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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

John of Solovki

Disciple of St Zosimas

A venerable father of Solovki, candle-⁠bearer and disciple of Saint Zosimas.

Feast
August 9old style August 22
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Holy Venerable John of Solovki was a candle-⁠bearer and a disciple of Saint Zosimas of Solovki, an ascetic of the monastery on the Solovki islands. The Azbyka page gives no account of his life, only the title and the commemorations. The Church honours him on 22 August, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Solovki, and on the movable day of 11 July, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Novgorod.

Commemorated the same day August 9