimrit, pa u ankuar kurr\u00eb. P\u00ebr t\u00eb shmangur lavdin\u00eb dhe lavdin\u00eb e bot\u00ebs, ai shpesh pretendonte t\u00eb ishte nj\u00eb rr\u00ebmuj\u00eb kund\u00ebr Krishtit. Kur Lufta e Dyt\u00eb Bot\u00ebrore mbaroi dhe komunist\u00ebt mor\u00ebn pushtetin n\u00eb Kin\u00eb, ai udh\u00ebhoqi eksodin e tuf\u00ebs s\u00eb tij nga Shangai. Pes\u00eb mij\u00eb refugjat\u00eb u d\u00ebrguan n\u00eb nj\u00eb kamp n\u00eb ishullin Tubabao n\u00eb Filipine, n\u00ebn kujdesin e tij t\u00eb pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb at\u00ebror. Ai vet\u00eb ka udh\u00ebtuar drejt Uashingtonit dhe ka arritur t\u00eb ndryshoj\u00eb ligjin p\u00ebr pritjen e refugjat\u00ebve n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara. Gjat\u00eb k\u00ebtij misioni ai themeloi n\u00eb kryeqytet nj\u00eb famulli kushtuar Pararend\u00ebsit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb dhe Joani Pag\u00ebzorit. Dashuria p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00ebt e ndoqi kudo, pasi mori shum\u00eb jetim\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb dhe Australi. N\u00eb vitin 1951 u em\u00ebrua Kryepeshkopata e Evrop\u00ebs Per\u00ebndimore, me qend\u00ebr n\u00eb qytetin e Parisit. Atje ai kulloti me zell besimtar\u00ebt dhe sh\u00ebrbeu si kryepastor i Kish\u00ebs Orthodhokse Franceze, duke studiuar liturgjin\u00eb e restauruar galike. Ai shuguroi peshkopin e par\u00eb modern t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs Franceze, Joani Nektarios Kovalefsky nga Saint-Denis. Ai shuguroi gjithashtu si plak njeriun q\u00eb m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb peshkopi i dyt\u00eb i s\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebs Kish\u00eb, gjermani Bertrand Hardy. Midis shum\u00eb aktiviteteve t\u00eb tjera t\u00eb tij, ai iu p\u00ebrkushtua shkrimit t\u00eb biografive t\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebve t\u00eb Per\u00ebndimit q\u00eb jetuan para Skizmit t\u00eb madh. K\u00ebshtu, shum\u00eb shenjtor\u00eb t\u00eb harruar u b\u00ebn\u00eb s\u00ebrish t\u00eb njohur p\u00ebr Kish\u00ebn Orthodhokse dhe nderohen edhe sot e k\u00ebsaj dite n\u00eb adhurimin e saj. N\u00eb vitin 1962 ai u transferua n\u00eb Dioqez\u00ebn e San Franciskos, duke pasuar mikun e tij t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr Kryepeshkop Tycho. Dit\u00ebt e tij n\u00eb qytet rezultuan t\u00eb trishtueshme, nd\u00ebrsa ai luftoi p\u00ebr t\u00eb sh\u00ebruar p\u00ebr\u00e7arjen e thell\u00eb q\u00eb kishte cop\u00ebtuar komunitetin. Ai p\u00ebrfundimisht ia doli t\u00eb sillte paqen dhe t\u00eb p\u00ebrfundonte Katedralen e re t\u00eb Hyjlind\u00ebs \u201cG\u00ebzimi i t\u00eb pik\u00eblluarve\u201d. Ai kishte nj\u00eb respekt t\u00eb thell\u00eb p\u00ebr Sh\u00ebn Joaniin e Kronstandit dhe mori pjes\u00eb aktive n\u00eb p\u00ebrgatitjet p\u00ebr kanonizimin e tij zyrtar. Ai ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb n\u00eb dat\u00ebn e dyt\u00eb t\u00eb korrikut, n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00eb, gjat\u00eb nj\u00eb vizite n\u00eb qytetin e Seattle. N\u00eb ato dit\u00eb ai shoq\u00ebroi ikon\u00ebn mrekullib\u00ebr\u00ebse t\u00eb Hyjlind\u00ebs t\u00eb Kurskut n\u00eb nj\u00eb turne t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb. Sapo mbaroi Liturgji Hyjnore, q\u00ebndroi tre or\u00eb n\u00eb lutje brenda shkall\u00ebs s\u00eb shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb tempullit. Pastaj u t\u00ebrhoq n\u00eb dhom\u00ebn e tij p\u00ebr t\u00eb pushuar dhe u ul i qet\u00eb n\u00eb kolltuk. N\u00eb or\u00ebn dhjet\u00eb e kat\u00ebr t\u00eb pasdites ai e dor\u00ebzoi paq\u00ebsisht shpirtin, pa dhimbje e agoni. Ai e kishte parashikuar dit\u00ebn e gjumit dhe ishte p\u00ebrgatitur si Shenjtor\u00ebt e m\u00ebdhenj t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs. Madje, ai u d\u00ebrgoi nj\u00eb let\u00ebr me bekimin e fundit murgeshave t\u00eb Lesn\u00ebs n\u00eb Franc\u00eb, t\u00eb cilat e kishin ndihmuar aq shum\u00eb. Trupi i tij u d\u00ebrgua n\u00eb Katedralen e San Franciskos dhe jetim\u00ebt e Shangait e mbanin arkivolin. Nj\u00eb prelat e krahasoi litanin\u00eb e tabernakullit me litanin\u00eb e Epitafit t\u00eb Krishtit t\u00eb Premten e Madhe. Ai u varros n\u00eb nj\u00eb kish\u00ebz t\u00eb vog\u00ebl n\u00ebntok\u00ebsore n\u00ebn Bregun e Sh\u00ebn-Katedrales s\u00eb re, ku ishte munduar aq shum\u00eb. N\u00eb vjesht\u00ebn e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tre, Sinodi i Ipeshkvijve hapi varrin e tij, me kryepeshkop Antonio. Ata e gjet\u00ebn trupin e tij krejt\u00ebsisht t\u00eb pakorruptuesh\u00ebm, nj\u00eb d\u00ebshmi e gjall\u00eb e shenjt\u00ebris\u00eb dhe lavdis\u00eb hyjnore q\u00eb e banonte. Nj\u00eb vit m\u00eb von\u00eb, m\u00eb 2 korrik 1994, ai u shpall zyrtarisht Sh\u00ebn nga Kisha Ruse e Diaspor\u00ebs. Kanonizimi i tij u njoh p\u00ebr kremtim universal nga Patriarkana e Mosk\u00ebs m\u00eb 2 korrik, dy mij\u00eb e tet\u00eb. P\u00ebr shkak se Sh\u00ebn Joanii shpesh udh\u00ebtonte me avion p\u00ebr nevojat e tij baritore, ai konsiderohet shenjt mbrojt\u00ebs i atyre q\u00eb udh\u00ebtojn\u00eb me avion. Kujtimi i tij p\u00ebrkujtohet \u00e7do vit m\u00eb 2 korrik n\u00eb mbar\u00eb bot\u00ebn orthodhokse me nj\u00eb shk\u00eblqim t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb. Besimtar\u00ebt nga \u00e7do cep i tok\u00ebs k\u00ebrkojn\u00eb hirin e tij dhe marrin ngush\u00ebllim, sh\u00ebrim dhe ndri\u00e7im. Ai la pas tempuj, jetimore, spitale dhe nj\u00eb mori shpirtrash q\u00eb e njoh\u00ebn Krishtin n\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet veprave t\u00eb tij. Ai mbetet p\u00ebr Kish\u00ebn nj\u00eb Sh\u00ebn i ri i dit\u00ebve tona, q\u00eb bashkoi popujt dhe kontinentet me p\u00ebrul\u00ebsin\u00eb dhe lutjen e tij.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ai ecte zbathur n\u00ebp\u00ebr rrug\u00ebt e Shangait, edhe n\u00eb dit\u00ebt m\u00eb t\u00eb ftohta, duke mbajtur Misteret e Pap\u00ebrlyera p\u00ebr t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebt. Ai shp\u00ebtoi pes\u00eb mij\u00eb refugjat\u00eb, duke i \u00e7uar nga Kina komuniste n\u00eb nj\u00eb ishull n\u00eb Filipine dhe m\u00eb pas n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb dhe Australi. Ai rridhte nga familja aristokrate Maksimovich dhe ishte n\u00eb lidhje gjaku [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":81644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shenjtoret-e-dites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sh\u00ebn Joani Maximovich i Shangait dhe San Francisko - Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Life, faith and witness of the Orthodox Church in Albania.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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