Ioann Popovich

Ioann Popovich was a schemamonk from Subcarpathian Rus, born in 1904 in the village of Gorinchevo, in a peasant family, who came to Athos in 1926. He reposed on 30 April 1951, in the monastery he loved, surrounded by his brethren. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Ivan Andreevich in the world, the son of Andrei and Maria, he entered St Panteleimon on 4 August 1926, with other countrymen. He was given one of the hardest obediences, tending the oxen of the monastery's tannery. Later he lived alone in a hermit's cell, under the name Jason. On 14 February 1942 he was tonsured into the schema with the name John and continued in solitude to offer praise and thanksgiving to God. He reposed on 30 April 1951, strengthened with the Holy Gifts.