Venerable
John
A venerable monk commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Euboea
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint John the Russian, a venerable monk, is remembered on 7 December, in the Greek Menaion, among the venerable Ammon of Nitria, Gregory, Ignatius, Paul the Disciple and Gerasimus of Euboea. Our sources give neither the years nor the place of his struggles.
Commemorated the same day December 7
Ambrose of MilanSaint · Bishop of MilanDec 7
Sabinus of SpoletoHieromartyr · Bishop of SpoletoDec 7
Anthony of SiyaVenerable · Founder of Antonievo-Siysky MonasteryDec 7
Aemilianus the PhysicianMartyr · Physician and confessor of AfricaDec 7
Nil of StolobnyVenerable · Founder of the Stolobny hermitageDec 7
Philofteia of Curtea de ArgeșVenerable Martyr · Patron of Curtea de ArgeșDec 7- Gregory of GornjakVenerableDec 7
John the Faster of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesDec 7- Mastridia of AlexandriaVenerableDec 7
Sergius GoloshchapovHieromartyr · ArchpriestDec 7- Gregory the HesychastVenerable · Hesychast monk of AthosDec 7
- Romanus of SinaiSaint · Monk of SinaiDec 7